R. A. Carrington, Esq. T: 310.203.8200 F: 310.203.8211

EDUCATION:

• University of Southern California Law Center, Juris Doctor, June, 1974

• UCLA/Pepperdine University, M.A. candidate, 1970

• University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1968
  

ADR EXPERIENCE:

• (1999-Present) Mediation & Arbitration Services

• R. A. Carrington is a full time mediator. Member of Santa Barbara County CADRe mediation, arbitration, neutral evaluation and special master programs [see www.SBCADRe.org], Ventura County mediator, United States District Court Settlement Panel Member, Kaiser Neutral, AAA mediator and arbitrator, and First Resolution Services, Inc. arbitrator and mediator.
  

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

• (1990-1998) Carrington & Nye
  33 West Mission Street
  Suite 201
  Santa Barbara, California 93101
  Civil trial practice with emphasis on governmental, tort, business, employment, real estate, personal injury and general civil litigation

• (1980-1989) Carrington & Kandell
  211 East Victoria Street, Suite D
  Santa Barbara, California 93101 (office in Los Angeles until 1990)
  Civil trial practice with emphasis on business, real estate, commercial, and negligence litigation

• (1978-1979) M.A. Fox & Associates
  567 San Nicolas Drive
  Newport Beach, California 92660
  Real estate law, business litigation, condemnation, and appellate work

• (1975-1978) United California Bank
  707 Wilshire Boulevard
  Los Angeles, California 90017
  Commercial law, real estate law, construction industry law, consumer law, check litigation and bankruptcy (both straight and chapter proceedings) and contract law
  

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Business

• Construction Defect

• Homeowner's Disputes/HOA

• Real Estate

• Employment

• Elder Abuse

• Medical Negligence

• Insurance Bad Faith
  

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• (1980-1984, 1998) Pepperdine University Law School

• (1989) Santa Barbara College of Law

• (1979-1984) University of California, Irvine

• (1977-1991) UCLA

• (1982) City of Irvine

• (1982) Western State University Law School

• (1981-1982) Philadelphia Institute for Paralegal Studies
  

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS:

• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

• California Trial Lawyers Association

• Orange County Trial Lawyers Association

• Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association

• California Business Trial Lawyers Association

• Association of Trial Lawyers of America

• American Arbitration Association

• Association of Business Trial Lawyers

• Los Angeles Superior Court Arbitration Association

• Santa Barbara County Arbitration Association

• Santa Barbara County CADRe Program

• Ventura County Arbitration Association

• Orange County Bar Association

• United States District Court Settlement Panel

• Southern California Defense Counsel

• Kaiser Neutral

• American Arbitration Association
  

ADR TRAINING:

• Mediation training and advanced training at the Straus Institute of Mediation; approved mediator/ Arbitrator for American Arbitration Association, Most insurance insurance companies, CADRe

• Mediating the Litigated Case, Straus Institute

• Advanced Mediation Practice, Straus Institute

• Mediation, Meeting the Challenges of the New Millennium, Straus Institute

• Alternative Dispute, American Bar Association
  

ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:

• (1979-1986; 1999-Present) American Arbitration Association

• (1980-1991) Los Angeles Superior Court Arbitration Panel

• (1979-1984) Orange County Superior Court Arbitration Panel

• (1984-Present) Santa Barbara Superior Court Arbitration Panel

• (1987-Present) Santa Barbara Superior Court Settlement Master

• (1998-2000) United States District Court, Central District of California Settlement Officer

• (1996-Present) Ventura County Superior Court Arbitration Panel

• (1999-Present) Santa Barbara Superior Court CADRe

• (1999-Present) Kaiser Neutral
  

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Faculty Advisor for the UCLA Attorney Assistant Training Program

• Literary Consultant for Parker & Son Publications, Inc.

• Hastings College of Trial & Appellate Advocacy

AVAILABLE:

Throughout Southern California

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