Scott L. Gilmore

Gilmore Mediation

300 South Grand Avenue
37th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071

213-621-0832

Business, Commercial, Construction, Eminent Domain, Labor, Real Estate, Shareholder Disputes, Wrongful Termination

SCOTT GILMORE combines his graduate business school education, his experience litigating cases for more than thirty three years and the lessons he learned during his five years as the managing partner of one of the oldest law firms in California to assist litigants in reaching a resolution of their disputes.

SCOTT has served has a mediator since 2003 and has mediated more than 500 cases over the past ten years.

SCOTT has practiced law for more than 35 years, exclusively as a member of Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP, specializing in business related litigation, including contract, real estate, construction, employment, closely-held corporation and partnership matters.  He has extensive experience in trying both jury and non jury cases in the state and federal courts, as well as arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association.

From 1998 through 2002 SCOTT served as Managing Partner of the firm.

In support of his practice as a mediator, SCOTT has completed more than 120 hours of mediation training through the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University and affiliated organizations.  He serves on the Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel of the Los Angeles County Superior Court and is a member of the Southern California Mediation Association

SCOTT GILMORE is an experienced and effective mediator, having handled more than 500 mediations since commencing his mediation practice in 2003.  In addition to his private mediation work, Scott continues to serve on the Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.  Scott has completed more than 100 hours of mediation training offered through the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.  

Scott has also practiced law for more than 35 years, exclusively as a member of Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP, one of California's oldest law firms.  He specializes in business related litigation, with specific expertise in contract, real estate, construction, closely-held corporation and partnership litigation.   He has extensive experience in trying both jury and non jury cases in the state and federal courts, as well as arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association.   Scott has also prosecuted numerous appeals, both of cases he has tried and appellate matters referred to him by other attorneys.  His broad based legal background provides additional value to his mediation services. 


From 1998 through 2002 Scott served as Managing Partner of Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP. 

 

 

Scott graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California School of Business Administration in 1975. He then received both his Masters in Business Administration and his Juris Doctorate degrees from the University of Southern California in 1978.

 

Scott holds an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell. 

 

Scott's professional mediation  affiliations include the Southern California Mediation Association and the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association. Scott is also a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the American Bar Association, in which he is a member of the litigation section of both associations.  He is a member of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.    

   

 

Areas of Legal Practice:

Business Litigation

Real Estate Litigation

Construction Disputes

 

 

Bar Admissions:

California, 1978

U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1978

U.S. District Court- All California Districts

 

 

Education:

J.D., University of Southern California Law Center, 1978

 

MBA, University of Southern California, 1978 

  

B.S. Business Administration (emphasis in management), University of Southern California, 1975,  Honors: Magna Cum Laude; Order of the Palm.  

 

Mediation Training:

"Mediating the Litigated Case" (42 hours)

"Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution" (6 hours)

"Complex Construction Mediation" (18 hours)

"Advanced Mediation Training" (15 hours)

"Specialized Mediation" (18 hours)

"Complex Issues in Mediation - Employment, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice" (18 hours)

Attendance at numerous all day seminars offered by the Southern California Mediation Association

            

Professional Associations and Memberships:

State Bar of California

        Member, Litigation Section

 

Los Angeles County Bar Association

        Member, Litigation Section

        Member, Association of Business Trial Lawyers

 

American Bar Association

        Member, Litigation Section and Dispute Resolution Section

 

 

Former Member, Los Angeles County Superior Court Panel of Mediators

 

Member, Southern California Mediation Association

           

 

Past Member, Board of Governors, University of Southern California Alumni Association (Executive Committee Member) 2009-2012

 

Member, Board of Trustees, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

 

Chairman, USC Marshall Partners, University of Southern California  (2011-2013)

 

Member, USC Marshall School of Business Board of Leaders 2011 - present

 

Member, Board of Elders, SeaCoast Grace Church, Cypress, California

300 South Grand Avenue - 37th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
 
Phone: (213) 621-0832
Fax:     (213) 624-4840
Email: [email protected]