March 28, 2012
PMA is the Champagne Sponsor at the 24th Annual Vintage Bouquet Food and Wine Extravaganza
PMA is excited to be the Champagne Sponsor for the 24th Annual Vintage Bouquet Food and Wine Extravaganza, a joint event with the Barristers of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and the Beverly Hills Bar Foundation.
Date: April 29, 2012
Location: Greystone Mansion
905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90210
Program Information: Established in 1988, the Annual Vintage Bouquet has grown in size and prestige featuring hors d’oeuvres by the area’s top chefs and pouring by California’s premium wineries accompanied by live entertainment and a live and silent auction.
Proceeds from the Vintage Bouquet benefit the Beverly Hills Bar Foundation, an affiliate of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and a 501(c)(3) charitable organization committed to serving the greater Los Angeles community. The mission of the Beverly Hills Bar Foundation is to fund law-related education and community service projects benefiting youth, families, and seniors and to fund scholarships for deserving law school students.
Over the years, the Foundation has enhanced the community by funding a number of nationally recognized and emulated legal literacy and preventive law programs as well as community service projects including, but not limited to:
- Free Wills for Fire Fighters and Emergency Responders
- Free Monthly Legal Clinics
- Free programs for victims of domestic violence
- Free one-day seminars to help individuals understand their legal rights
- Free programs to elementary students about tolerance and diversity
- Free programs to high school students about the law
The Foundation is also proud of its long-standing support and association with Public Counsel, conceived and founded by the Beverly Hills Bar Association more than 30 years ago and now the nation’s largest pro bono law firm. The Foundation, the Association, and Public Counsel share a deep commitment to helping others through volunteer service, a cornerstone of the Foundation’s tradition of excellence.
March 28, 2012
PMA to Exhibit at the LACBA’s 26th Annual Environmental Law Super Symposium
PMA is excited to be a first-time exhibitor at the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Annual Environmental Law Super Symposium.
Date: April 27, 2012
Location: Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown
711 S. Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Program information: During this full-day program, panels of attorneys, judges, government officials, and industry representatives will tackle a variety of topics of crucial importance to the environmental community. Topics include recent developments in environmental law, an update on recent trends in CEQA (including legislation to limit its application), the end of redevelopment in California and its impact on the clean-up of contaminated sites, and the status of the ongoing Delta litigation and its potential effect on water supply in California. The panels will also address topics of practical concern, including strategies to secure contribution to clean-up costs from potentially responsible parties, use of environmental insurance to resolve disputes and close deals, and dispute resolution alternatives to the traditional environmental litigation model.
March 27, 2012
PMA to Exhibit at the ABA Dispute Resolution Section Spring Conference, April 18-21, 2012
PMA is proud to once again exhibit at the ABA Dispute Resolution Section's annual Spring conference.
Date: April 18-21, 2012
Location: Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001-2002
Program Information: This is the largest Conference for dispute resolution professionals in the world. Presenters and attendees have diverse backgrounds including academics, advocates, court administrators, corporate users, as well as dispute resolvers. All are interested in the leading ADR techniques and philosophies both domestic and globally. The Conference typically draws 1000 or more attendees.
The theme of the Conference builds on the Section’s initiative this year of leading by promoting civil discourse. How do we as dispute resolvers lead critical, emotion charged discussions civilly working with people in opposite corners to collaborate and come to consensus? There will be multiple events promoting civil discourse. The Thursday morning plenary will feature Moty Cristal, an experienced Israeli crisis negotiator, who will frame the challenges that negotiators and mediators face in low to no trust environments. On Thursday afternoon AmericaSpeaks, a leading facilitator of large deliberative process demonstrations, will lead a series of facilitated discussions on credentialing dispute resolution professionals. In addition, the Friday morning plenary will feature a discussion of the movie, “The Interrupters.” This award-winning documentary emphasizes innovative organization to halt violence.
March 26, 2012
PMA to Sponsor the IAM Spring Conference Reception and Banquet
PMA is excited to sponsor the International Academy of Mediators Spring Conference 2012 Reception and Banquet.
Date: April 18, 2012
Time: 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Embassy of Canada
501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
More information: This year's Spring Conference is titled "International Mediation and Peacekeeping: The Next Frontier for IAM." Planned topics include a discussion of international mediation trends; the application of neuroscience to mediation; mediation business opportunities in the European Union; and a look at the role of religion, beliefs, and culture in modern conflicts. For more information, see the IAM Spring Conference brochure: http://mediate.com/micart/IAM_Washington_April_2012.pdf
March 6, 2012
PMA Welcomes Eleanor Barr, Esq.
PMA Dispute Reolution is pleased to add Eleanor Barr, Esq. to our esteemed panel of neutals.
