TERRI LUBAROFF, ESQ.

Mediator / Arbitrator / Facilitator

CURRENT WORK:

Mediator / Arbitrator / Facilitator

Panel Member, Agency for Dispute Resolution, Present

Lubaroff Mediation, Los Angeles, California, 2009-Present

As a private, full-time mediator and arbitrator, Ms. Lubaroff specializes in mediation, arbitration and facilitation for the legal, business and entertainment communities. She is a member of the panel for the Agency for Dispute Resolution and also currently sits on the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Party Pay Panel and Random Select Panel. Ms. Lubaroff is an ABA trained arbitrator offering arbitrations in the areas of personal injury, businessdisputes and entertainment.

Ms. Lubaroff mediates cases in thefollowing areas, among others:

-Personal Injury-Premises Liability-Auto Tort

-IntentionalTort-General Negligence-Entertainment Law

-Contracts-Fraud-Commercial Collections

-Employment Law-Landlord-TenantDisputes-Complex Construction Disputes

-Conversion-Business Disputes-Foreclosure/Wrongful Foreclosure

Ms. Lubaroff offers highly specialized private mediations and facilitations in film, television, on-set entertainment disputes, employment and credit disputes, music, art, new media, agency-talent disputes, publishing, intellectual property, and copyright and trademark disputes. Additionally, she specializes in the mediation of non-litigated business disputes, including transactions and transitions such as mergers, acquisitions, succession planning and personnel conflict. As a facilitator, Ms. Lubaroff’s leadership will keep a business meeting on point and on schedule, allowing for increased productivity and creativity.

Ms. Lubaroff also offersfamily wealth transfercoaching which prepares heirs to receive and successfully manage their family legacy in business, philanthropy and society.

Coupled with her excellent negotiation skills, knowledge of the law, understanding of complex issues and tireless follow-through,Ms. Lubaroff’s background in the legal, entertainment and business worlds has provided her with specialized tools in dealing with difficult clients, ego-driven personalities and complex interpersonal and legal disputes.

EDUCATION:

  • University of Florida (B.A. Magna Cum Laude, 1993)
  • University of Florida (J.D., December 1996)

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES:

  • Admitted to the State Bar, Florida, July 1997 (inactive) FL Bar #0110779

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION TRAINING:

  • American Bar Association – Arbitration Issues and Arbitration From Hearing to Award, 2012
  • American Bar Association – Arbitration Training Institute, 2011
  • American Institute of Mediation – Resolving Conflicts at Work, 2010
  • American Institute of Mediation – Mediating the Non-Litigated Case, 2010
  • Southern California Mediation Association – Mediating the Non-Litigated Dispute, 2009
  • Southern California Mediation Association – The Next Generation of Cross-Cultural Skills: The New, Invisible Cross-Cultural Conflict, 2009
  • Pepperdine University, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution – Mediating the Litigated Case, 2009
  • International Creative Management – Agent Trainee, Problem Solving Training,1997-1999
  • University of Florida Law School – Negotiation, 1996
  • University of Florida Law School – Mediation, 1996

PAST WORK HISTORY:

  • Senior Vice President, Humble Journey Films, a Film & TV Production Company with an overhead deal at Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, California (2004-10)
  • Writer and/or Producer on nine television shows sold to CBS, FOX, NBC, VH1 and BET.
  • Coordinator, The Kaplan-Stahler-Gumer Agency, Beverly Hills, California (2001-03)
  • Founder & Co-CEO, Dark Coast Studios, an Internet Content Company, Burbank, California (1999-2001)
  • President, Dilonra Films, Beverly Hills, California, (1999-2001)
  • Agent Trainee/Assistant, International Creative Management, Beverly Hills, California, (1997-1999)

MEMBERSHIPS & POSITIONS:

  • American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section
  • Beverly Hills Bar Association, Conflict Resolution Section; Entertainment Law Section; Litigation Section
  • Los Angeles Superior Court – Dispute Resolution Services Mediator
  • Party Pay and Random Select Panels
  • Southern California Mediation Association
  • Founding Parent/Chair of the Furniture, Fixtures, Equipment Committee, The City Charter Middle & High School, Los Angeles, CA (2011-Present)
  • Hollywood Hill (2006-2009)
  • Hollywood Radio and Television Society (2004-2009)
  • Women in Film (1999-2004)

LECTURES, PUBLICATIONS, APPEARANCES:

  • Context Matters! Reaching an Understanding in Mediation, ADRTimes.com, March 2, 2012
  • “No” is Not the Worst They Can Say, ADRTimes.com, February 10, 2012
  • “123 Hollywood!” Talk Radio Special Guest: Entertainment Industry Development, 2009
  • Quoted in “Small Screen,Big Picture” a book on television development by Chad Gervich, published by Three Rivers Press, a division of Random House (2008)
  • Industry Representative, Pitchfest, 2004-2009
  • Screenwriter’s Expo, Speaker, Urban Film Market/African-American Screenwriting Panel, 2006
  • Screenwriter’s Expo, Speaker, Writing for One-Hour Television Dramas/The Craft of One Hour Episodic Television, 2006
  • Screenwriter’s Expo, Speaker, Feature Film Development/Television Development 2005
  • Sherwood Oaks Film School, Guest Speaker: 2004-2008
  • Los Angeles Film School, Speaker 2004-2008
  • University of West Los Angeles School of Law, Entertainment Law Class, Guest Lecturer, 2000