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 towards 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.