Finding A Civil Early Settlement Conference Neutral

The Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara offers an Civil Early Settlement Conference (CESC) Program for parties in general civil limited and unlimited jurisdiction cases.

When all parties stipulate, using the Court's ADR Stipulation and Order Form (Form CV-5008), they may choose any mutually acceptable neutral from the Court's list of neutrals to hold a settlement conference in the neutral's office. The Court will pay the neutral a one-time flat fee of $150.00 for up to 3 hours of the neutral's time. Parties will negotiate directly with the neutral for more than 3 hours of the neutral's time. For more information, see the Civil Early Settlement Conference Program Rules (Local Civil Rule 4). 

From this page you may view all neutrals on the Court's database (see below).

Neutrals who wish to be added to the neutrals database are encouraged to submit an application (Form CV-5016). Neutrals who need to update their information may contact the Court at ADR@scscourt.org.

For attorneys who are interested, see the Application to Serve as a Settlement Attorney.

Read more about Early Settlement Conferences in the Self-Help section of this website.

DISCLAIMER: The Court provides this list of CESC Neutrals as a public service. The Court does not endorse, recommend or make any warranty as to the qualifications or competency of any provider on the list. Inclusion on the list is based on the representations of the Neutral. The Court assumes no responsibility or liability for any act or omission of any provider on the list.