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Barbara Reeves Neal, Esq. Barbara A. Reeves Neal is a JAMS neutral in Santa Monica, Calif. She resolves complex, high-profile commercial, employment and professional liability disputes in the...
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Barbara A. Reeves Neal is a JAMS panelist based in Santa Monica. She has particular experience in arbitration and mediation of construction disputes in the energy sector. Barbara is a member of JAMS...
View ArticleInsurance Coverage for Defective Construction: Litigation, Legislation and...
Barbara A. Reeves Neal, Esq. By Barbara A. Reeves Neal, Esq. If you have ever remodeled or built a house, you can begin to understand a significant issue that has generated both litigation and...
View ArticleConstruction Defect Disputes and the Abandoned Policyholder: Getting the...
Barbara A. Reeves Neal, Esq. Kenneth C. Gibbs, Esq. By Barbara A. Reeves Neal, Esq. and Kenneth C. Gibbs, Esq. There is much that can go wrong in any large construction project: improper...
View ArticleCovered or Not: Has Hartford v. Swift Opened a Faster Lane for Intellectual...
Barbara A. Reeves Neal, Esq. By Barbara A. Reeves Neal, Esq. The California Supreme Court recently issued its long-awaited coverage decision in Hartford Casualty Ins. Co. v. Swift Distribution, Inc.,...
View ArticleMediation Advocacy – Countdown to a Successful Mediation
By: Barbara Reeves Neal, Esq. Barbara A. Reeves Neal, Esq. Lawyers and mediators sometimes fail to appreciate that a mediation requires as much advance planning and consideration of strategy as a...
View ArticleThere Are No Do-Overs in Mediation
Barbara A. Reeves, Esq. By Barbara A. Reeves, Esq. Most mediations begin and end in a single day. As much as the parties would benefit from a leisurely pace to explore all the factual and legal issues,...
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