Experience
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Education
University of Tennessee, B.A. Finance & Accounting, summa cum laude
Harvard Law School, J.D.
Professional Affiliations - Past and Present
- Southern California Mediation Association - founding member, officer, director, chairman of various conferences, emeritus board member
- Association for Conflict Resolution (and its former constituents, Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution and Academy of Family Mediators)
- International Listening Association
- California Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (emeritus member)
- Dispute Resolution Services (formerly the Santa Monica Neighborhood Justice Center, now a part of the LA County Bar Association) - volunteer mediator, chair of new programs committee, member of operating committee, and on board of directors
- Beverly Hills Bar Association
- Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators for Los Angeles Superior Court, Federal Bankruptcy Court (Central District of California), California Department of Insurance, American Arbitration Association, California Lawyers for the Arts
- Coalition for Cooperative Divorce - founding member and board member
Awards & Commendations
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“Distinguished Service Award” - Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine Law School, Master Forum (2002)
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“Hon. Benjamin A. Aranda III, Outstanding Public Service Award” - Los Angeles County Bar Association (1998)
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“Peacemaker of the Year” - Southern California Mediation Association (in 2004 the “Peacemaker of the Year Award” was re-named for Richard and Ken Cloke, and is now known as the “Cloke-Millen Peacemaker of the Year” Award)
- Several awards from LACBA Dispute Resolution Services, and its predecessor Santa Monica Neighborhood Justice Center, including Irvin E. Miller Lifetime Achievement Award
Teaching and Writing
Other Experience
- Military Service - United States Army (Cavalry, QM and Remount Services) - February 1942-March 1946, with ranks from 2nd Lieutenant to Major; 25 months in North Africa & Italian campaigns
- Member of California Bar since 1949, in general practice with emphasis on strategic management and operatio of public and private businesses in California and other states, including all legal, conflict resolution, and transactional services.
- General partner, president, or other corporate officer in management of various business ventures.
- Counselor, negotiator, facilitator, and closer to investors, investment bankers, and entrepreneurs in making critical decisions and imlementing them in planning acquisition or commencement, financing, operation, and disposition of various business ventures, including compliance, litigation, and other conflict resolution and avoidance strategy, and company continuation and stability.