Five reasons to choose Mediation...
1-Speed: A Mediation session can be scheduled as quickly as the parties and mediator can agree on a date and time. The actual mediation process usually lasts between two to five hours, depending on the complexity of the case and the number of issues in dispute.
2-Cost: The fees at Hosp Mediation are $300 per hour, which are often shared equally between the parties. Mediation fees are minor compared to expensive legal fees incurred through litigation.
3-Confidentiality: The Mediation process allows the parties to speak openly about the issues in a private setting. California law provides that Mediations are confidential, with some exceptions. Neither party can subpoena the mediator and nothing specific to the Mediation is admissible in court proceedings without the agreement of both parties.
4-Zero Risk: There is no risk.There are no losers. If the parties are unable to reach an agreement, they are free to pursue other legal remedies.
5-Results: Mediation gets positive results. At Hosp Mediation, over 90% of cases are settled.
Phil Hosp
Biography
For most of his legal career, Phil Hosp has served as a neutral in several legal capacities. From 1980 to 1983, Mr. Hosp sat as a judge pro tem of the LA Superior Court. Since 1985, Mr. Hosp has arbitrated and mediated more than 300 matters. Since 1994, he has served as a settlement officer for the Pasadena and Glendale branches of the LA Superior Court and was appointed to the LA Superior Court Neutral Evaluation panel. In addition, Mr. Hosp has been appointed to IVAMS Arbitration and Mediation Services panel as an arbitrator/mediator specializing in complex personal injury and construction cases. He received advanced mediation training at the Pepperdine Law School’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. Currently, Mr. Hosp serves on the LA Superior Court Judicial Arbitration/Mediation panel and recently started his own mediation practice, Hosp Mediation.
As a litigator, Mr. Hosp began his legal career with a high profile Southern California defense firm where he was chief trial counsel for a major auto common carrier. From 1977- 2004 he was managing director of his own defense firm now known as Hosp, Gilbert, Bergsten & Hough. He has extensive experience in insurance defense litigation, including auto, common carrier, construction defect, general negligence and products liability litigation. He has worked with select insurance brokerage firms to develop specialized insurance programs, risk retention and purchasing groups as well as captives and risk management products. In 2009 Mr. Hosp was selected by his peers as one of San Gabriel Valley’s top attorneys in the field of Insurance.
Mr. Hosp has served as legal counsel for the Southern California Museum of Science and Industry, the Southern California Professional Golfers Association, the YMCA, and Oakmont Country Club where he was president in 1986.
Mr. Hosp has also provided corporate, business and banking legal services to a broad range of companies. He has been general counsel for three California banks as well as on the board of directors of a major foreign owned bank. Mr. Hosp has been a lecturer and consultant on numerous occasions with respect to issues affecting the insurance and business industries.
Mr. Hosp is admitted to the California Bar, the US District Court for the Central District of California, the US Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit, and the US Supreme Court. He is a member of the LA, Pasadena, and American Bar Associations, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, Defense Research Institute and National Arbitration Forum.
Mr. Hosp was born in Wichita Falls, Texas. After graduating from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor’s Degree in 1966, he received his JD from Loyola Law School in 1969. Mr. Hosp has completed graduate courses in civil litigation, bankruptcy, corporate, insurance and real property law at the University of Southern California School of Law.