Practice Areas
Real Estate & Construction
Reuben Mediation provides experienced, neutral dispute resolution for complex real estate and construction matters across California. Led by seasoned litigator and mediator Tim Reuben, the practice offers a practical and efficient alternative to litigation for parties facing high-stakes property and development disputes.
With more than 40 years of experience representing developers, owners, investors, contractors, brokers, and commercial tenants, Mr. Reuben understands the legal, financial, and regulatory pressures that shape real estate and construction conflicts. His deep knowledge of the industry, combined with a direct and solution-focused approach, helps parties move past impasse and reach workable agreements.
Business Disputes
Reuben Mediation helps parties resolve complex business disputes efficiently, privately, and with a focus on long-term outcomes. Led by experienced trial lawyer and mediator Tim Reuben, the practice serves companies, business owners, executives, and counsel seeking a pragmatic alternative to litigation.
With more than four decades of experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in high-value commercial litigation, Mr. Reuben understands how legal risk, business strategy, and interpersonal dynamics intersect in business conflicts. His approach is direct, reality-based, and designed to move parties toward resolution without unnecessary delay.
Professional Disputes and Unfair Competition
Reuben Mediation helps parties resolve complex business disputes efficiently, privately, and with a focus on long-term outcomes. Led by experienced trial lawyer and mediator Tim Reuben, the practice serves companies, business owners, executives, and counsel seeking a pragmatic alternative to litigation.
With more than four decades of experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in high-value commercial litigation, Mr. Reuben understands how legal risk, business strategy, and interpersonal dynamics intersect in business conflicts. His approach is direct, reality-based, and designed to move parties toward resolution without unnecessary delay.
Entertainment and IP Disputes
Reuben Mediation offers focused mediation services for entertainment and intellectual property disputes, providing a practical forum for resolving high-stakes, high-visibility conflicts. With decades of experience handling complex litigation involving creative rights, business arrangements, and contractual disputes, Tim Reuben brings seasoned insight and discretion to matters where reputation, control, and value are on the line.
Based in Los Angeles and deeply familiar with the nuances of the entertainment industry, Mr. Reuben has represented production companies, talent, distributors, rights holders, and creative professionals in litigation and pre-litigation negotiations. He understands the business models, personality dynamics, and deal structures that often drive conflict in these sectors.
Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Disputes
Reuben Mediation provides informed, neutral support in resolving insurance coverage and bad faith disputes. With a long track record handling complex matters on behalf of both policyholders and insurers, Tim Reuben brings balanced judgment and deep familiarity with the legal and practical challenges these cases present.
Coverage disputes often involve overlapping legal, contractual, and factual issues—along with heightened tension between parties. Mediation offers a structured, confidential process to resolve these disputes efficiently and avoid the escalating costs of litigation.
Employment Disputes
Reuben Mediation provides confidential and efficient mediation services for employment disputes across California. With decades of experience representing both employers and employees in complex workplace matters, Tim Reuben brings a balanced, business-focused approach to resolving employment conflicts without the cost, disruption, or publicity of litigation.
Mr. Reuben’s background as a trial lawyer includes representing executives, professionals, businesses, and law firms in a broad range of employment-related disputes. He understands the legal and personal dynamics at play in these cases, and works with parties to identify practical solutions that protect relationships, reputations, and legal rights.
General Civil Disputes
Reuben Mediation offers mediation services for a wide range of civil disputes that do not fall neatly into a single category but still demand thoughtful, experienced resolution. With over 40 years of litigation and mediation experience, Tim Reuben is well-equipped to help parties navigate complex legal and interpersonal issues with clarity and focus.
Many civil disputes involve overlapping claims, personal dynamics, or evolving facts that make them unsuitable for rigid litigation frameworks. Mediation provides a flexible, confidential environment where parties can explore creative solutions, reduce risk, and avoid the expense of trial.