About
David Oken is a successful mediator with 30 years of extensive mediation and legal experience in insurance, construction, and real-property litigation, as well as numerous areas of civil disputes, including insurance coverage cases, contract disputes, real estate transactions, construction litigation, real property disputes, personal injury cases, and business and employment disputes. As a recipient of the highest quality mediation training at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Mr. Oken's significant involvement in numerous types of civil disputes provides him with unique skills to help parties resolve their disputes through mediation.
Mr. Oken has represented national insurance companies in insurance coverage litigation and disputes pertaining to numerous commercial insurance claim issues, and he has represented policyholders in all types of insurance coverage issues. He has handled cases ranging from high-profile national pollution and toxic tort liability insurance claims to complex construction defect claims, real estate disputes, and individual first-party homeowner and personal injury claims. As a full-time mediator, David has mediated many cases involving insurance coverage litigation, personal injury lawsuits, construction defect cases, real estate and land-use cases, lawsuits against municipalities, and attorney fee disputes.
Education & Training
- J.D., Southwestern University School of Law, 1994
- B.S., California State University, Northridge, 1987 (Business Administration/Marketing)
- Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law (Mediating the Litigated Case — 48 hours)
- L.A. County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs mediation training (24 hours)
- U.S. District Court Central District mediation training
- California Association of Realtors mediation training
Organizations & Affiliations
- California Court of Appeal, Second District — Mediator Panelist
- U.S. District Court, Central District — Mediator Panelist
- California Association of Realtors — Mediation Panelist
- Riverside County Superior Court — Mediator Panelist
- Los Angeles Superior Court: Resolve LAW LA — Mediator Panelist
- L.A. County Bar Association ACMAS — Arbitrator/Mediator Panelist
- L.A. County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs — Volunteer Mediator
- California Super Lawyer, 2019–2022