$ 400-450 per hour
Mark K. Ameli has been a practicing attorney since 1980. His practice is concentrated in the areas of Business and corporate transactions and litigation, personal injuries as a result of defective products, vehicular collisions, slip and fall and industrial accidents.
Since 1994, Mr. Ameli has served as a voluntary temporary judge in the Los Angeles Superior Court. He has also been appointed by the Superior Court of the State of California as an arbitrator and mediator in the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Program. In 2005 his law firm started a mediation division under the name of Diversified Dispute Resolution.
Mr. Ameli holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California at Berkeley, Master’s Degree from University of Southern California, both in Economics, and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of West Los Angeles. He has also completed the various advanced mediation courses at Pepperdine University and at Harvard.
Mr. Ameli is an active member of California State Bar, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Iranian American Lawyers Association and Southern California Mediation Association.
Mark is also a Rotarian, a member of Rotary Club of Rancho Park and the past president of that Club. Through this membership Mr. Ameli became involved in gang violence prevention and during the past years he has worked with former gang members to bring peace in their neighborhoods.
During the past years, Mr. Ameli has involved as an attorney for a party, an arbitrator or a mediator in hundreds of cases. He is one of the pioneers in the field of mediating cross cultural disputes in which field he concentrates his business. His Iranian American background makes him especially effective in the resolution of cross-cultural disputes.
In 2010 Mr. Ameli was a candidate for judge of the Superior Court in Los Angeles County and ran a very effective campaign. However, his opponent won the election with less than 5% of the total. Nevertheless, at the primary election, he was able to prevail over 6 of his 7 opponents and went to a runoff. He was able to receive in excess of 744,000 votes in the runoff.
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31 years
$ 400-450 per hour
33%-40%
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8383 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1038, Beverly Hills, CA, 90211
8383 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1038, Beverly Hills, CA, 90211
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Posted by ken | January 13, 2014
As a colleague I have known Mark Ameli for over 20 years. I have referred numerous civil matters including personal injury, insurance litigation and also mediation/arbitration to Mr. Ameli. All of the persons that I referred to Mark Ameli were extremely satisfied with his capability, ethics and pro...
Posted by Irfan | July 4, 2013
I had couple of lawyers for different problems in my my life but no one helped me as much as Mr Ameli did, he was the best. He was there whenever I needed him. He was only one phone call away. I just met him once at his office, but we were always in contact via email, and cellphone. he handles th...
Posted by anonymous | April 5, 2013
I had a TERRIBLE experience with Mr. Ameli over a workers comp case for a professional. Never retuning calls/emails Lack of knowledge around workers comp Not at all trustworthy. He told me to trust him with my case and after signing the contract, never returned my calls. I had to switch to anothe...
Posted by anonymous | June 13, 2011
I have known Mark Ameli for thirty years. Mark is one of the best attorneys I have ever come in contact with. I have known him professionally and personally. I would consider Mark as one of my best friends and my personal attorney. He is most dedicated and extremely competent, ethical, conscienti...
Posted by smiling again | March 8, 2010
I was referred to Mark Ameli after a very bad auto collision. I was rear ended on the freeway and was completely frozen. After meeting with Mr. Ameli, i got myself back on track. He not only walked me through the protocol but also helped me get my life back on track. He has a wonderful dispositio...
"Mr. Ameli is simply an exceptional attorney who I would recommend to everyone and anyone. I am a former judge, former magistrate, former prosecutor, and an attorney with 24 years of experience. I still learn from his answers on Avvo on a daily basis and I am constantly impressed."
"Mr. Ameli is a highly respected mediator and attorney. He is actively involved in the legal and mediation communities in Southern California. I admire, respect, and enthusiastically endorse this superb mediator and lawyer."
"Mr. Ameli is an excellent and professional attorney. I have known Mr. Ameli for several years and have referred many clients seeking representation on complex litigation matters. Mr. Ameli is also a highly trained and effective mediator and arbitrator. I highly recommend Mr. Ameli."
"I have known Mark Ameli for nearly thirty (30) years. Mark is simply a great lawyer and a great individual. He is a highly skilled litigator, mediator, and arbitrator. He is a pioneer in cross-cultural mediation. He mediation skills in complex cases are superb. He is extremely competent, ethical, and conscientious. It is easy to become a lawyer, but it is exceedingly difficult to become a great lawyer. To be come a great lawyer, it requires more than legal knowledge and skill, it requires the lawyer to be also an exceptional human being. Mark is undoubtedly one of the greatest lawyers in Los Angeles, and I am truly proud to think of him as a colleague and a friend.”"
"I endorse this lawyer's work. Mr. Ameli's experience and competece in handling arbitration and mediation matters come from years of litigation and business/corporate practice. Furthermore, he is an attorney who uses the legal process with the objective of resolving disputes expeditiously and efficiently. I highly recommend Mr. Ameli."
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1998
Certificate of Appreciation for Service as a Mediator, Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles
2013 - Present
Mediator, CEDRS, Center for Effective Dispute Resolution Services
2005 - Present
Mediator, Diversified Dispute Resolution
2010 - 2012
Attorney, Law Offices of Mark K. Ameli
1999 - 2009
Attorney, Law Offices of Ameli, Ayvazi & Associates
1990 - 1999
Attorney, Law Offices of Mark K. Ameli
1980 - 1990
Attorney, Law Offices of Smith and Ameli
Member
Member
Member
Member
1980
JD - Juris Doctor
1972
MA - Masters
1970
BA - Bachelor of Arts
N/A
Certificate in Mediating the Litigated Case
2011
Everything You Wanted to Know About Mediation
2009
Cross Cultural Mediation
2009
Cross Cultural Mediation
2008
Mediation
2009
Persian
English
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