Blackman ADR Services

Litigation is a poor way to resolve disputes.  It's cumbersome, distracting, expensive, stressful, and full of knowable and unknowable risks. 

Mediation allows the parties to confront the risks and opportunities presented by potential, threatened, or pending litigation in a secure environment where the discussions are confidential; the outcome is dictated by the parties (not by a judge or arbitrator); and the options for resolution can include choices no court can order.

The mediation process allows the parties to break down the critical elements of their disputes and assess their strengths, weaknesses, exposures, and opportunities. 

Blackman ADR Services provides a cost-effective way to get to the essence of a case, explore underlying issues, evaluate a range of outcomes in light of the facts and law, and then find a better resolution than is likely to be the case after an onerously expensive trial in which justice is uncertain.

Lee Blackman, Blackman ADR's Principal, is an experienced litigator and mediator with a broad and sophisticated background in a wide range of legal areas, including simple and complicated business, regulatory, employment, negligence, civil rights, and environmental disputes.  His strength is thorough case analysis, followed by thoughtful, creative, persistent, and respectful risk assessment and the search for ways to protect and advance core interests through effective settlement discussions.



What We Do

We are not a big shop.  For a fee that is highly competative -- because we dispense with case coordinators and extensive facilities -- we first become familiar with the nature of your dispute and the parties' interests, mainly through pre-mediation calls, short mediation statements, and targeted research into any unusual legal issues.  We then convene a session or sessions to assess critical elements of the dispute and guide the parties toward alternative resolutions that protect the parties' essential interests while avoiding costs, distractions, and litigation risks.  We provide:

• Free consultations
• Lowered rates for new clients
• Negotiation coaching
• Unequalled responsiveness
• Exemplary service
• Satisfaction guarantee

Recent Publications:

TEN PILLARS FOR LAWYERS PREPARING TO MEDIATE THE LITIGATED CASE

Public Service Recognition

In May of 2015, Lee was honored to receive The Honorable Benjamin Aranda III Outstanding Public Service Award for his work providing mediation services to the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Center for Civic Mediation, the Center's clients, and parties with landlord-tenant disputes in the Los Angeles Superior Court. 

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Please contact us anytime!

email: llb@blackmanadr.com

phone: 310-346-6926.

We look forward to hearing from you.