Mediator Resume

Sequitur Resolutions - Arbitrator and Mediator Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP - Partner

Arbitrator, Mediator

Principal, Sequitur Resolutions, 2022-Present; Partner, Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP, 2005-Present; Owner, Law Office of Peter Rukin, 2003-2005; Associate/Of Counsel, Paul Hastings LLP (San Francisco), 2000-2003; Associate, Vladeck Waldman Elias & Engelhard, 1998-2000; Associate, Stowell & Friedman, 1997-1998; Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago Law Department, 1995-1997; Associate, Fox & Grove Chtd., 1993-1995; Law Clerk, The Honorable Harry D. Leinenweber, 1991-1993.

Over 30 years of experience counseling and representing management and employee clients in employment law matters. Extensive experience litigating wage and hour (including independent contractor misclassification, exempt status misclassification, and employment status) and equal employment opportunity claims. Extensive experience litigating large and complex employment cases, including California individual and class action, multi-state class action, mass arbitration, class arbitration, FLSA collective action, and PAGA claims. Recognized California employment law expertise, having testified before the California Legislature and a Committee of the UK Parliament on California employment law issues.

Served as mediator in hundreds of cases, primarily involving equal employment opportunity and wage and hour matters. Experience includes individual, PAGA, multi-plaintiff, class action, and FLSA collective action cases.

Wage and Hour (including independent contractor misclassification, FLSA coverage issues, meal and rest break violations, LC 2802 claims, overtime violations, exempt status claims, and unpaid commission wages); EEO and wrongful termination claims (including race/gender/age bias and retaliation claims); misappropriation of trade secrets; invasion of privacy.

I strive to strike a balance between facilitative and evaluative mediation styles. My primary goal is to resolve the dispute within a process that respects the particular needs of the parties. I encourage parties to share mediation briefs prior to the mediation session. I often conduct short pre-mediation calls with counsel for each side to address process issues (for example, the utility of a convening session) as well as substantive issues and settlement dynamics. I also suggest that, prior to the mediation, parties circulate a draft settlement agreement with the non-monetary terms identified.

New York University School of Law (JD-1991); University of Illinois (BA, History-1988).

Admitted to the Bar: Illinois (1991 - retired), California (1995), New York (1998); US Supreme Court (1998).

Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; American Bar Association (former Co-Chair of the ADR Section Employment Committee; Member of the Labor & Employment Section); Alameda County Bar Association (Current Co-Chair of the Labor and Employment Section ); San Francisco Bar Association (Past Section Chair and past Member of the Labor & Employment Section Executive Committee).

California Lawyers Association 2023 Advanced Mediation Conference panel speaker, International Forum of Senior Executive Advisors (IFSEA), 2023 (Mediation of Senior Executive/Founder Disputes); San Francisco Bar Association Yosemite Conference, 2023 (Employment Law Update), Daily Journal, 2022 (Don’t Forget to Prepare Your Client for Mediation).

Will not charge for travel time worldwide. Will charge for travel expenses (airfare and hotel lodging) outside of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Hourly Rate: Not provided Daily Rate: $14,000.00 Study Rate: Not provided Cancellation: Not provided Cancellation Period: 14 Days Comment: Rate for a single plaintiff mediation: $12,000. Rate for class action or PAGA case: $18,000. The mediation fee covers all preparation time as well as any reasonable follow-up.

English

United States of America

Oakland, California