With over thirty years experience as a businesswoman, lawyer and mediator, Linda Bulmash
is a recognized expert in negotiation and mediation. She brings to mediations the energy,
determination and know-how to get even the most highly emotional and contentious cases resolved.
Having successfully resolved over 500 complex cases, Ms. Bulmash seamlessly blends her legal
knowledge, trial background and understanding of human behavior to create a dynamic mediation
process. Her unique talent for balancing legal, factual and emotional issues has made her
an unflappable mediator who wins the trust of all sides and resolves even the most contentious
disputes.
She is particularly adept at resolving complex and emotional disputes involving employment/workplace
(including sexual harassment, wrongful termination, wage and hour issues and ERISA claims) serious
injury torts/product liability, professional liability, partnership dissolutions, business/contract
issues, real estate, and insurance coverage matters.
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Full time mediator since 1996 |
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Hearing Officer, Los Angeles Civil Service Commission |
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Executive Committee, Labor & Employment Section, Beverly Hills Bar Association |
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Panelist, Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution/Pepperdine University Master's Forum (2002), "Mediating Complex Employment Disputes" |
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Chair, Practice Development Committee, American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section |
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Monthly columnist: "Negotiate Like The Winners", Los Angeles Daily Journal |
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Faculty, American Bar Association, Mediation/Negotiation Training for Judges |
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Faculty, Los Angeles County Bar, Dispute Resolution Services, Mediation/Negotiation Training |
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Member, Los Angeles County Superior Court ADR Committee |
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Mentor Mediator - Los Angeles Superior Court Panel of Mediators. |
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Contributor: Los Angeles Superior Court Volunteer Mediator Handbook. |
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Mediator, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Panel of Mediators |
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Judge pro tem, Los Angeles Superior Court |
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Chair, ADR Section, San Fernando Valley Bar Association |
ADR DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION and NEUTRAL FACT FINDING
Linda Bulmash has been actively involved in neutral fact-finding and the design and development
of ADR systems and negotiation programs since the early 1990s. She has been suiccessfully
retained for this purpose by trade associations, corporations and law firms. A sampling of her
programs appears below:
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Designer/Trainer, "Maximizing Your Client's Success In Mediation", Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2003, 2004 |
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Faculty, American Bar Association, "Mediation Training for Judges", February, 2001 |
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Designer/Trainer, "Negotiating Legal Disputes," Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 |
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Designer/Panelist, "Negotiate Like the Winners," Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1998, 1999, 2000 |
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Designer/Trainer, "Advocating Effectively for Your Client in Mediation," Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1999, 2000, 2003 |
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Trainer, "Getting More 'Yes'," Society of Professionals In Human Resource (PIHRA), 40th Annual Convention, 1997 |
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Sexual Harassment/Discrimination Prevention Training, various corporations, 1994 - present |
OUTSTANDING ADR ACHIEVEMENTS
In 1999, she was recognized by the County of Los Angeles for her expertise and contributions in
dispute resolution. That same year she also received the Griffin Bell Award from Dispute Resolution
Services of the Los Angeles County Bar.
Acknowledged as an expert in the field, the Los Angeles Daily Journal engaged her to write a monthly
column, Negotiate Like The Winners (Selected
Columns are available on-line). Additionally, she is one of the few attorneys to be honored to
sit on the Los Angeles Superior Court ADR Committee to help design the court program.
During her legal career Linda Bulmash has been published numerous times primarily on the subjects
of negotiation and ADR.
EDUCATION AND LEGAL BACKGROUND
During her legal career, Linda Bulmash was a trial attorney representing both plaintiffs and defendants
litigating employment/workplace (including sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination);
serious injury torts and product liability; partnership dissolutions; business; real estate; professional
malpractice; insurance coverage; construction defect matters. She has argued three times before the
California Court of Appeal.
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University of California at Los Angeles, B.A., 1965 |
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Whittier Law School, Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, 1985 (Editor, Law Review; Moot Court Honors Board) |
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