Employment Dispute Resolution Services Careers in Sonoma, CA

Richard Rybicki trained in one of the state's first bar-sponsored mediator certification programs, completing the Los Angeles Bar Association’s full Dispute Resolution Services course in 1993. He first studied Alternative Dispute Resolution while at Cornell Law School. After returning to California, he was active in the Beverly Hills Bar Association Mediation Subcommittee and the Southern California Mediation Association, including its early programs at Pepperdine University’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. He remains active in ADR organizations and is a member of the American Bar Association’s Mediation Committee and the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution’s Publications Board. Mr. Rybicki is a strong advocate of mediation, representing CalTech in the first case recognizing a constitutional privacy right in mediation and participating as amicus counsel on various ADR issues. He is also active in ADR education, presenting mediation seminars with agencies such as the EEO