Training, Education and Experience

Advanced Training as a Mediator

• Mediation. Mark Warfel has basic and advanced training in mediation, and experience as a mediator, father, attorney, educator, coach, and businessman.
  
• Initial "Basic Mediation Training" by three top mediators, through the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Services, Inc.
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• Advanced training in Family and Divorce mediation, an intense program focused on advanced mediation techniques particularly in the area of complex family issues, by Forrest S. Mosten, Esq., PhD., adjunct professor of Mediation at the UCLA School of Law, author of The Complete Guide to Mediation: The Cutting-Edge Approach to Family Law Practice and Mediation Career Guide -- A Strategic Approach to Building a Successful Practice through the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Services, Inc.
  
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• Advanced training in "Mediating the Litigated Case" by Myer Sankary, Esq., CMCT, one of the most effective mediators in the region, through the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Services, Inc.
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• "Advanced Business & Commercial Mediation Training" by Kenneth Cloke, JD, LLM, PhD, and author of The Crossroads of Conflict (2006), which shows how to locate the root sources of conflict and remove the barriers to reconciliation, collaboration, and community, through the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Services, Inc.
  

Legal Education and Training as an Attorney

• J.D. UCLA School of Law - Ratings
• Member, California State Bar, no. 197874
  
• Member, Family Law Section State Bar of California and Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Member, Real Property Section, State Bar of California and Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Partner, Law Offices of Mark J. Warfel
  
• Appellate Attorney - successful appellate work in the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Appellate Districts; contributed to briefs in landmark move-away decision made by the California Supreme Court, In re the Marriage of LaMusga (2004) 32 Cal.4th 1072, in which the California Supreme Court majority (6-1) held that a noncustodial parent who opposes a custodial parent's move must show that the move would cause detriment to child, after which trial court must evaluate all relevant factors to determine whether it is in child's best interests to change custody.
  
• Family Law Attorney - more than 800 Family Law matters of all types with clients from across the State and throughout the nation, including divorce, legal separation, paternity, guardianship, and Marvin litigation. Child custody, visitation, child and spousal support, joinder motions, business, real property, pension, stock, and other property issues.
  
• Real Property Attorney - trial and transactional matters, including purchase and sale transactions, specific performance litigation, opinion letters and analysis of securitized loans, title disputes, ownership disputes, boundary line disputes, mechanic's liens, commercial and residential landlord-tenant disputes, commercial lease negotiations, premises liability litigation, partnership disputes, and bankruptcy matters.
  
• Estate Planning - transactional and litigation matters, revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts, durable power of attorney for health care, wills, advanced health care directives, and powers of attorney.
  

Educational and Coaching Experience

• Former High School Teacher and Debate Coach
• Secondary Teaching Credential from California State University at Los Angeles.
  
• B.A. - History earned with distinction from the University of Redlands