CALL: (877) AMC-4ADR / (877) 262-4237
Resolving complex business, real property
and employment disputes…
Employment and Business Mediation Services
Ashley Mediation Centers (“AMC”) was founded by Fred Ashley, a California real estate broker and attorney with over 25 years of experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in complex business and employment litigation.
Having practiced as a California mediator in the resolution of business and employment disputes since 1993, Mr. Ashley possesses a national and acclaimed reputation as an expert in the fields of negotiation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR), as well as on the substantive law. He has the knowledge, tenacity, and interpersonal skills as a mediator to bring even the most acrimonious dispute to resolution. He also has the unique ability to effectively manage mediations involving multiple parties with divergent interests.
Distinguished Accolades as a California Business Mediator
As a neutral in Northern and Southern California, Fred Ashley has been:
- Designated a “Super Lawyer” and recognized as among the top ADR service and mediation practitioners in Southern California by The Los Angeles Magazine every year since 2005;
- Listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (2007);
- Provided Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating (“AV”) for his legal ability and ethical standards;
- Given the maximum rating of 10.0 (“Superb”) by AVVO as an employment and business mediator in Southern California; and
- Served as Chair of the ADR Section of the Orange County Bar Association (2009).
Conflict Resolution and ADR Services
Ashley Mediation Centers, an ADR services provider, helps its clients in Northern and Southern California avoid the high costs and burdens of litigation through the productive use of the business mediation process. It provides free, neutral facilities for Los Angeles Mediation, San Diego Mediation, Orange County Mediation, San Francisco Mediation, Las Vegas Mediation, San Bernardino Mediation, and Riverside Mediation as well as additional mediation faciliaties in other key cities in California and Nevada. Ashley Mediation Centers is also pleased to render its alternative dispute resolution and mediation services at the offices of any of the participating law firms, or such other conflict resolution center as the parties may designate.
Our Business Mediation and Conflict Resolution Services Include:
Employment Mediation:
- class actions
- wage & hour
- FLSA/Labor Code violations
- overtime
- meal and rest periods
- discrimination
- harassment
- retaliation
- wrongful
- termination
- invasion of privacy
- defamation
- intentional/negligent infliction of emotional distress
Insurance Coverage Mediator:
- scope of policy
- failure to tender payment
- refusal to defend or indemnify
- Bad faith practice
Civil Rights Mediation:
- Section 1983 claims
- police abuse
- unlawful search and seizure
- false arrest
- discrimination
- ADA violations
- failure to accommodate
General Business Mediation:
- breach of contract/warranties
- bad faith
- partnership dissolution
- franchisor/franchisee disputes,
- intellectual property
- trade name/mark infringement
- anti-trust
- price fixing
- unfair business practices
- fraud/deceit
- defamation
- interference with contractual relations and lending practices
Construction Mediator:
- breach of contract
- construction defect
- architecture
- insurance
- case management orders
- mechanic’s liens
Professional Liability Mediation:
- legal
- medical
- broker
- accounting
- Architectural malpractice
Real Property Mediation:
- breach of contract
- specific performance
- quiet title
- adverse possession
- fraudulent conveyance
- failure to disclose
- division of property
- boundary disputes
- easements
- water rights
- lateral and subjacent support
- liquidated damages
- commission disputes
- RESPA violations
Class Action Mediator:
- wage & hour
- discrimination
- anti-trust
- consumer fraud
- product liability
- mass torts
Personal Injury Mediator:
- negligence
- intentional torts
- assault and battery
- product liability
- mass torts




