PROFESSIONAL
President: California Trial Lawyers Association (1979)
President: Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association (1973)
ATLA--California State Representative
Co-author of Matthew Bender/Lexis-Nexis legal book-"Insurance Bad Faith Litigation"
Author of ATLA Monograph: "Bad Faith Litigation"
Author of 3 part Mediation Article Published in CAALA Advocate (January 2005). This Article may be reviewed on this web site: Part I-The Memorandum of Understanding Part II--The Settlement Agreement Part III--The Release
Author of Mediating ERISA Claims Successfully--Available on this web site
Author of Early Neutral Evaluation--Pitfall or Panacea--Available on this web site
Trial lawyer of the Year--LATLA (1974)
Lecturer and Seminar participant/author in over 200 presentations
Taught Trial Practice as an adjunct professor at Pepperdine School of Law
Wrote the Ethical Guidelines: “Code of Professionalism” for CTLA
Graduate of UCLA and UCLA School of Law-- Law Review 1957-1958
Los Angeles Magazine featured Sanford Gage as a Trailblazer of the Law and one of the top 10 attorneys in Los Angeles
Over 40 years experience as a Trial lawyer in both State and Federal Courts. With regard to Federal Cases, please visit Attorney Settlement Officer Panel, U.S. District Court, for additional resume.
Participated in more than 40 Appellate Decisions.
ADR Trained in Mediation utilizing both evaluative and facilitative techniques.
Southern California Mediation Platinum Association Member.
For information regarding mediation of Federal cases as well as a list of nearly 300 hours of ADR training, please refer to my profile on the United States District Court web site.
