General Unlimited Civil Litigation; Employment Disputes; Construction Disputes; Lemon Law; Medical Malpractice; Real Estate Disputes; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Business and Commercial Litigation.
Professional Background
Education: Brigham Young University 1972; Western State College of Law,1978. Mr. Ashworth was a founding member of Smith & Ashworth. Thereafter, Mr. Ashworth organized the firm of Ashworth, Hayes & Moran, LLP. In 2006, the firm became known as Ashworth & Ashworth, LLP when Mr. Ashworth’s daughter, Carissa Ashworth-Johnson became a partner. There are four partners in the firm in addition to support staff and other personnel. Mr. Ashworth has arbitrated, mediated or litigated through trial more than four thousand cases during the past thirty years. More particularly, he has taken more than 40 jury trials to verdict and tried over 200 bench trials. He acts as a Judge Pro Tem and panel Mediator for the Superior Court of California. He now devotes most of his time to mediation and ADR Solutions, his ADR office in Newport Beach, California.
Litigation Experience
Mr. Ashworth has tried more than 40 jury trials to verdict and over 200 bench trials throughout the entire State of California. Additionally, he has litigated over 200 arbitrations through binding arbitration. He is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. His trial experience is an asset in mediation: he can clearly explain what the trial experience is about versus the mediation experience. This is fundamentally important to most client attorneys and their party litigants...so that they understand that they can control the mediation process, which is the same control they lose during the trial process. Mr. Ashworth knows he is hired by the attorneys, so he uses this information at the direction of his "boss"... the attorney hiring him.
Mediation Experience
California Academy of Distinguished Neutrals www.CaliforniaNeutrals.org Straus Institute Graduate (Mediating the Litigated Case). Member: Superior Court Arbitrator Panel, 1988 - present. Judge Pro Tem, referee and mediator for the Superior Court, 1992 – present – over 200 cases. Private ADR: Since 1987 Mr. Ashworth has mediated over 3,500 cases, and 3,200 to settlement; Orange County Bar Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California (Litigation Section, Labor Section, Family Section, ADR Section); American Bar Association, ADR Section, Litigation Section. Who’s Who in California, 1986.
Approach
Facilitative, integrative bargaining with some distributive bargaining components...it all depends on the case. I am rarely directive unless the attorneys, parties and the nature of the dispute beg for guidance. Primarily, I want the attorneys who hire me to be heard and collaborate in the settlement process that I help facilitate.
Fees
$250 per hour with a four hour minimum; no set up fee.
Other Information
Martindale Hubbell AV Rated Attorney and Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers – Focus Areas: Civil Trials, Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice, Business and Real Estate Litigation, Employment and Trade Secret Litigation and Commercial Disputes.
Areas of Mediation Practice
- Civil Litigation (General) (900 mediated)
- Commercial Disputes (300 mediated)
- Congregational Disputes (20 mediated)
- Construction Cases (350 mediated)
- Contract Disputes (200 mediated)
- Copyright (20 mediated)
- Education Disputes (30 mediated)
- Employment Disputes (200 mediated)
- Insurance Disputes (50 mediated)
- Intellectual Property Disputes (200 mediated)
- Medical Malpractice Disputes (100 mediated)
- Partnership Disputes (200 mediated)
- Personal Injury Disputes (1,000 mediated)
- Real Estate Disputes (400 mediated)
- Miscellaneous Other Civil Litigation Disputes (400 mediated)
- Lemon Law Cases (300 mediated)
Professional Services
- Mediator
- Mediator-Arbitrator
- Mediation Consultant
- Mediation Trainer
References
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Ed Stark Defendant and Plaintiff Injury Attorney Frank Nicholas Plaintiff Injury Attorney Michael Olecki Intellectual Property Attorney Frank Granato Business Litigation Attorney Paul Purcell Business Litigation Attorney Larry Hutchens Plaintiff Lemon Law AttorneyThomas Murphy Defense and Plaintiff Attorney
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