Phyllis Pollack with PGP Mediation uses a facilitative, interest-based approach. Her preferred mediation style is facilitative in the belief that the best and most durable resolutions are those achieved by the parties themselves. The parties generally know the business issues and priorities, personalities and obstacles to a successful resolution as well as their own needs better than any mediator or arbitrator. She does not impose her views or make decisions for the parties. Rather, Phyllis assists the parties in creating options that meet the needs and desires of both sides.

When appropriate, visual aids are used in preparing discussions and illustrating possible solutions. On the other hand, she is not averse to being proactive and offering a generous dose of reality, particularly when the process may have stalled due to unrealistic expectations of attorney or client, a failure to focus on needs rather than demands, or when one or more parties need to be reminded of the potential consequences of their failure to reach an agreement.

PGP Mediation
865 Figueroa Street
Suite 1388
Los Angeles, CA 90017
T: 213-630-8810
F: 212-630-8890

E-mail us at: staff@PGPmediation.com
Web site: www.PGPmediation.com

June 1994 -
Present

Law Office of Phyllis G. Pollack, Los Angeles; deal with insurance, business, commercial, employment, bankruptcy and real estate related issues in the litigation and transactional contexts

January 1993 -
May 1994

Billet & Kaplan, Los Angeles (formerly Collisson & Kaplan); dealt with title insurance, business, commercial, banking, bankruptcy and real estate related issues and litigation

June 1990 -
January 1993

Collisson & Kaplan, Los Angeles; dealt with title insurance, business, commercial, banking, bankruptcy, and related real estate issues and litigation

May 1987 -
May 1990

Office of the General Counsel, Sanwa Bank California, Los Angeles, California; dealt with banking related matters and litigation including secured and unsecured commercial and consumer loans, deposits and collections, real estate, negotiable instruments, trusts, bankruptcy, and fair employment practices and personnel

August 1985 -
May 1987

Burkley, Moore, Greenberg & Lyman, Torrance, California; dealt with commercial, real estate, and securities fraud litigation

February 1981 -
August 1985

Murchison & Cumming, Los Angeles, California; dealt with personal injury, products liability, and complex legal malpractice cases involving securities fraud

Law School:

Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana; Juris Doctor, May 1977
Academic Standing: Top 11%, Rank 21 of 184, Grade Point Average: 80.88

University:

Newcomb College of the Tulane University of New Orleans, Louisiana - Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, May 1973
Academic Standing: Top 5%
Grade Point Average: 3.65 of 4.00

Law School:

Moot Court (1975-1977)
Senior Fellow (Selected by the law faculty to assist in teaching freshman law students research and writing (1976-1977)

University:

Magna Cum Laude degree with distinction for Thesis work ("Working and Non-Working Women and Equality in Marriage"); Phi Beta Kappa

Tulane University Scholar (1970-1973); Phi Mu Award for Outstanding Sociology Major (1973); Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities (1972-1973 and 1976-1977)

Admissions:

State of California, December 17, 1980
District of Columbia, March 15, 1979
State of Louisiana, October 7, 1977

United States District Court, all Districts of California
United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Court of International Trade
United States Court of Federal Claims

Affiliations:

State Bar of California

District of Columbia Bar Association

Louisiana State Bar Association - Dispute Resolution Section

American Bar Association - Dispute Resolution Section

Los Angeles County Bar Association

Southern California Mediation Association, Board of Directors 2006-2007
Chair of the Professional Development Committee

United States District Court, Central District of California Settlement Officer Panel

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