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Finding A Civil Early Settlement Conference Neutral

Finding a CESC 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
  • Display a printable report of all neutrals on the Court's database
  • Perform a search on the Court's neutrals database

Individuals 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.  

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

CESC Neutrals

Full Name First Name Last Name Email Phone Number Foreign Language Subject Matter Areas of Law
Cammie Chen Cammie Chen cammie@conflictmediate.com Personal Injury, Labor/Employment, Construction, Business [Contract/Collection]
William Bassett William Bassett billbassett2003@yahoo.com Personal Injury
Kevin Bedolla Kevin Bedolla kevin@kcbedolla.com Personal Injury, Labor/Employment, Construction, Business [Contract/Collection]
Ronald Berki Ronald Berki berkilaw@yahoo.com Personal Injury
Marc Bouret Marc Bouret mpb500@aol.com Business [Contract/Collection]
Chris Appleton Chris Appleton chris@appletonmediation Personal Injury, Labor/Employment, Business [Contract/Collection]
Daniel Ballesteros Daniel Ballesteros dan.ballesteros@hogefenton.com Personal Injury, Construction, Business [Contract/Collection]

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.

Neutrals who wish to be added to the court's database are encouraged to submit an application .
Neutrals who need to update their provider information should contact the court.

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