Luis Cardenas

Resolved hundreds of matters as a mediator and arbitrator including: Business disputes involving contract, accounting, auditing, trade secret, communications-media, and franchise issues Employment related issues including gender, racial, and religious discrimination; sexual harassment; and wrongful termination Construction defect cases involving both discovery as well as mediation proceedings evolving out of commercial properties, individual residences, housing developments, and community litigation Family law matters involving all issues of custody, support, property, accounting, tracing, and marital settlement agreements Personal injury matters with high dollar claims, as well as smaller matters done individually or through the mediation-day process; including automobile and boating accidents, wrongful death, and product liability matters Real estate disputes including contracts and leases on industrial properties as well as hotels and restaurants Insurance matters including coverage, bad faith, indemnification, etc. Education and school disputes arising out of transfer and suspensions of students, disciplinary proceedings against staff, and children with special needs Medical, dental, and legal malpractice matters Numerous court reference matters under 638 and 639 of the Code of Civil Procedure, preparing over one hundred Reports of Findings and Recommendations to the Superior Court Heard hundreds of court and jury trials to verdict during his twenty years as a judicial officer Generated a new format for Case Management Orders that provides for less discovery, reduced disputes, and cost savings to all parties