Lee Jay Berman is a co-host of the talk show Talk It Over along with crime and justice reporter and news anchor Diane Dimond and comedienne Louise Palanker. Mr. Berman also authors the blog .
Mr. Berman has been a full-time mediator since 1994, successfully mediating over 1,400 cases. He is a Distinguished Fellow with the International Academy Mediators, a Diplomat with the California Academy of Distinguished Neutrals is Certified by the International Mediation Institute, and is a Dispute Resolution Expert with the United Nations Development Programme. He was named Mediator of the Year by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, California Central District, in 2007, and one of California's Top Neutrals by the Daily Journal in 2008 and 2009.
Also a trainer in mediation, negotiation and conflict management skills, he is the founder and President of the American Institute of Mediation, he also lectures at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California, where he was Director of the “Mediating the Litigated Case” program from 2002–2009, and he teaches “Mediating the Complex Case” for the Institute for Conflict Management at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Berman has also conducted trainings for judges in Delhi, India, judges from The Kingdom of Jordan, mediators in post-war Croatia, business leaders in Amsterdam and Dubai, for the American Arbitration Association, and multiple bar associations, courts and mediation organizations. The inaugural ADR Director for the Santa Barbara Superior Courts program, he also chaired or co-chaired the Training Committee for the American Bar Association’s Section on Dispute Resolution from 2003–2007, and is a member of the California State Bar’s Standing Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution.
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