Robert Holtzman is a retired partner; his general civil litigation practice included contract, real estate, building defects, entertainment, trade regulation, corporate securities, corporate and partnership, trust, banking and health care litigation in trial and appellate courts, as well as arbitration and mediation. He handled matters before federal and state regulatory agencies. He continues to serve as a “neutral” in arbitration and mediation proceedings. Also, Mr. Holtzman consults with members of the firm on dispute resolution matters. His principal clients were health care, entertainment, manufacturing and distribution companies.

He serves as arbitrator or mediator in contract, banking, manufacturing, entertainment, real estate finance and development, construction defect, partnership and corporate dissolution and aerospace and technology cases, including both domestic and international disputes. He has served as neutral arbitrator in national class action and multi-party arbitrations. He has also served as a judge pro tem, referee, mediator and arbitrator for the Los Angeles County courts.

Publications/Speeches

• Author, DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal, The Role of Arbitrator Ethics (Spring 2009)
• Speaker/Author, Winds of Change: Solutions to Causes of Dissatisfaction with Arbitration, Chicago, Illinois (March 5-6, 2009)
• Author, Disclosure Obligations of Dispute Resolution Neutrals: Appearance or Reality, California Litigation, Vol. 20, No. 3 (2007)
• Co-Author, Recent Developments in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Tort & Insurance Law Journal (2003, 2004, 2005)

Affiliations

• Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association (1971–Present)
• Member, Panel of Mediators, American Arbitration Association (1992–Present)
• Member, Large Complex Case Panel, American Arbitration Association
• Panel participant, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (2004–present)
• Former Vice Chair, Arbitration Committee, American Bar Association
• Former Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on the Code of Ethics for Arbitrators, Section of Dispute Resolution, American Bar Association
• Former Section Representative, Task Force on the Code of Ethics for Arbitrators, American Bar Association
• Former Member, California Judicial Council Advisory Panel on Standards of Ethics for Arbitrators
• Former Official Advisor, Drafting Committee on the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act
• Former Chair, Committee on the Administration of Justice, State Bar of California
• Founding Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators
• United States Army (1954–1956)
• Former Director, Dispute Resolution Services, Inc., an affiliate of the Los Angeles County Bar Association

Distinctions

• Highest "AV Preeminent (5 out of 5)" Professional Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Recipient, Griffin Bell Volunteer Service Award, Dispute Resolution Services, Inc. (June 2005)