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![Barbara A. Reeves](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Reeves-Barbara_78a57115ac94caeffca704012e88f0c6.jpg)

# Barbara A. Reeves

*Barbara A. Reeves, Esq., CEDS (Certified E-Discovery Specialist**) **is a highly regarded and well-respected mediator and arbitrator affiliated with JAMS. Before becoming a full-time neutral, Barbara Reeves was a litigator for more than 30 years, with the United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, a partner at national law firms and Associate General Counsel and Vice President for Southern California Edison and Edison International. Barbara Reeves is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the College of Commercial Arbitrators, and a certified mediator with the International Mediation Institute. She received her J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School.*

### Articles written by this author:

## [Mediation plus: Don’t leave money on the table](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-september/mediation-plus-don-t-leave-money-on-the-table-2 "Mediation plus: Don’t leave money on the table")

Two approaches to modifying mediation in difficult-to-settle cases

[Barbara A. Reeves](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/barbara-a-reeves "Barbara A. Reeves")

[2015 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-september)

[![Uprooting the decision tree](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Reeves-iStock-495672722_d74b5f6b992d6f032db4ab8b40f3928c.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-august/uprooting-the-decision-tree "Uprooting the decision tree")

## [Uprooting the decision tree](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-august/uprooting-the-decision-tree "Uprooting the decision tree")

Neuroscience meets mathematics in mediation: If they told you lawyers don’t need math, they lied!

[Barbara A. Reeves](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/barbara-a-reeves "Barbara A. Reeves")

[2018 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-august)

## [Emotions, anger, neuroscience and the opening demand in mediation](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-august/emotions-anger-neuroscience-and-the-opening-demand-in-mediation "Emotions, anger, neuroscience and the opening demand in mediation")

Why some mediations fail right from the beginning as the parties retreat to their corners and never emerge

[Barbara A. Reeves](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/barbara-a-reeves "Barbara A. Reeves")

[2019 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-august)

[![Arbitration discovery rights in California: What you need to know](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Reeves-istock-1359328681_b278467a0b0fec53cb8af8978ce8d118.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-july/arbitration-discovery-rights-in-california-what-you-need-to-know "Arbitration discovery rights in California: What you need to know")

## [Arbitration discovery rights in California: What you need to know](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-july/arbitration-discovery-rights-in-california-what-you-need-to-know "Arbitration discovery rights in California: What you need to know")

With careful attention to the arbitration clause and applicable rules and statutes, you can get the needed discovery

[Barbara A. Reeves](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/barbara-a-reeves "Barbara A. Reeves")

[2023 July](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-july)