Stephen Emil Haberfeld
- 8224 Blackburn Avenue Suite 100
- Los Angeles, California 90048
- Office Phone: 323-697-9494
- Office Fax: 323-651-1946
- Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland
Supreme Court Mediation History:
- Date Appointed: 1/31/03
- Number of Cases Mediated: 146
- Current As Of: 3/31/11
- Areas of Practice:
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Business (e.g., corporate, securities, partnership), Real Estate, Insurance: Intellectual Property: Entertainment, Employment, Civil Rights (e.g., EEO, fair housing)
Bar Memberships:
- New York (1971)
- Pennsylvania (1971)
- California (1975)
- U.S. Supreme Court (1987)
- Federal/Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit (1971)
- Federal/Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit (1984)
- Federal/USDC (CD CA) (1975)
- Federal/USDC (ED PA) (1971)
- Federal/U.S. Tax Court (1984)
| Colleges |
| Name |
Location |
Start |
End |
Type |
Degree |
| |
| University of California |
Los Angeles |
1961 |
1965 |
Undergraduate |
B.A. (1965) |
| Princeton University |
Princeton, New Jersey |
1965 |
1967 |
Graduate |
M.P.A (1967) |
| Law Schools |
| Name |
Location |
Start |
End |
Degree |
| |
| Harvard Law School |
Cambridge, Massachusette |
1967 |
1970 |
J.D. (1970) |
| Professional Experience |
| Name |
Location |
Description |
Start |
End |
| |
| U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit |
New York City |
Law Clerk to Circuit Judge Leonard P. Moore |
1970 |
1971 |
| Harold E. Kohn P.A. |
Philadelphia, PA |
Associate |
1971 |
1973 |
| Watergate Special Prosecution Force |
Washington, DC |
Assistant Watergate Special Prosecutor |
1973 |
1975 |
| Agnew Miller & Carlson |
Los Angeles, CA |
Partner & Associate |
1975 |
1978 |
| Haberfeld & Haberfeld |
Los Angeles, CA |
Partner, Private Judge |
1978 |
1988 |
| U.S. District Court |
Central District of CA |
U.S. Magistrate Judge |
1988 |
1992 |
| Haberfeld & Haberfeld |
Los Angeles, California |
Partner - Private Judge |
1992 |
Present |
| City of Los Angeles |
California |
President, LA City Special Committee on Investigative Oversight |
1998 |
1998 |
| IP and entertainment arbitrators & practitioners |
-- |
Guest lecturer on ADR and IP and Entertainment Law |
1999 |
2002 |
| City of Los Angeles |
California |
President, LA City Special Committee on Investigative Oversight |
2002 |
2002 |
| City of Los Angeles |
California |
President, LA City Special Committee on Investigative Oversight |
2003 |
2003 |
| Mediation and Other ADR Training |
| Name |
Location |
Description |
Date |
| |
| American Arbitration Association |
Los Angeles, California |
Advanced Arbitration Institute (Lecture) |
1993 |
| U.S. Postal Service |
Santa Clarita, California |
Basic EEO Mediation Training |
1998 |
| L.A. County Bar Association |
Los Angeles, California |
Basic Mediation Training |
1998 |
| Nevada Supreme Court |
Las Vegas |
Advanced Appellate Mediation Training |
2007 |
| Nevada Supreme Court |
Las Vegas |
Advanced Appellate Mediation Training |
2008 |
| Nevada Supreme Court |
Las Vegas |
Advanced Appellate Mediation Training - Preventing & Breaking Impasse |
2010 |
| Nevada Supreme Court |
Las Vegas |
Roundtable/Procedural Issues for Settlement Judges |
2011 |
| Mediation and Other ADR Experience |
| Name |
Location |
Description |
Start |
End |
| |
| National Panel of Arbitrators, AAA |
-- |
Commercial Panel - including corporate, business, real estate, insurance, entertainment, intellectual property rights, AAA "Blue Ribbon" & LCCP Panels-- |
1972 |
2004 |
| U.S. Postal Service |
-- |
Mediator, USPS EEO Redress 1 & Redress II Programs |
1998 |
Present |
| Los Angeles Superior Court |
-- |
Mediator, Panel of Probate Mediators |
1998 |
Present |
| Supreme Court Settlement Judge |
Las Vegas |
Mediation of appellate cases |
2003 |
Present |
| National Association of Securities Dealers |
-- |
Neutral chair of 3-person panels, NASD "Blue Ribbon" Panel |
Unk |
Unk |
Awards
- Valedictorian, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kapp (1965)
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