Name:

Lucille C. Fontaine, Esq.

Address:

P. O. Box 9051
Marina Del Rey, California 90295

Phone Number:

310-821-2461

Fax Number:

310-821-2461

E-mail Address:

lfontaine@kw.com

Fee:

$300.00/hr. (Senior Rates Available)

Administrative Costs:

None

Expenses:

Potential hearing room cost if held outside of attorney's office and court facilities. No charge for travel time in southern Ca. (includes Santa Barbara)

Deposit:

2 hours of mediation, plus agreed upon costs due 14 days prior to mediation.

Cancellation Policy:

Funds forfeited if canceled within 1 week of mediation; 50% credited if original mediation is rescheduled.

Payment Responsibility:

Joint and several responsibility of counsel and their clients.

Years as mediator:

Ms. Fontaine has been actively involved in the ADR process in her over 20 year civil and quasi-criminal litigation practice. Since 1993 she has limited her practice to ADR and Collaboration.

Number of mediations conducted:

Over 500

Subject matter of mediations conducted:

Employment; EEOC-Title VII; General Business Litigation; Import/Export; Real Estate; Agency; Commissions; Landlord-Tenant; Homeowner Assn. & Neighborhood Disputes; Family Law; Juvenile Dependency; Variety of Business Torts and Contracts; Criminal Misdemeanors;

Areas of expertise:

Ms. Fontaine’s expertise lies in her ability to combine over 20 years of civil and quasi-criminal legal and business experience with her extensive ADR training and her fine tuned communication/ mediation skills resulting in her impressively high resolution rate.

Additional Information:

Lucille has over 20 years of legal and general business experience. She is a Ca. licensed attorney, (JD), a certified mediator and she holds a Ca. real estate license, in addition to her AA and BA degrees. She works well with attorneys and principals and is held in high esteem by both plaintiffs and defendants. She has extensive credentials in the ADR process including certification by the Harvard Law School and by the LACBA-DRS program; she has advanced training with AAA and the American Bar Assn.

Lucille has been described as having the ability to immediately grasp the legal issues, resolve the "irresolvable" and proceed with the ADR process expeditiously. She conducts mediations in a friendly, informal fashion and is known for her patience, understanding, perceptiveness and most of all for her excellent resolution rate.

"I am very optimistic that if everyone works together with me in good faith, the common goal of an amenable, expeditious and cost effective resolution will be achieved."

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