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Robert Fries

Partner

“Business Mediator”

Walnut Creek, California

Core Practice Areas

5 Verticals
✓Commercial Contracts
✓Employment Discrimination
✓Workplace Harassment
✓Personal Injury Claims
✓Financial Misrepresentation
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

Neutral Profile

As a partner in Carter, Carter, Fries & Grunschlag, Bob Fries represents small businesses, non-profits, and individuals in a wide variety of matters, he teaches negotiation, and he serves as an impartial neutral. His mediation training includes over 400 hours in facilitative, evaluative, and cross-cultural mediation with The Center for Mediation in Law, Stanford Law School, the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution at UC Hastings College of the Law, and the Strauss Institute at Pepperdine Law School. Before joining Carter Carter Fries & Grunschlag, Bob Fries was a partner, and managing partner, in the law firm of Steinhart & Falconer, where he worked for 30 years. Attorneys have praised his insight and grasp of the psychological aspects of mediation and his ability to assist all parties in seeing things in a clear and realistic light. His mediation skills have also made him a more effective advocate. Bob has written and lectured on many employment-related subjects, including key handbook policies, EEO concepts, disability, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, ADR, hiring, discipline and discharge (union and non-union settings), drug testing, privacy, independent contractors, wage and hour exemptions, leaves of absence, defamation, and unique California laws and regulations.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

Primary Verifications

License

Attorney

Education

Stanford University

B.A., J.D. · Law

Work History

4 Positions

Partner

Carter, Fries & Grunschlag

Represents small businesses, non-profits, and individuals; teaches negotiation; serves as impartial neutral.

Partner and Managing Partner

Steinhart & Falconer

Worked for 30 years.

Adjunct Professor

UC Hastings College of Law

Taught negotiation.

Law Clerk

U.S. District Court, N.D. California

Law clerk to the honorable Robert F. Peckham.

Honors & Recognition

2 Honors

AV Preeminent

Martindale-Hubbell

Rated AV Preeminent for over 40 years.

Northern California Super Lawyer

Super Lawyers

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