Jan Frankel Schau settles litigated cases arising out of employment and tort disputes with humanity, skill, and intelligence. With over twenty years of experience as a mediator, following a twenty-year career as a litigator – 10 years each in insurance defense and representing plaintiffs – she has a unique ability to understand and evaluate both sides of a conflict, assisting the parties in arriving at a satisfactory resolution in every dispute efficiently, effectively and fairly. Jan is known for her keen insight and kindness, earning praise from lawyers and their clients in the most intransigent of disputes. Her settlement rates are consistently high, saving her clients countless hours and dollars in litigation.

Ms. Schau has been recognized as one of the leading mediators in Southern California, named by the Daily Journal as a “Top 50 Neutral,” recognized as a Super Lawyer and as one of the “Top 16 Women in Alternative Dispute Resolution”, a former Elected Chair, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section, a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators, and former President of the Southern California Mediation Association.

Jan is also a published author, contributing to Lawyers as Changemakers by J. Kim Wright, Published by the ABA Dispute Resolution Section in 2016, View from the Middle of the Road: A Mediator’s Perspective on Life, Conflict and Human Interaction, and numerous articles.

Her mediation practice includes Employment (FEHA, Pre-Litigated/Pre-Trial, Wrongful Termination, Discrimination, Harassment, Wage and Hour), as well as Tort (Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Premises Liability) and Business (Partnership, Trade Secrets, Contracts).

Jan is a full-time neutral, both as a mediator and arbitrator, for ADR Services, Inc., and can be reached by email at jfschau@adrservices.com.