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Top 50 Neutrals
 Name: Louise LaMothe
Affiliation: Independent, American Arbitration
Association
Rate: $300 per hour
in Santa Barbara, $420 per hour outside
Santa Barbara
Location: Santa Barbara
Areas: Mediation and arbitration of
employment, entertainment, intellectual
property and construction disputes
Cases: In February, LaMothe arbitrated
an employment dispute involving a national
retailer in which an employee claimed
she was forced to quite due to same-sex
sexual harassment by a woman she claimed
was her supervisor. LaMothe found in
favor of the retailer for an undisclosed
amount. Earlier this year, LaMothe was
appointed sole arbitrator in a securities
class action brought by account holders
seeking refunds from an investment advisor
who allegedly calculated his fees illegally.
That case is still pending. In January,
she mediated a case pitting a 99 Cents
Only store against its landlord over
when the property became inhabitable.
LaMothe determined the date the store
should start paying rent to the landlord
and awarded a settlement for an undisclosed
dollar amount.
Background: Partner, Riordan & McKinzie
Quote: “She was able to cut through
the Gordian knot and get to the heart
of the issue.” Dan Stormer; Hadsell & Stormer
Originally published
in the Top 50 Neutrals section of the
Daily Journal Extra, December 6, 2004.
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