San Diego, California 33+ years mediating

Harold Coleman

Senior Mediator

Full-Time Arbitrator/Mediator/Trainer · Admitted to the Bar: California, 1990

2013 – Present; Adjunct Professor, San Diego State University. 1999 – Present; Adjunct Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law. 1993 – Present; Lead Faculty, Graduate Law and Ethics University of Phoenix. 1991 – Present; Adjunct Professor, Southwestern College. 1988 – Present; Full-Time Arbitrator/Mediator/Trainer, Harold Coleman Jr. Ltd. 2003 – 2013; Partner and Head of ADR Group, Gaglione Coleman & Greene LLP. 1998 – 2003; Senior Vice President and Corporate Counsel, Pacific 17 Inc. 1997 – 2000; Senior Litigation Attorney (Construction and Development Group), McInnis Fitzgerald Rees Sharkey & McIntyre. 1990 – 1997; Adjunct Professor, Construction Management, San Diego Mesa College. 1990 – Project Manager, County of San Diego Office of Architecture and Engineering. 1980 – 1990; Project Engineer, City of Phoenix Engineering Department. 1979 – 1980; Structural Engineering Technician, Maricopa County Highway Department. 1978 – 1979; Civil Engineering Technician, Arizona Department of Transportation, Highways Division.

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37
Years practicing
33
Years mediating
2000
Cases mediated
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Construction DisputesReal Estate TransactionsCommercial ContractsDivorce & SeparationChild Custody & VisitationBoundary Line DisputesFranchise DisputesInsurance Coverage DisputesPersonal Injury Claims
How we collaborate

Coleman embraces a facilitative yet evaluative process, depending on the parties and the unique dynamics of the matter in mediation. He provides the parties with an objective and impartial assessment of the costs, risks and possibilities at the appropriate time in the process. He facilitates creative brainstorming in seeking to overcome impasse and to invent options for mutual benefit.

Mediated (from 1992 to date) several hundred technical and business disputes as a mediation panelist with the San Diego Superior Court’s Civil Mediation Program and the San Diego Association of Realtors’ Real Estate Mediation Panel. Mediation practice has run the gamut encompassing business, consumer, public agency, real estate, construction, employment and personal injury disputes.

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Hourly rate

$375

Format Duration Amount Notes
IN_PERSON HOURLY $375 $375 – 500/hr
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Related programs
  • Construction Disputes
  • Real Estate Transactions
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Divorce & Separation