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title: Lee Jay Berman
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![Lee Jay Berman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Berman-Lee-Jay-web_98e030965b3808dbfb60f6bc8f71005d.jpg)

# Lee Jay Berman

Lee Jay Berman became a full-time Los Angeles mediator 27 years ago. He has since mediated over 2,500 cases. He is an International Academy of Mediators’ Distinguished Fellow and a National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) Charter Diplomat. An AAA Master Mediator panelist for employment matters and on AAA’s national roster for commercial and construction disputes. Mr. Berman trains mediators through the American Institute of Mediation, locally and around the world. He can be reached at [leejay@mediationtools.com](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/mailto:leejay@mediationtools.com).

### Articles written by this author:

[![Mediation impasse: Reality or fallacy?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Berman-thinkstock-185161217_df3b8a1faf63036b2ace663ef9620a0f.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-september/mediation-impasse-reality-or-fallacy "Mediation impasse: Reality or fallacy?")

## [Mediation impasse: Reality or fallacy?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-september/mediation-impasse-reality-or-fallacy "Mediation impasse: Reality or fallacy?")

Mediators are hired to settle cases, so impasse is a bad word if not an outright fallacy

[Lee Jay Berman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/lee-jay-berman "Lee Jay Berman")

[2014 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-september)

## [Herding cats](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-september/herding-cats "Herding cats")

Successful multi-party mediations

[Lee Jay Berman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/lee-jay-berman "Lee Jay Berman")
[Louise LaMothe](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/louise-lamothe "Louise LaMothe")

[2021 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-september)