Mr Greg Derin Mediator, arbitrator, instructor of dispute resolution.

With more than 40 years in the legal industry, Greg joined Signature Resolution in 2020 as a mediator and arbitrator. For more than 22 years, Greg has successfully assisted parties in resolving more than a thousand complex matters. He is often called upon to resolve disputes after previous attempts have failed. In his role at Signature, he continues to concentrate on matters involving contract, fraud, entertainment, intellectual property (copyright, trademark, idea submission), trade secret, right of publicity, unfair business practices, employment, class actions, partnership, real estate and legal malpractice.

Greg is a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. A complete list of his memberships and honors can be found at his LinkedIn profile.

He is experienced in all phases of litigation and has handled matters before federal and state trial or appellate courts in California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania and other jurisdictions. He has appeared before the California Labor Commissioner, the tribunals of the Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, Major League Baseball Players Association, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, California State Water Resources Control Board and the National Association of Securities Dealers. Greg has tried cases as varied as a four-month construction defect case, talent agency disputes, and a Los Angeles Superior Court class action.

Greg is a member of the dispute resolution sections of the Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations, the Los Angeles Copyright Society, the Copyright Society of the United States, the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Association, the Sports Lawyers Association and the Federal Bar Association. For a number of years, Greg has served on the Planning Committee of the USC Intellectual Property Institute. He is a past chair of the California State Bar Standing Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Twice each year for eight years, Greg assisted mediation pioneer Harvard Law School Professor Frank E.A. Sander, and Washington, D.C. mediators Linda Singer and Michael Lewis in teaching the prestigious Mediation Workshop at the Harvard Negotiation Institute.

Parties consistently attribute their successful resolutions to Greg's persistence, creative solutions and his deep substantive knowledge and experience.