Michael Duckor, Esq.
PERSONAL AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Michael Duckor, born Los Angeles, California, August 3, 1945; admitted
to California Bar 1971. Education: University of California at Davis
(B.A., 1967; J.D., 1970). Associate Editor, University of California at
Davis Law Review, 1969 70. Past President of University of California at
Davis Law School Alumni Association.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Mike Duckor was co founder of Duckor Spradling Metzger & Wynne. Until
his recent retirement from the full time practice of law, Mike had been
the Managing Principal of the firm and responsible for management of the
litigation side of the practice. Mike has worked over the years to build
a strong, effective, and responsive litigation team within the firm.
Mike’s 37 years of litigation experience in state and federal courts,
including real estate, construction (public and private), insurance
coverage, financial institutions, securities, employment law,
intellectual property, environmental law, tort and general business
litigation, provide an invaluable background for the mediation and
arbitration of commercial litigation matters.
MEDIATION, ARBITRATION AND SPECIAL MASTER EXPERIENCE
For the past 20 years, Mike has worked throughout the States of
California and Nevada as a private mediator, arbitrator and special
master. It is often said that Mike’s trademark is his ability to see the
"big picture" and lead parties to an effective, goal oriented resolution
of their problems. Mike is regularly retained by individual and business
entity parties and has been appointed by the courts as a mediator,
arbitrator and/or special master in well over 1,000 matters. He has
served numerous times for the judiciary and in the private sector as an
independent expert relating to issues involving case management and
settlement.
Mike’s forthright, researched and energetic approach simplifies and
unravels even the most complex multiparty disputes, even those involving
many layers of insurance coverage and indemnity. His skill set not only
brings parties to meaningful resolutions via mediation, but combined
with his extensive litigation experience, tempered legal knowledge, and
reputation for impartiality to make Mr. Duckor an ideal choice for
arbitrator.
Mike is a Fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators, a
Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators and is a member of the
National Order of Barristers, and the Association of Business Trial
Lawyers. He is past president of the San Diego Chapter of the
Association of Business Trial Lawyers, past Chairman of the Board of
Project High Hopes,
and served as a subcommittee chairman of the San Diego Blue Ribbon Task
Force on Violent Crime. Mike lectures regionally and nationally on a
variety of topics, including litigation
tactics, professional ethics and mediation practices, and was named
Peacemaker of the Year by the San Diego Mediation Center.
LECTURE AND PANEL PRESENTATIONS
• Regular Lecturer on mediation techniques
• Litigation Section of the California State Bar Annual Program Ethics
and Civility in the Practice of Law
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers 1996 Annual Program - Mediation
of a Complex Intellectual Property Case
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Los Angeles Chapter Ethics and
Civility in the Practice of Law
• California Continuing Education of the Bar Commercial Arbitration
• California State University, Long Beach Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Consumer Attorneys of San Diego – Recent Litigation Mediator
• Consumer Attorneys of California Annual Tahoe Seminar – Panel of
Mediators
• Forensic Engineering Technical Group Use and Abuse of Experts in
Mediation and Arbitration
• State of Nevada Department of Real Estate Continuing Education Mold
Claims
• Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters Mold: A Growing Problem for
Builders and Insurers
PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES
• House Counsel, 10 Tips for Bonehead Mediation
CURRENT PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
• American College of Civil Trial Mediators, Fellow
• International Academy of Mediators, Fellow
• NASD, Regulation Mediator
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Founding Board Member, Past
President, and present Board Member of the San Diego Chapter
• National Member of the Order of Barristers
• San Diego Blue Ribbon Task Force on Violent Crime, Sub committee
chairman
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