Background
Jeff Kichaven writes on mediation
for IRMI.com.
Jeff Kichaven is one of the country's preeminent mediators. His unique
approach to mediation guides lawyers and clients toward the clear, focused
decision-making from which settlements naturally follow. Mr. Kichaven provides
far more than just a settlement; he is known for delivering superior client
satisfaction with an intense focus on the process, result and the performance
of the attorneys.
In 2007, Mr. Kichaven was honored with an invitation to teach the Master
Class for Mediators for his Alma Matter, Harvard Law School. In 2006, he was
named California Lawyer Attorney of the Year in Alternative Dispute
Resolution-the first mediator ever to receive that award. In 2004, his program,
"Advanced Mediation Training for Insurance Coverage Cases," won a
Special Award for Innovative Excellence from the American Bar Association's
Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section.
Mr. Kichaven has received numerous other distinctions and is also an
internationally recognized speaker on ADR subjects. He has addressed audiences
in the United States, Canada, and England for six Sections of the American Bar
Association. He has also addressed the Practicing Law Institute, ALI-ABA, State
Bar of California, Texas Association of Mediators, North Carolina Bar
Association, California Center for Judicial Education and Research, National
Seminar Series of the Negotiation Strategy Institute and many other
organizations.
Mr. Kichaven earned his A.B. in Economics from the University of California
at Berkeley in 1977, Phi Beta Kappa, and is an Honors Graduate of the Harvard
Law School, where he received his J.D., cum laude, in 1980. He practiced
business litigation for 15 years with Alschuler, Grossman & Pines in Los
Angeles before he started his mediation practice in 1995.