Contact: Dennis Torres, MDR
6779 Las Olas Way
Malibu, CA 90265
Tel Primary: 310-266-7351
Tel Secondary: 310-457-3157
Email:
Dennis@Dennistorres.com
Web: www.dennistorres.com
Mediation/Arbitration Panel
Litigation Consultant
Dennis Torres, CDR, MDR
Profession
Mediator; Arbitrator; Litigation Consultant; Real Estate Professional;
Businessman; Adjunct Professor of Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University.
Work History
Negotiator/Mediator, Self Employed, 1970 - present; Mediator, Arbitrator,
Litigation Consultant, Dennis Torres, MDR 2000 - present; Mediator,
Arbitration, Mediation & Conciliation Center (AMCC) 2002-present;
Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD),
2000-present; Mediator, National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), 2005 - present;
Mediator, the Center For Conflict Resolution (CCR),
1999-present; Mediator, the California Academy of Mediation
Professionals (CAMP), 2000-present; Mediator, the State of
California Superior Court, Los Angeles County, 2000-present;
The State of California Superior Court, Ventura County, 2006 - present;
Mediator, the Courts of Malibu, Santa Monica and Van Nuys,
2000-present; Litigation Consultant and Expert Witness/Real Estate, Real Estate Broker, Forrest E. Olsen/Coldwell Banker
Realtors, 1975-1977; Real Estate Broker, Averi Dennis, Realtors,
1977-present; Real Estate Developer, 1978-1987; Principal Real
Estate Investment Trust (REIT), 1984-1987; Property Manager,
1977-present; Director of Real Estate Pepperdine University,
1987-present; Real Estate Consultant, Self Employed, 1990-present;
Expert Witness/Litigation Consultant; 2000 - present; Lecturer in Real Estate,
Lecturer in Dispute Resolution, Lecturer in Negotiation, Pepperdine University,
2000 - present; Adjunct Professor of Negotiation and Dispute Resolution,
Pepperdine University, 2004 - present.
Education and Training
Completed the PON at Harvard Law School, 2006. Graduate Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute
for Dispute Resolution, Master’s Degree in Dispute Resolution,
2002; Professional Graduate Certificate in Dispute Resolution,
2000; Graduate the Fashion Institute of Technology, Industrial
Engineering, 1962; LaSalle University School of Law;
New York State Real Estate License, 1970; California licensed Real
Estate Broker, 1977-current; Licensed Commercial Pilot,
Multi-Engine and Instrument Ratings, 1971-present; Licensed Flight
Instructor (Lapsed); NASD Series 7 and Series 28 Licensed
Broker/Dealer (for REIT) (Lapsed).
Alternative Dispute Resolution Experience
Extensive experience as a mediator and negotiator, 30 years;
Arbitrator since 2000. Specializes in all real estate matters,
commercial and business disputes. Sub-specialty in aviation
disputes; approximately 30% of practice is personal injury and
insurance disputes.
Representative Cases
Real Estate disputes including contracts, brokerage; escrow;
title; boundary, easements, earth movement, transactional matters;
appraisal; construction, environmental, property management;
leasing and community associations (HOAs); business and
commercial, contract disputes, partnership disputes, consumer
disputes, insurance coverage; personal injury; and aviation.
Professional Memberships
Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA); the Society
of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR) which in 2001
merged and is now known as the Association for Conflict Resolution
(ACR); American Bar Association (ABA) Associate; the Community Associations Institute (CAI), a nationwide
professional organization for homeowner associations; the
Association of University Real Estate Officials (Past President)
and the Rotary Club of Malibu (Past President).
References
See www.DennisTorres.com
Professional Biography
See www.DennisTorres.com
