Top Rated Orinda, CA Mediation Lawyers

94 mediation lawyers serve Orinda, CA. Compare the best based on 206+ reviews and detailed profiles. Related practice areas and nearby towns in Contra Costa County are listed below.

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Orinda Has 94 Mediation Attorneys with 206 Reviews

Mankin Mediation Services
21 Orinda Way, Suite C-193, Orinda, CA

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 50 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Arbitration

Bio: I retired in 2025 from practicing real estate and business law in the San Francisco Bay Area for 50 years. I now limit my practice to selected mediation and arbitration as a neutral. I grew up in Berkeley and I have lived in Orinda, California for...

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Charles Triay
4 Orinda Way, Suite 200-D, Orinda, CA

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 48 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Trusts, Probate and more

Bio: I specialize in Will Contests, Trust Contests, and other probate litigation. I do not do any Estate Planning (writing Wills and Trusts). I handle about half of my cases on a contingency fee basis, and about half on an hourly fee basis. See my webs...

Rating: 9.8

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Sutter Law, PC
51 Moraga Way Ste 2, Orinda, CA

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 15 years

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Licensing, Mediation and more

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Walnut Creek)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 47 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Personal Injury, Real Estate and more

Bio: Candice Stoddard has been an attorney in private practice for the past 35 years. Her practice is focused on plaintiff personal injury, probate, real estate litigation and transactional, handling purchase and sale contract disputes, partition, quie...

Rating: 9.4

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Berkeley)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 21 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Family, Business and more

Bio: Robert is both a licensed attorney and family therapist who has been practicing understanding-based mediation for 12 years in a variety of family and legal settings. He is committed to helping people work through legal problems and preserving rela...

Rating: 8.7

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Walnut Creek)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 34 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Divorce & Separation, Child Custody and more

Mediation works when both sides understand the strength of the other's position. Paul enters every mediation fully prepared — which is what makes resolution possible and what makes the terms worth agreeing to.

Rating: 9.8

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Walnut Creek)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 47 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Business, Real Estate and more

Review: "A neighbor of mine had a property survey done a few years ago and stated that my driveway was on her property and that she wanted to cut out part of my driveway to landscape. We've been in our house for over 14yrs. My neighbor and I tried to compr..."

Rating: 9.8

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Oakland)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 28 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Family, Alimony and more

Review: "The first day I walked into Donna Gibbs office I was in tears and feeling totally desperate. Donna handed me a box of kleenex and told me she would do everything she could to help me but she could not promise me a positive outcome. Mine was an ext..."

Rating: 10

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Oakland)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 15 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Child Custody, Domestic Violence and more

Bio: My approach to each family law case is specifically tailored to the needs of each client. Some cases require aggressive litigation, while other times, settlement is the best (and cheapest) choice for all involved. As your attorney, you can expect ...

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Oakland)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 16 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Family, Child Custody and more

Bio: Ms. Donnell is a Partner at Christy, Keith & Donnell Family Law Group and is a Certified Family Law Specialist, certified by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. Prior to joining Christy, Keith & Donnell Family Law...

Rating: 9.0

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Oakland)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 53 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Litigation, General Practice and more

Bio: Mediation is my chief focus. See . When I'm not working, I'm helping with community service. See my website at for more information. I have represented many lawyers and the family members of judges, and served as a Temporary Superior Court Judge i...

Rating: 8.3

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Oakland)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 38 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Family

Bio: My practice with individual clients is limited to consensual dispute resolution (settlement) of family law disputes (divorce, separation, premarital agreements), without going to court and without the intervention of third party decision makers. S...

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Walnut Creek)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 17 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Litigation, Defective and Dangerous Products and more

Bio: Jerome C. Pandell joined the Firm in September 2008. He is admitted to practice law in all state and federal courts in the State of California. A 2008 graduate of University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Jerome served as co-chairman ...

Rating: 9.4

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Jerome Curran Pandell's Website

Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Walnut Creek)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 20 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Family, Estate Planning

Review: "Chandra helped me during the difficult time going thru a divorce. We had a business which needed to be split and she recommended a company to value the business which gave us an idea how much it was worth. She handled things in a timely manner and..."

Rating: 6.8

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Oakland)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 39 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Litigation, Real Estate

Bio: In addition to the practice of law, I am active in several non-profit organizations. I was on the Head Royce School Board of Trustees for 13 years and served as President of the Claremont Country Club. The experience with these organizations have ...

Rating: 7.5

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Walnut Creek)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 18 years

Practice Areas: Mediation

Bio: VAN NESS LAW - YOUR DESTINATION FOR DIVORCE MEDIATION! Mediation is the best approach when it comes to divorce. It gives you faster, cheaper, and lasting results! In mediation, the two parties retain full control of their divorce outcome. Christin...

Rating: 8.5

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Moraga)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 42 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Litigation

Review: "PI case that took a couple of years due to insurance company maneuvering. Brad was right there the whole time. And in the grand finale mediation he kicked butt!!!"

Rating: 8.5

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Walnut Creek)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 24 years

Practice Areas: Mediation

Bio: As a full-time, Mediator and Arbitrator since 2004, Ken’s overarching purpose is to leave the disputing parties in a better position than when they came to him. Ken works to unite people into purposeful and unified directions, actions, and efforts...

Rating: 8.3

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Oakland)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 45 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Estate Planning, Trusts

Bio: Virginia is a partner in Wendel Rosen’s Trusts & Estates Practice Group. She focuses her practice on estate planning, trust administration, probate and elder law and mediating matters in her practice area. She has particular expertise in...

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Mediation Attorney near Orinda (Oakland)

Mediation Lawyer Licensed for 27 years

Practice Areas: Mediation, Family, Child Custody and more

Review: "I was in a desperate situation to find answer for a complicated out of state custody case.the legal advice Jennifer had was more than ANY lawyer out of the several I already contacted and consulted with ever gave me! I have hired lawyers in the pa..."

Rating: 9.1

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Which Mediation lawyers have been licensed the longest in Orinda, CA?

Leslie John Morgan 71 years licensed
Brian David Thiessen 58 years licensed
John Michael Drath 56 years licensed
David Keith Hicks 53 years licensed
Barbara Kong-Brown 53 years licensed
Peter Dalrymple Langley 53 years licensed
Jeffrey Michael Allen 52 years licensed
William Conrad Vencill 50 years licensed
Dianne Maxine Millner 50 years licensed
Peter A Mankin 50 years licensed

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Which Orinda, CA Mediation lawyers are newest to the area?

Lindsay J. Jacobs 12 years licensed
Rachel H. Rosenfeld 12 years licensed
Philip Mark Greenan 12 years licensed
Samuel J. Alcabes 12 years licensed
Jenna Dalynn Williams 12 years licensed
Milo Manopoulos Beitman 13 years licensed
Joshua Neil Whiteside 13 years licensed
Jeremy P. Ehrlich 14 years licensed
Amy Rae Gowan 14 years licensed
Lisa Janine Mendes 14 years licensed

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Who are the most reviewed Mediation lawyers in Orinda, CA?

Paul Frederic Donsbach 71 reviews
Tracy Catherine Lemmon 27 reviews
Samira Nikaein 15 reviews
David Alan Fink 11 reviews
Lisa Janine Mendes 9 reviews
Shahrad Milanfar 7 reviews
Donna Tsifrin Gibbs 6 reviews
Angela Navarette Bryant 6 reviews
Christina C. Van Ness 5 reviews
Nina E Senn 4 reviews

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Orinda, CA Mediation Lawyers

Orinda Has 94 Mediation Attorneys with 206 Reviews

Peter A Mankin