Experience

Griffiths Goyette

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • Apr 1998 - 25 years 9 months

  330 Primrose Road, Suite 614 Burlingame, CA 94010 Serving as Mediator, Special Master, Neutral, Discovery Referee, Dispute Resolution Facilitator and Arbitrator throughout California. Also acting as Special Master and Arbitrator in national and statewide class actions and mediating nationwide medical product cases. Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Areas: • Civil Disputes • Commercial • Construction • Insurance • Personal Injury • Professional Liability • Real Estate



Speaking Engagements, Publications

• Speaker, Author

  • Nov 1988 - 35 years 2 months

  San Francisco Bay Area Special Masters: the court's (not so) secret weapon, Daily Journal (2022) A Conversation About Mediation Strategies, ABA Podcast (2021) Active Settlement Construction, The Mediation Society (2012) Building Settlements, Plaintiff Magazine (2016) ABA Constructing Cost Effective Productive Expert Solutions (2017), Resolving Costly Complex Litigation (2018), Negotiation Competition (2019) Bar Association of San Francisco Meeting of the Masters (2008) CLM Emerging Subcontractor… Show more Special Masters: the court's (not so) secret weapon, Daily Journal (2022) A Conversation About Mediation Strategies, ABA Podcast (2021) Active Settlement Construction, The Mediation Society (2012) Building Settlements, Plaintiff Magazine (2016) ABA Constructing Cost Effective Productive Expert Solutions (2017), Resolving Costly Complex Litigation (2018), Negotiation Competition (2019) Bar Association of San Francisco Meeting of the Masters (2008) CLM Emerging Subcontractor Battles (2017) FEWA Conference Ethical Issues For Experts and Counsel (2016) San Francisco AIA & SEAONC Resolving Design Claims (2009) San Mateo County Bar Association Arbitration Ethics (2007), Mediation Ethics (2008), Class Action Ethics (2009), Settlement Negotiation Ethics (2013), Fee Agreements (2015), Mediation Best Practices (2020) Santa Clara Law School Coach Representation in Mediation (2019) Stanford University Continuing Studies Instructor Public Speaking (2014) Stanford Law School Instructor Trial Advocacy Workshop (2009) U.S.D.C., Northern District of California, Coach Mediator Training (2019) West Coast Casualty CD Seminar Everyone’s A Small Player (2018) Complex Neighbors: Santa Cruz & Santa Clara, Daily Journal (2016) Courts Up Close: Alameda County, Daily Journal (2016) Effective Settlement Strategies, The Docket, Vol. 49, No. 1 (2013) Liability On The Contract, Co-Author, Claims Against Design Professionals (1995) Preparation is The Key, West Coast Casualty’s CD Seminar Program (2009) Settlement Construction, San Francisco/ Los Angeles Daily Journal (2009) Settlement of CD Cases, ADC Defense Comment Vol. 26, No. 1 (2011) Take Five, San Francisco/Los Angeles Daily Journal (2021) The Role of Special Masters in Resolving Complex Cases, Plaintiff Magazine (2019) Using Special Masters in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara Superior Courts, The Recorder Article Series (2011 - 2012) Virtual ADR Relief Zooming In, Linked In (2020) Show less



Griffiths • Goyette

• Court ADR Program Panelist

  • 1998 - 25 years

  Alameda County Superior Court California Court of Appeal (1st, 3rd , 6th Districts) Contra Costa County Superior Court Marin County Superior Court Sacramento County Superior Court San Francisco (ADR and MSC) City and County Superior Court San Mateo County Superior Court Santa Clara County Superior Court Sonoma County Superior Court U.S.D.C. (Northern District)



Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon

• Attorney

  • Oct 1988 - Apr 1998

  San Francisco, California Represented clients in construction, real estate, commercial, insurance, employment and other matters.