Linda Fritz Conflict resolution, dispute management, mediation, arbitration, business negotiations, alternative dispute resolution training and related legal services.

Linda C. Fritz, Esq. Principal: Conflict Resolution

Over 1,600 mediations and arbitrations conducted.

Mediator, Arbitrator, Facilitated Negotiations, Alternative Dispute Resolution Education, Training, Conflict Resolution, Dispute Management, Neutral Fact Finding, Consulting, Speaking, Conflict Assessment and Management.

Current Employer/Title	ConflictResolution.com - Principal
Profession	Attorney, Mediator, Arbitrator - Internet Law, Healthcare, Real Property, Business, Insurance, Partnerships, Employment, Contracts
Work History	In house general counsel to The JacLind Corporation (which controls thirty web-based companies) 1999 - present; Partner, Kimball, Tirey & St. John, 1993 - 1999; Partner, Jewell & Fritz, Attorneys at Law, 1988 - 1993; Vice-President, Planning & Development, Women's Health Centers of America, Inc. 1986-1988; Director of Contract Administration, CIGNA Healthplans 1985-1986; Portfolio Administrator, Security Pacific Finance Corp. 1982-1985. Adjunct Professor, 1994 - present, California Western School of Law, San Diego, CA, teaching negotiation, mediation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution strategies.
Experience	As General Counsel, manages all of the legal issues and litigation for the corporation; experienced in all phases and aspects of internet and web related disputes for the 30 companies the corporation controls. Previously was managing partner of the civil litigation division for the KTS law firm, litigating real property, health care, environmental, employment, business, and corporate and partnership matters, supervising eight attorneys. Highly experienced trial and arbitration attorney; lead attorney for more than 100 trials and arbitrations, (and more than 2,500 municipal court trials). Very experienced in all aspects of health care law, including all types of contracts relating to managed care systems. Prior experience in forming corporations, partnerships, trusts and all facets of contract and employment law. Substantial experience in mediating and arbitrating claims arising from the above specialties, including life insurance claims, and in managing and conducting arbitration and mediation proceedings. Has also been a mediator and an arbitrator in two separate mass tort claims projects administered by the AAA. Very experienced in managing complex caseloads as part of the mass tort claims effort.
ADR Experience	A member of the AAA's national roster of arbitrators and mediators since 1990. Member of the San Diego County Superior Court's Mediator and Arbitrator Panel since 1990. As a sole or panelist arbitrator, conducted more than 600 cases. Mediated 1,000 real estate, business, mass tort claims and other disputes involving complex issues and multi-party proceedings. Conducted numerous arbitrations and mediations involving a variety of real property, employment, life insurance, professional liability, partnership and corporate dissolution matters, contract and business disputes. Guest speaker and lecturer on conflict resolution and team building and negotiation techniques and strategies for small and large organizations; Adjunct professor for seven years teaching negotiation, mediation and arbitration law, concepts and strategies to law school students.
ADR Training	San Diego Mediation Center Basic Mediation Training (1990); AAA Center for Mediation Basic Mediation Training (1991); AAA Basic Arbitrator Training (1991); AAA Center for Mediation Advanced Mediation Training (1991); AAA Advanced Arbitrator Training (1992); Faculty, AAA Mediation Training, San Diego, (1994); Faculty AAA Advanced Arbitrator Training, San Diego, (1998); AAA Advanced Arbitrator Training San Diego (2000); Faculty, AAA-sponsored "Mediation and the Practice of Law" for San Diego County Bar Assn. (2000).
Professional Licenses	Admitted to the Bar: California, 1983; U.S. District Court Southern District of California (1983)
Professional Associations	Member, San Diego County Bar Association's ADR Bench/Bar Committee which oversees the Mediation Pilot Program; American Bar Association; member of the Board of Directors of the California Dispute Resolution Council ("CDRC"); California State Bar Association; San Diego County Bar Association; member of the California State Bar's ADR Committee; founding co-chair of the ADR Committee for the Bar Association of Northern San Diego County; Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (1994); Past President (1997) San Diego County Apartment Association; Past President (2000) California Apartment Association; member of the Board of Directors of Second Chance (1996-1998); member Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (current).
Judicial Experience	Judge Pro Tempore, San Diego Municipal and Superior Courts, since 1989; fee arbitrator, Bar Association of Northern San Diego County.
Publications	"Aura Report" published in Los Angeles Daily Journal; regular contributor to numerous statewide real estate related publications.
Education	BSL-1981, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; JD-1982, [Law Review], University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University.
Expert Witness	Has served as an expert witness in ADR and real estate related cases.
Languages	Spanish, French