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Jim Cherry

Mediator

“Business Mediator”

Sonora, CaliforniaRemote available
57+Years Exp

Core Practice Areas

5 Verticals
✓Family Law Mediation
✓Divorce & Separation
✓Commercial Contracts
✓Real Estate Transactions
✓Construction Disputes
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

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Jim Cherry of Cherry Law Offices offers legal, mediation, negotiation, and coaching services using virtual & in person appointments. Jim has been practicing law for more than 50, and for the the last 30 years, has consistently been awarded an AV Preeminent designation by Martindale-Hubbell. At the beginning of Jim’s practice, he was primarily a real estate, construction, and business law litigator as well as a regulatory attorney primarily involving the California Energy Industry. Since moving to Sonora, California Jim has become a country lawyer, primarily working as a mediator, negotiator, and coach. His law practice now focuses on real estate, construction, business, and collaborative family law disputes. Both Cherry Law and Coach Cherry share the mission commitment to be a peacemaker and peace builder. Jim works with individuals and businesses as well as institutions, such as State Courts and various schools, helping them to mediate disputes either between faculty or between students.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

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License

J.D.

Education

University of California, Davis - School of Law

J.D. · Law

Class of 1969

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

B.S. · Real Estate & Finance

Class of 1966

Work History

1 Position

Mediator & Attorney

Cherry Law Offices

1969 – Present

Practicing law for more than 50 years. Primarily real estate, construction, and business law litigator, now focusing on mediation.

Honors & Recognition

2 Honors

AV Preeminent Designation

Martindale-Hubbell

Consistently awarded for the last 30 years.

Member

Lawyers of Distinction

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