Mark Loeterman, Esq.
Since 2001, Mark Loeterman has mediated hundreds of litigated cases, concentrating on disputes involving real estate, employment, business and insurance. He assists parties in evaluating the risks and costs of continued litigation, and helps them to negotiate resolutions that best serve their interests. Mr. Loeterman is committed to achieving agreements that are reasonable, efficient and sensible. His knowledge, persistence and ability to develop realistic and creative options for settlement have been instrumental to his success.

A lawyer with more than two decades of experience, Mr. Loeterman holds the highest “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is admitted to practice in State and Federal courts, including the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Prior to his career as a mediator, Mr. Loeterman served for 20 years as General Counsel to the Fred Sands Real Estate Companies and their affiliated businesses in the real estate, insurance, hospitality and radio industries. In that capacity, he handled a wide range of sophisticated litigation and transactional issues relating to real estate sales and leases, financing and secured loans, professional liability, breach of commercial agreements, partnership disputes and dissolution, employment termination and discrimination, insurance coverage, and franchising.

Mr. Loeterman has completed over 250 hours of advanced mediation, negotiation and communication skills training, primarily through the Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University and the American Bar Association.

SPECIALIZES IN: Real estate, employment, business contracts, business torts, insurance coverage, and franchise cases.

EDUCATION:

  • J.D., Southwestern University School of Law (1978)
  • B.A, University of California, Los Angeles, cum laude (1975)

ORGANIZATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), lecturer and panelist

Southern California Mediation Association
        • Director, Secretary, and Chair of the Public Policy Committee

American Bar Association
        • Dispute Resolution section and Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice (TIPS) section

Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills bar associations
        • ADR, Litigation, Real Property, and Employment Law sections

AVAILABLE:

Throughout California.