Mediate • Negotiate • Resolve
Creative approaches to resolve difficult matters
Services
Mediation
Our services offer focused mediation with an eye for creative approaches and solutions for settlement by an experienced seasoned litigator, mediator and settlement officer. Mr. Feher has decades of experience handling and a broad array of civil litigation including employment disputes, class actions, PAGA, personal injury, business and contract disputes, probate and trust matters, real estate, and civil rights.
Arbitration
While settlement of disputes is the focus of our dispute resolution services, there are cases that require a forum to adjudicate matters other than the court system for which arbitration services are available. Arbitration is a streamlined private form of litigation and tends to be a less intimidating processes for the parties and for their attorneys.
Consultation
Whether it is pre-litigation or during the pendency of a case, it can be helpful to the attorneys and the litigates to obtain a confidential evaluation of a case or second look at issues from an experienced litigator and neutral. Neutral case evaluation, case strategy and other litigation consultation is available.
Referee
Parties or the court may require the services of a referee whether for trial of some aspect of a matter or for limited purposes such as a discovery dispute for which services can be provided. Using a referee can be a valuable tool for timely and cost-effective resolution of certain disputes.
Biography
Thomas P. Feher, a trial lawyer since 1990, has successfully litigated hundreds of cases on behalf of clients ranging from individuals to large businesses and public entities, with his current emphasis focused on business and employment disputes but also embracing other areas of general business and litigation practice. Mr. Feher serves as an arbitrator for the Kern County Bar Association (KCBA) in fee disputes, has mediated matters, serves on the KCBA Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, serves as a Settlement Officer for the Los Angeles Superior Court and has served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Kern County Superior Court.
Education
University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California
J.D. – 1990
San Diego State University
B.A. – 1986
Major: Political Science and Speech Communication
Arbitration/Mediation Training
- Settlement Officer for the Los Angeles Superior Court Resolve Program (both Plaintiff and Defense)
- Arbitrator for the Kern County Bar Association (fee disputes)
- Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution 40-hour course, Mediating the Litigated Case, Pepperdine School of Law
- Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution – Advanced Mediation Class
- Kern County Superior Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
- Kern County Bar Association Fee Arbitration Program- Committee Chair
Professional Associations
- San Joaquin Valley Chapter of ABOTA -Office: Secretary (Present), Treasurer (2022) and Membership Chair (2021)
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Member
- Settlement Officer for the Los Angeles Superior Court Resolve Program [both Plaintiff and Defense] (2021 to Present)
- Judge Pro Tem for the Kern County Superior Court (Past)
- Kern County Bar Association, Office: President (Present), Treasurer (2022) and Secretary (2021)
- Kern County Bar Association Fee Arbitration Program- Committee Chair (2021 to present)
- Kern County Bar Association, Director (2019 to 2020)
- Kern County Bar Association, Member (1990 to Present)
- Kern County Superior Court- Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
- Kern County Bar Association Charitable Foundation, Director (2022)
- Kern County Bar Association, Court Laison Committee (2023)
- Kern County Bar Association, IDP Oversight Committee (2023)
- Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, Member and Director (2004 to Present)
- Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, Law Management Committee, Chair (2017 to Present)
- Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, Employment Law Committee (Past Co-Chair)
- Lawyers of Distinction, Member
- California Lawyers Association, Business Law Section and Labor & Employment Law Section, Member
- Seven Oaks Country Club, Past Director
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), Active Supporter