ADR Services, Inc. - Los Angeles, California

Ken N.

The facility is very nice and well maintained. The staff is knowledgible, courteous and helpful. Checking in is a breeze and then one of the staff shows you to a room, most of which, have themes, like the one i was in,but which was an Australia themed conference room. Meals are provided and are beverages and fresh fruit always available. Whether a case settles of course involves many variables, including the client's desire to settle, the financial wherewithal if a defendant, the mediator, the time, etc., but the environment also is condusive to settlement. ADR provides a form to complete and sign in the event of settlement which is a pretty good form.

Jay C.

ADR claims to provide the highest level of quality, integrity, and efficiency in dispute resolution services by offering an outstanding group of mediators, arbitrators, referees, and private judges, combined with superior case management. That is far from the truth. Go ahead and read their dismal reviews. We are obviously not the only ones duped by Judge Williams and the band of misfits at ADR.

From my personal experience and reading other reviews, they hire retired, incapacitated, unethical Judges that are a bunch of scam artist that like to rip off their clients by prolonging the cases for months and even years so they can continue to send outrageous bills and collect money. Don’t take my word for it. Read the reviews and you will see. In my opinion these guys should be arrested. They are above the law as they have no supervising agency to regulate them that I’m aware of.

Judge Williams, in particular, apparently had personal problems and should have asked to be recused from the case since that would have been the professional thing to do. During the arbitration hearings, he was easily distracted, did not seem to have a clue of what was going on, and only cared about cookie breaks. When both parties decided to finish through briefs instead of issuing a final ruling, he would encourage both parties to submit more motions, charts, rebuttals, and counter rebuttals. Finally, both parties asked that he make his final ruling as all the evidence already has been submitted more than once, and please no more redundant back and forth motions.

Based on the final award issued, Judge Williams seems to be completely lost, completely out of touch with case law, the legal code, and did not know how to make a proper ruling. He took four years to make his final ruling and issue an award where he misapplied the law, and his reasoning made no sense as he contradicted himself throughout his order. The order was ambiguous and poorly written when asked for clarification; he was angry and sanctioned us. Because he refused to clarify his final ruling both parties had no choice but then to jointly hire another specialist attorney/referee to interpret the final judgement via interacting with the court system so both parties could finally figure out what he was trying to say in his order and what the correct legal application was to settle the case. The referee was completely baffled that a guy like JUDGE WILLIAMS could be so out of his element in doing his job. Finally we had our referee who knew how to apply the law and came up with a reasonable settlement that both parties understood and could live with.

Kyle H.

Stay away from ADR Services. I was assigned a retired judge, Elia Weinbach, who was riddled with attribution and confirmation bias. He allowed opposing counsel to miss a first, then a second deadline to file a motion for summary judgment, despite our strong opposition. Brought biased and external subjective opinions and applied them in the motion’s hearing. Then he granted their motion in full! So much more to list, too little space here. ADR sells arbitration as a cheaper and faster alternative - that is no longer true. Avoid using ADR, arbitration and certainly the unfair Elia Weinbach. Hope he enjoys the small fortune he made off of me. Result: my case is back in Superior Court, remains open, and no resolution. An expensive and years-long process for nothing.

netanel N.

I would never use their services again. They recommended Michelle Rosenblatt, a retired judge who was supposed to be impartial. Impartial doesnt belong in her vocabulary. They should have told us the truth - that the judges that they recommend- at least this one, takes sides, doesnt let experts testify, shuts them up mid speaking and makes decisions that dont comply with the law. What a disgrace to what is supposed to be a fair and equitable arbitration. This will be the last time I ever use their services and I will be very vocal about how this organization chooses their panel of arbitrators. They should do a bit more research on the people they recommend prior to putting them on their panels

Dean L.

Their mode of solicitation is fraudulent upon itself without good professional responsibilities.

C C.

Rude and uncommunicative, look elsewhere.

Tech C.

Recent remodelled conference center with great support.

Terry Y.

Unparalleled mediation house.