Gail Kaplan is a full-time attorney mediator who assists attorneys, parties, and organizations resolve business and personal disputes.  She has mediated numerous settlements throughout distinct careers spanning some thirty years.

    Ms. Kaplan has a balanced appreciation of the interests, objectives and challenges faced by plaintiffs and defendants, having spent comparable time representing each side:  18 years as a litigator representing plaintiffs in the full range of employment matters and 15 years as Sr. Corporate Human Resources Executive in New York and Los Angeles for Fortune 500 companies including MGM-UA, Union Bank, and Philip Morris Corporate Headquarters. Simultaneously, she was a Consultant to public and non-profit entities.  Prior to her legal and corporate careers, Ms. Kaplan worked as a family-geriatric and psychiatric social worker.
   
    Ms. Kaplan is a graduate of Loyola Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review and published a nationally recognized article on employer liability under Title VII which is noted in 8 Witkin, Summary of California Law.  Raised in Providence, R.I., she graduated from Boston University and attended Columbia University School of Social Work.  She has a long history of volunteer activities as a community organizer on local, state and national levels.

    Taken together, Ms. Kaplan’s career and volunteer experiences give her a broad-based ability to facilitate the resolution of complex business disputes as well as a wide range of issues involving persons of varied generations and cultures.