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| DEAN McADAMS' RESUME |
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
• Recovery and Life Coaching
for Individuals and Organizations
• Mediation • Psychology
• Critical Thinking and Analysis
• Research & Writing
• Teaching and Training
FORMAL EDUCATION:
California State University Northridge
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Liberal Studies Program - General Option: Social Sciences 1981
University of California at Los Angeles Extension
Paralegal Training Program - ABA Paralegal Certificate in Litigation 1989
Glendale University College of Law
First Year Torts Program 1991
Mediation Certificates:
1. Centinela Youth Services - Hawthorne, CA 2007
2. Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution - Los Angeles, CA 2007
Coaching Certificates:
1. The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara, CA - Individual and Organizational Coaching 2008
2. Crossroads Recovery Coach Training - Port Angeles, WA 2009
Member:
International Coaching Federation 2008
Recovery Coaches International 2009
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
RECOVERY COACH - The Beverly Hills Method - www.DeanOfRecovery.com 2008 to Present
Coach high profile clients in integral recovery from substances, financial, sexual, kleptomaina
and other maladies.
Fremont College, Liberal Studies Program - Cerritos, CA
Part Time Classroom Instructor 2007 - 2008
Research, organize, prepare and present legal teaching materials to students and faculty in accordance with state guidelines. Give tests and grade students. Master the art of classroom and administration politics. Teaching college is great for sharpening your mind in your field, and the pay breaks out to around $10.00/per hour.
SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY - House Counsel - Glendale, CA 1996 - 2007
House Counsel Paralegal Manager 2003-2007
Worked with managing attorney and office manager to supervise and manage four paralegals
and support staff. Went to trial with attorneys and performed voir dire profiling.
House Counsel Senior Law & Motion Insurance Defense Litigation Paralegal 2000 - 2003
Worked a total of eleven years at Safeco and acquired an invaluable education in the day to day practice of law and how insurance companies really work. Areas of Practice: Construction defect, dental malpractice, product & premises liability, slip and fall, auto, homeowner’s and select markets (commercial towing, heavy machinery, factory and manufacturing equipment). Researched and drafted MSJ’s, discovery motions, briefs, legal memos, special interrogatories, letters, subpoenas. Conducted discovery, summarized medical records and discovery responses, organized and indexed files, filed and served pleadings and handled expert witnesses. HEAVY TRIAL EXPERIENCE. Interacted with claims, opposing counsel, courts, vendors and document depositories. Monitored discovery and motion cut-off dates.
House Counsel Paralegal at Safeco 1996-2000
Started as temporary legal secretary for three months, then temporary paralegal through L.A. Business Personnel, went permanent paralegal after eight months and stayed for 11 years, see above.
Law Offices of Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. - Los Angeles, CA
Criminal Law Paralegal 1995 - 1996
Heavy client contact to facilitate drafting of motions for early termination of probation and expungement of misdemeanor and felony criminal convictions. Drafted effective pre-sentencing reports and alternative sentencing proposals. Monitored and reported clients progress in various rehabilitation programs.
Mercury Insurance Company- Los Angeles, CA
House Counsel Insurance Defense Litigation Secretary/Paralegal 1985 - 1995
Drafted motions, meet & confer letters. Heavy discovery working for three attorneys. Reviewed
medical records and discovery. Conducted legal research and briefed cases.
MEDIATION EXPERIENCE:
The Settlement Works - Marina del Rey, CA
Part Time Mediator and Business Development 2007
Assist two attorneys in empowering individuals and families by using transformational mediation to settle both informal conflicts and cases already in litigation. Develop new markets for mediation in spiritual communities.
Centinela Youth Services - Hawthorne, CA
Part Time Mediator 2007
Mediate real conflict involving sexual battery, shoplifting, vandalism, family matters, school problems and peer pressure in two juvenile offender diversion programs: VORS (Victim Offender Restitution Services) FARS (Families Able to Resolve Situations)
Subrogation Division, Inc. - Atlanta, GA
Local Contract Mediation Representative 2008
Attend local mediations with settlement authority on behalf of out-of-state insurance carriers and facilitate settlement when possible. Write effective mediation reports with new information gathered.
TECHNICAL TRAINING:
In-house Microsoft and other software classes at Safeco & other companies - 1984 - 2006
Faculty Teacher Training - Fremont College 2008
Possess Stellar Computer Hardware, Software and Internet Skills through classes and self-taught training.
