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Panelists 
Stacie Feldman Hausner, Esq. Stacie Feldman Hausner, Esq. has mediated full time since 2015. She has successfully mediated more than seven hundred cases in the areas of business, personal injury, employment, real estate, insurance coverage, construction defect, and intellectual property law. She has an exceptionally high settlement rate due to her tenacity, calm and friendly demeanor, creative “out of the box” thinking, and keen insight. Ms. Hausner received an LL.M. in Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute at Pepperdine University School of Law. Prior to joining ADR Services, Inc., she successfully mediated for the Santa Monica Courthouse, the Central District Court, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Department of Consumer and Business Affairs, and the Center for Conflict Resolution. Ms. Hausner is enthusiastic in her passion for mediation. When she is not mediating, she teaches mediation skills to practitioners, attorneys and law students. She is an Adjunct Professor teaching “Mediation Theory and Practice,” “Advanced Mediation” and “Mediating the Litigated Case” at the Straus Institute at Pepperdine School of Law. She also trains mediators for the United States District Court, Central District, Pro Bono mediation program. Ms. Hausner presents frequent MCLE trainings on various topics (including optimizing settlement and negotiation outcomes), trains women in a yearly Women’s Negotiation Academy, coaches businesspeople on effective negotiation strategies, and educates women negotiators in the workplace. She currently also sits on the ADR Executive Committee for the California Lawyers Association.
Genie Harrison, Esq. Genie Harrison, of the Genie Harrison Law Firm, apc, is a top women’s rights lawyer handling sexual harassment, equal pay, and other employment cases. Genie is lead counsel for the women of Riot Games who secured a record breaking $100 million settlement plus major workplace reforms. She was counsel for Harvey Weinstein’s former personal assistant in her sexual harassment case and for other women against Weinstein. Genie was part of the team that secured $17 million for Weinstein’s victims. Genie was the 2021 President of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, which is the largest local plaintiff attorney organization in the country. She has been listed for seven years by Super Lawyers as one of the Top 10 Southern California Super Lawyers. Best Lawyers in America named her the 2022 Plaintiff Employment Lawyer of the Year for Los Angeles. Lawdragon consistently names her one of the Top 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers in the Country. California’s Daily Journal lists Ms. Harrison as one of the Plaintiff-side Top Labor & Employment Lawyers in the state and one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California. Genie’s cases regularly garner media attention, and she is often interviewed and quoted across all media outlets. 
Kenneth Feldman, Esq. Kenneth C. Feldman is a partner with Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; he is the national
co-chair of the firm’s Legal Malpractice Defense Group and practices out of the firm’s Los
Angeles office. He graduated from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in 1987; while at Loyola he
was on the Dean’s Honor List. Upon passing the California Bar exam in 1987, Mr. Feldman
immediately began to handle the defense of legal malpractice and malicious prosecution cases.
Representing attorneys has been the primary area of his practice for more than three decades.
In 2011, Mr. Feldman was one of the first attorneys to attain the designation “California
Certified Legal Specialist in Legal Malpractice Law” by the State Bar of California. In 2019, he
completed his term as chair of the California State Bar Legal Malpractice Advisory Commission,
after previously serving three years as a commissioner.
Mr. Feldman is a member of several organizations including the Association of Southern
California Defense Counsel, of which he is co-chair of the Lawyers Defense Committee. He
previously served a two-year term as a trustee of the L.A. County Bar Association.
Mr. Feldman is the lead author of the over 300 page California Legal Malpractice and Malicious
Prosecution Liability Handbook which is now in its 8th edition. He has written several articles
and given speeches regarding claims against lawyers, and has a number of published appellate
cases wherein his clients have been attorneys.
Mr. Feldman has been AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell since 2002, and has been
recognized as a “Super Lawyer” in the area of Professional Liability for Southern California every
year from 2005-2022. In March 2022 he was one of 23 attorneys named by the Daily Journal in
its inaugural edition of the Top Professional Responsibility Attorneys in California. 
Linda Miller Savitt Linda is an experienced trial attorney, having tried close to 100 jury trials. She focuses on defending employers and individuals who are sued for wrongful termination, employment discrimination, and harassment. Linda has represented health care, legal, retail, and public sector employers for over 35 years. She frequently lectures to management groups, administrators, judges, and physician groups as well as various bar sponsored groups. She also serves as a volunteer court appointed mediator for the Los Angeles County Superior Court’s mediation program. Linda also serves on UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation Board of Directors and the Loyola Law School Board of Directors. EXPERIENCE: Ms. Savitt specializes in defending lawsuits on behalf of employers and supervisors who are sued for terminating employment. Such claims include wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment and retaliation. She is a frequent speaker at bar associations and legal seminars. In 2020 she was the Los Angeles Chapter of ABOTA's nominee for CAL-ABOTA Trial Lawyer of the Year. She has tried over 100 jury and court trials, as well as numerous arbitrations, 90% of which are employment cases, with mostly punitive damages allegations. She is a Diplomate level member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers , a member of the American Employment Law Council and former President of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. Linda has achieved successful results for employers in defending a variety of employment litigation claims, including: Receiving a defense verdict in a 21 day trial involving claims for wrongful termination, hostile work environment, retaliation, and misclassification as an exempt employee. The jury returned the verdict in 3 hours. Prior to trial, the plaintiff rejected a $300,000 settlement offer. Receiving a defense verdict for the employer in Fisher v. San Pedro Peninsula Hospital (1989) 214 Cal.App.3d 590. Obtaining a $450,000 judgment for the individual defendant on a cross-complaint against the plaintiff as well as an award of attorneys’ fees in Saret-Cook v. Gilbert, Kelly, Crowley and Jennett (1999) 74 Cal.App.4th 1211, after the plaintiff lost on claims of sexual harassment and sex discrimination.
In addition to being admitted to practice law in California, she is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Courts in California. EDUCATION: B.A., Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
PUBLISHED DECISIONS: OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE v. MORRISSEY-BERRU (2020) 140 S. Ct. 2049, 591 U.S. ___ (upholding the ministerial exemption from federal employment discriminable laws) T.J. SIMERS V. LOS ANGELES TIMES 18 Cal.App.5th 1248 (2018) (Court upheld grant of new trial due to Plaintiff’s failure to present sufficient evidence to support a constructive discharge claim) EEOC v. REEVES & ASSOCIATES 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4395
($1 million attorneys’ fees awarded to defendant for defending a frivolous case; (reversed on appeal by Ninth Circuit although affirming the defense verdict) REEVES v. HANLON, 33 Cal.4th 1140 (2004)
(Interference with at-will employment relationship is actionable) O’BYRNE v. SANTA MONICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
98 Cal.App.4th 797 (2001) (medical staff bylaws are not a contract between hospital and physicians on medical staff) MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND HOSPITAL v. SUPERIOR COURT 88 Cal.App.4th 488 (2001) (peremptory challenge is untimely when filed more than twenty days after notice of assignment of new judge) PIESZAK v. GLENDALE ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER 112 F.Supp.2d 970 USDC C.D. Cal. (2000) (plaintiff did not “point to any involvement in a protected activity” because her complaining about harassment does not mean that she was complaining about sexual harassment, cited in dissent in Yanowitz v. L’Oreal (2005) 36 Cal.4th 1028) PANG v. BEVERLY HOSPITAL, 79 Cal.App.4th 986 (2000)
(interprets California Family Rights Act) SARET-COOK v. GILBERT, KELLY, CROWLEY & JENNETT
74 Cal.App.4th 1211(1999) (upholds defense sexual harassment verdict, judgment on cross-complaint and attorneys’ fees award to defendant) COOPER v. SUPERIOR COURT 56 Cal.App.4th 744 (1997) (striking punitive damages in sexual assault case involving health care provider) SADA v. ROBERT F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 56 Cal.App. 4th 138 (1997) (independent contractors can’t bring DFEH claim) WESTERN STEAMSHIP v. SAN PEDRO PENINSULA HOSPITAL 8 Cal.4th 100 (1994) (interpretation of MICRA in indemnity action) JACKSON v. CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER 220 Cal.App.3d 1315 (1990) (statute of limitations on personal injury based on a statutory violation) FISHER v. SAN PEDRO PENINSULA HOSPITAL 214 Cal.App.3d 590 (1989)(hostile work environment, sexual harassment) CEDARS-SINAI v. SUPERIOR COURT 206 Cal.App.3d 414 (1988) (malicious prosecution)
AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES 2020 Los Angeles ABOTA Chapter “Trial Lawyer of the Year” nominee 2018 Recipient of Lee B. Wenzel Civility Award, ABOTA, Los Angeles Chapter 2017 Honoree, ASCDC Hall of Fame, Los Angeles, CA 2012 Distinguished Alumna, Loyola Law School 2007-2020 Best Lawyers in America, Labor and Employment (annually) 2011-2012 Top Attorneys, Pasadena Magazine 2010 Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year, Los Angeles Times 2011-2013, 2017 Top 75 Labor and Employment Lawyers, Los Angeles Daily Journal 2009-2012 Top Women Litigators in California, Los Angeles Daily Journal 2011 Honoree, Second Annual Women’s Accomplishments Dinner, Sponsored by Judicate West, CAALA Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada 2010-2020 Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyers 2004-2020 Top 50 Women Super Lawyers by Law & Politics Magazine 2009 Top 10 Employment Defense Lawyers, Los Angeles Daily Journal 2007 Top Women Litigators in California, Los Angeles Daily Journal 2007 Top 25 Lawyers of the Valley, San Fernando Business Journal 2006 Top 75 Women Litigators in California, Los Angeles Daily Journal 2003 Top 50 Women Litigators in California, Los Angeles Daily Journal 2011 – Present Fellow American College of Trial Lawyers Charter Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America Trial Lawyer Honorary Society Diplomate, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Member, American Employment Law Council, (2010-present) Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, 2011 President Defense Liaison to LACBA Litigation Section Executive Committee (2010-2011) Board Member, Loyola Law School, 2015-present Blue Ribbon Committee on Superior Court, L.A. County Bar Association (2005-2008) Presenter ABOTA Masters in Trial (2020) Instructor, The Jack Daniels Los Angeles ABOTA Trial School, 2006, 2008 Member, State Commission on Civil Fees (2008) State Bar Special Advisory Sub Committee on Labor and Employment Jury Instructions 2001-2003 State Bar Board of Legal Specialization, Labor Law Consulting Group 1999 State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Section Los Angeles County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section 2011-2015 Best Lawyers in America, Labor & Employment Board Member, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Foundation (2013-present)
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