Steven A. Schuman

1950 Castillo Court

San Luis Obispo, California 93405

(310) 926-1948

Steve@CommonSenseMediation.Org

Legal Experience

• Litigator at Leonard, Dicker & Schreiber in Beverly Hills, CA.

o Began in June 1987, as a law clerk

o Full partner for the past 15 years

o Business litigation, with a focus on commercial real estate

o Approximately 50 trials and 50 appeals

o Approximately 200 mediations and settlement conferences

• Representative clients:

o real estate developer Barry Shy (see Manhattan Loft v. Mercury Liquors, 2009, 173 Cal.4th 1040)

o Internet Brands (owner of Lexis-Nexus, Martindale Hubbell and WebMd, among other businesses)

• Designated as an expert witness in real estate litigation on two occasions

• Semi-retired from the practice of law as of September 1, 2022, to pursue work as a mediator

Real Estate Experience

• Syndicated two apartment buildings in Cleveland (still under management)

• Syndicated 13 distressed vacant lots near Bozeman, Montana

• Owned and operated residential real estate since 1993

• Currently own rental property in Seattle, Edinburgh, Palm Springs and Los Angeles

Formal Education

• Straus Institute, Mediating the Litigated Case, 2022

• UCLA School of Law, JD, 1989. Graduated 6th in class

• University of California, Berkeley, BA with Honors in Economics, 1984

• University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Year Abroad, 1983-1984

Personal Life

• Life-long runner, everything from running the mile in high school to 100-mile trail races. My running blog is at http://sasrunning.blogspot.com/.

• Dog lover (own four)

• Succulent and Cacti collector

• Studied Japanese for over a decade (and still cannot speak it)