Speaker
Carmen Santana

Carmen Santana Mayer is a partner with Berkes Crane Robinson & Seal LLP. She received her B.A. in psychology and her B.A. in Spanish literature in 1994 from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). She received her J.D. from UCLA in 1997. Her bar admissions include California State Courts in 1997, United States District Court for the Central District in 1997, and the United States Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit, in 1997.

Ms. Mayer has a litigation practice in handling complex multi-party insurance and liability disputes in the fields of toxic torts and construction defect, as well as handling personal injury and business litigation matters. Her toxic torts practice involves the defense of mesothelioma and lung cancer asbestos cases and silica cases. In her construction defect practice, she has particular experience in the defense of subcontractors. She has also handled insurance coverage cases involving general liability policies.

She formerly practiced with Peterson & Ross in Los Angeles and was in-house counsel for State Farm Insurance.

Ms. Mayer has membership with the California State Bar Association and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She does pro-bono work with Public Counsel’s adoptions program. She was co-editor-in-chief of UCLA’s Chicano-Latino Law Review, 1996-1997. She is proficient in Spanish. 

Topic: How to Protect Yourself and Your Business:  Should
”Your Business Contract Contain an Arbitration Clause”
With the rising cost of legal fees, are there ways to protect yourself and your business when drafting or entering into contracts?  Is there a way to avoid filing a public lawsuit?  Is there a way to reach a resolution to a dispute quickly?  Yes!  Yes! and Yes!  Arbitration is the use of a neutral to resolve disputes between parties instead of filing a lawsuit.  But is arbitration the right solution for your business?  What are the pros and cons of arbitrating a dispute versus filing a lawsuit? 

You will learn:
Define Arbitration (how is it different than mediation, non binding arbitration, etc.
What are Pros (and Cons) of Arbitration
Do you Need an attorney
What are samples of arbitration clauses
Is an arbitration clause right for your business and your dispute?

csantaqna@bcrslaw.com

Attorney at Law        

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