In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Barker has been extremely active as an arbitrator and mediator for over 30 years. Beginning in 1984, he was a frequent arbitrator of cases referred by the court under the California Rules of Court. During the late 1990s, he trained to become a mediator and commenced his highly successful mediation practice. With time, that mediation practice grew until it became his exclusive professional area of practice.
In addition to his background as a lawyer, arbitrator, and mediator, Mr. Barker possesses broad academic achievements and life experiences that enable him to understand and empathize with the parties and issues in mediation. He was Editor-in-Chief of the San Diego Law Review, a holder of a number of advance degrees, an officer in the United State Army, and a college and high school teacher and coach. He presented more than 125 seminars on litigation and ADR skills.
To date, Mr. Barker has served as mediator in over 2,000 cases.
﻿Trained as a mediator at NCRC, Pepperdine University, and the American Bar Association.
"My honest belief was that the mediation had little chance of resolving the case in the pre-litigation early stage. You proved me wrong." - Statement from an attorney's experience with Doug Barker.
Organizer and presenter in well over 100 presentations on various subjects related to litigation skills, and mediation and negotiation techniques.
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