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About Phyllis Pollack

Phyllis G. Pollack, Esq. the principal of PGP Mediation, has been a mediator in Los Angeles, California since 2000. She has conducted over 2,000 mediations. As an attorney with more than 40 years experience, she utilizes her diverse background to resolve business, commercial, international trade, real estate, employment and lemon law disputes at both the state and federal trial and state appellate court levels. Read more of Phyllis' accomplishments here: https://www.pgpmediation.com/phyllis-g-pollack-biography/

Has Mediation Become Mechanized?

Assembly Bill 1755  (AB 1755) became law on September 29, 2024. It significantly amends California’s Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (ACT), initially adopted in the 1970s. The Act is designed to provide motor vehicle owners with the remedy of restitution or replacement against automobile manufacturers when their vehicle proves to be [Read More]

By |August 22nd, 2025|Mediation|

Ask Before Offering Advice!

One of the topics I cover in my mediation classes is the different styles or models of mediation, one of which is evaluative mediation. In the evaluative mediation model, the mediator aims to help the parties reach a resolution. To do this, she “… assumes that the participants want and [Read More]

Sexual Orientation and Negotiation

It has long been said that men tend to be assertive and competitive in negotiations, while women tend to be more passive and cooperative. A recent study discussed in the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (PON) daily blog post debunks this stereotyping. In “Gender and Negotiations: New Research [Read More]

By |August 8th, 2025|Negotiation|

Is Mediation the Practice of Law?

You might consider this a strange question since the definition of “mediation” is “a process in which a neutral person or persons facilitate communication between the disputants to assist them in reaching a mutually acceptable agreement” (California Evidence Code  1115(a)). Notice that the operable words are “neutral” and “facilitate.” These [Read More]

By |July 11th, 2025|Court Cases|

HAPPY JULY 2nd!

(Spoiler alert: I had so much fun putting this together several years ago that I feel a reprint is in order !) No, that is not a misprint. It is the date that John Adams (in a letter to his wife Abigail, dated July 3, 1776) predicted would be the [Read More]

By |July 4th, 2025|Odd stuff|
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