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Sara
Adler has been a full-time neutral, principally in labor and employment
disputes, since 1978. She has very extensive experience as a mediator or
arbitrator in the private and public sectors for nearly all levels of
employment. She has served as a neutral mediator or arbitrator in
resolving thousands of disputes including breach of contract, wrongful
termination, discrimination and collective bargaining agreements. She has
served as a facilitator resolving reasonable accommodation disputes in
both union and non-union settings. Ms. Adler is a frequent lecturer on ADR
topics and regularly provides training on a national level for advocates
and neutrals .
Ms. Adler is a neutral member of the governing Council of the
American Bar Association's Section of Labor & Employment Law and
neutral liaison to the Alliance in Employment Dispute Resolution, a member
of the ABA Litigation (Employment and Mediation Committees) and ADR
(Employment Committee) Sections. She served as 1997-98 Chair of the Labor
and Employment Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, is a
past-secretary of the California State Bar Labor & Employment Section
and is a member of the California Dispute Resolution Council. She is also
a member of the Board of Governors of the National Academy of Arbitrators
and a member of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution and of
its workplace sector. Ms. Adler is a member of the Executive Committee of
the Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association and serves
on its Employment and Labor-Management Taskforces. She is a Fellow of the
College of Labor and Employment Law and a member of the Editorial Board of
CCH's "Journal on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Employment".
Ms. Adler is a member of the mediation and/or arbitration panels of
the American Arbitration Association, the National Employment Mediation
Service, California State Mediation and Conciliation Service, Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service, National Mediation Board and is named
in various contracts as an agreed upon mediator and/or arbitrator.
Prior to becoming a neutral, Ms. Adler was an associate with the
law firm of Wyman, Bautzer, Rothman & Kuchel (representing companies),
the Assistant Director of USC's Paralegal Training Program, an associate
in the Law Office of Sara Radin (representing individuals), a consultant
with the Center on Criminal Justice Administration at the University of
California - Davis and, prior to law school, she was a teacher and social
worker.
Ms. Adler received an A.B. from the University of Chicago in 1961
and a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law in 1969. She lives in Los Angeles
with her husband, James N. Adler of Irell & Manella, LLP, having
finally seen the last of her 3 sons leave the nest. |
