PRACTICE AREAS
Employment, Disability/Access, Elder Law, Professional Negligence, Business, Partnership and Commercial, Government Tort Liability, Attorney-Client disputes.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION EXPERIENCE
The quality of Lynne’s services shows that she “is one of the most experienced mediators in California,” states prominent plaintiff’s employment counsel.” Respected defense counsel comments that she is “very professional, knowledgeable about the applicable law and practical-minded,” observing that “her abilities as a seasoned employment and disability mediator are evident.” She is quick to zero in on the heart of the dispute and move the case along to settlement. By some she has been told she is “patient,” by others “relentless.”
Lynne is a mediation trainer for Dispute Resolution Services of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, where she has provided mediation training for thousands of lawyers and other professionals during the last 14 years.
Lynne has been an attorney for 25 years. In the private sector, Lynne worked for municipal defense and employment-labor law firms; in the public sector, she prosecuted attorneys and served as counsel to the California Supreme Court’s State Bar Court.
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ORGANIZATIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS
 Former director of the Disability Mediation Center & Adjunct Professor, Loyola Law School
Fellow, International Academy of Mediators
Vice-Chair, LACBA’s Attorney-Client Mediation and Arbitration Services & Mediation Subcommittee Chair
Panelist: “Beyond Basics – Employment Mediation” (2003); “Employment and Disability Issues” (2002); Employers Group Annual Law Update, “Interactive Reasonable Accommodation Process” (2001); “Ethical Responsibilities When Representing A Client in Mediation (2001)
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EDUCATION & TRAINING
J.D. (1977), Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA
A.B. (1974), University of California, Berkeley, Phi Beta Kappa
Lynne Bassis is available throughout Southern California.
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