Christine Masters, Esq.

Biography

Christine Masters has dedicated her legal career to the resolution of work-related disputes, first as a litigator, and since 1997 exclusively as a neutral. A pioneer in ADR techniques in such cases, she is well recognized as an extremely skilled and successful mediator, arbitrator, and independent investigator/fact finder in a wide range of employment settings, Fortune 100 companies to the public sector, family businesses to non-profit organizations and religious institutions.

Ms. Masters worked as an investigator and trial attorney at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for several years before joining Allred, Maroko, Goldberg & Ribakoff in Los Angeles, California in 1982. She and partner Alan Ribakoff founded Masters & Ribakoff in 1992 where she continued her work as an advocate in litigation, arbitration, and mediation of employment disputes, primarily on behalf of individual employees and small employers. She has served as an independent mediator, arbitrator, and investigator/fact finder in thousands of matters since 1994, and has served on the American Arbitration Association (AAA) Employment and Commercial Panels since 1995 and as a panelist at the Alternative Resolution Centers (ARC) since 2004. Over the years she has written numerous articles and spoken at a variety of institutions and organizations, including: the Southern California Mediation Association, American Bar Association, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Women Lawyers Association, Directors Guild of America, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, UCLA School of Law, and the USC Entertainment Law Institute.

Ms. Masters earned a B.A. degree at the University of California, Irvine in 1972 and received her J.D. from Lincoln University Law School in 1977. Additionally, she received a Professional Certificate in Gerontology in 1990 from the University of Southern California, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

Advanced Education and Training

• The Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution–Pepperdine University School of Law, 1995
• The Masters Forum, 2000 at Pepperdine Law School
• The Center for Dispute Resolution in Santa Monica
• The Los Angeles County Bar Association and Dispute Resolution Services
• The American Arbitration Association

Primary Areas of Focus

Representative Cases:

• Discrimination, sexual Harassment, retaliation
• Class Action wage and hour disputes
• Defamation and other employment related torts
• Public policy/whistleblower claims

Fees

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