MICKEY FERNANDEZ, J.D., L.D.A.
Divorce Mediator

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Juris Doctor	Western State University College of Law, San Diego, CA - May 1994.
Mediation Training	Coast-to-Coast Mediation, Encinitas, CA San Diego Mediation Center, San Diego Restorative Justice Mediation Center, San Diego Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication, Portland, Oregon – Negotiating & Mediating Intercultural Conflict
L.D.A.	Bonded & licensed Legal Document Assistant Aug. 2003, Lic. #23, Sonoma County, term expires 7/30/09.

MEDIATION & PARALEGAL EXPERIENCE

Department Head	Empire College, Santa Rosa, CA. (1/1/04 to present) Paralegal Studies/Legal Assistant Program
Adjunct Professor	Southwestern Community College, Chula Vista, CA. (1/01 - 6/03) Taught in Paralegal Program: Civil Litigation Procedures, Legal Office Procedures I & II, Mediation & Conflict Resolution.
Director/ Mediator	Family Mediation Center, Carlsbad, CA (5/96 – 6/03) Sole proprietorship, mediated divorces, custody & property disputes, prepared & processed divorce documentation for in pro per clients, trained co-mediators.
Paralegal Family Law	Paralegal in Family Law and Civil Litigation Offices in San Diego, CA (2/94 - 5/02)
Legal Secretary	Employed in Sonoma County & San Francisco Bay Area from 1972 through 1981. Areas of law - Civil Litigation, Family Law, Probate.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member

Sonoma County Bar Association - Education/Mediation Women in The Law - Sonoma County California Association of Legal Document Assistants (CALDA) Volunteer mediator with Recourse Mediation Services in Santa Rosa, CA. Former Volunteer mediator with Restorative Justice Mediation in San Diego.

 

Phone: (707) 217-4128
E-Mail: mickeyfer@earthlink.net