Sid Kanazawa is a full-time mediator/arbitrator with ARC (Alternative Resolution
Centers LLC) https://www.arc4adr.com/sidney_kanazawa.php who understands
disagreements are an essential part of an evolving free society but is equally
passionate about promoting creative ways to resolve conflicts in a just, speedy, and inexpensive manner. We are all in this together and are at our best when we work together.

In the largest oil spill in the Port of Los Angeles, Sid and his team turned an angry mob into collaborators, settled 600 claims in two weeks (all 2,000+ in 3 months), and directed hundreds in a record three-month clean-up of seven miles of contaminated shoreline.

During the pandemic, within days of the shutdown, Sid pivoted to online mediations, helped isolated parties exchange “sufficient knowledge” (without court assistance), and resolved more than 100 cases online, learning invaluable lessons along the way.

He is a graduate of the University of Hawaii (B.Ed.), University of Southern
California (J.D.), and the negotiation and mediation programs at Harvard University (Program on Negotiation), Pepperdine University (Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution), Los Angeles Superior Court, Edelman Children’s Court, Early Dispute Resolution Institute, and the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Sid is a prolific author/speaker/teacher, is admitted to practice in Hawaii and California, and has been a National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) instructor and program director for more than 30 years.