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DANIEL BEN-ZVI, ESQ.

Daniel Ben-Zvi (pronounced "BenzVee") mediates disputes in the fields of business, entertainment, and government. Serving as a mediator since 1995, this "warrior-turned-peacemaker," as the Daily Journal described him, uses his unique blend of determination and creativity to ending bitterly fought lawsuits. He has successfully mediated more than 500 disputes. Mr. Ben-Zvi uses his skills as a facilitative and evaluative mediator to customize each mediation to the particular needs of the participants and to the changing dynamics over the course of the mediation.

EXPERIENCE AND SPECIALTIES

Mr. Ben-Zvi's specialties include, among other areas, business, entertainment, partnership, franchise, real estate, professional liability, personal injury, employment, trusts and estates, unfair trade practices, insurance, construction, products liability and healthcare.

Mr. Ben-Zvi was an active trial lawyer representing both plaintiffs and defendants. He began his litigation career in 1981 at former Senator Abe Ribicoff's law firm, Ribicoff & Kotkin. After four years, he headed the firm's business litigation department at its Connecticut branch office. Mr. Ben-Zvi later opened his own litigation firm in Los Angeles and was Of Counsel to the Washington firm, Schmeltzer, Aptaker & Shepard.

He externed for one year for Federal Bankruptcy Judge Burton Lifland (Southern District New York). In 2003, he completed the Temporary Judge Training Program for the Los Angeles Superior Court.

Mr. Ben-Zvi's understanding of his business and entertainment clients is enhanced by his background as a producer/writer of a feature project at Fox Studios and as a contributing writer on the television show "LA Law."

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Speaker on mediation topics at various seminars, Bar Associations, graduate schools, UCLA, Association of Community College Trustees
  • Led "Entertainment Mediation" panel at Convention of Southern California Mediation Association at Pepperdine's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, 2003
  • Featured Mediator on The Dennis Prager Radio Show, 2003
  • Featured Mediator on "Saving the American Dream" television shows, 2003
  • Author of articles on mediation and litigation topics
  • Annual participant in "Masters’ Forum" at Pepperdine University’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, where mediation training completed
  • Completed Temporary Judge Program of Superior Court, Los Angeles County, 2003

EDUCATION

J.D., Cardozo School of Law, 1981

B.A., Rutgers University, 1978 (Honors, Economics)