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PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
1975-76 – Associate, Stanley Anthony Shulster, PLC, Oakland, California – Insurance subrogation.
1976-78 – Principal, Law Office of Alec B. Wisner, San Francisco, California – General civil litigation, some family and bankruptcy practice.
1978-96 – Owner and Operator of various corporate entities, primarily in the printing and publishing industries. Actively involved in corporate restructuring and start-ups.
1992-present – Director, Golden Triangle Financial Services, Las Vegas, NV
1996-1998 – Of Counsel, Stanbury & Fishelman, Los Angeles, California, complex civil litigation, specializing in business frauds. Substantial participation in multiple class actions and in multiple $1,000,000+ results.
1998-2002 – Partner, Stanbury Fishelman & Wisner, Los Angeles, California, complex civil litigation, specializing in business frauds. Substantial participation in multiple class actions and in multiple $1,000,000+ results.
1996-1999 – Lecturer, Legal Ethics, LawTalk, MCLE, Brea, California
2002- present – Mediator, Wisner Dispute Resolution Services, Tarzana California
2009- present Lecturer, Mediation, LawTalk, MCLE, La Quinta, California
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2004 – Advanced Mediation Skills Forum – Dispute Resolution Services/Pepperdine University – Los Angeles, CA
2004 – ACR National Conference
“When ‘Sit Down, Shut Up and Behave’ Doesn't Work: Successful Mediation Strategies for Working with Enmeshed, Resistant and Angry Couples in Divorce Mediation”
“Working with Borderlines and Narcissists: Seven Skills for Dispute Resolution Professionals”
“Bringing Grief Out of the Closet in Divorce Mediation: The Art and Practice of Situational Mediation”
“Power Imbalances in Mediation: Ten Stages of Assessment and Twenty Specific Interventions”
“Mediating Imbalances in Financial Issues: Structuring the Process for the Clueless and the Controller”
2004 – Family Mediation Training – Oregon Mediation Center – Eugene, Oregon
2003 – Mediating the Litigated Case – Straus Institute, Pepperdine University – Encino, CA
2002 – Basic Mediation Training – Dispute Resolution Services – Los Angeles
1974 – J.D. – University of Southern California Law Center
1971 – A.B. – U.C.L.A.
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
1974 – California State Bar
1996 – Nevada State Bar
1974 – United States District Court, Central District of California
1975 - United States District Court, Northern District of California
1996 – Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA)
Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR)
American Bar Association (ABA)
Los Angeles County Bar Association
San Fernando Valley Bar Association
Los Angeles Superior Court (Pro bono and party pay mediation panels; pro bono arbitration panel)
California Dispute Resolution Council
Mediators Beyond Borders (MBB) - Founding Member
Los Angeles Mediators
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2005 Regional Representation in Mediation Competition – Mediator and Judge