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Recognized
as one of the Top 50 Mediators in California, 2004
- Daily Journal
California
Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
- inducted
in 2005
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BIOGRAPHY
Viggo Boserup, Esq.
is an accomplished mediator who is widely respected by counsel for
his impartiality in treating all parties fairly and ability to
quickly identify critical issues. His exceptional listening skills
and sensitivity toward each party make him particularly well suited
for resolving emotionally charged, complex cases. Known for his
fortitude in obtaining a productive result and going the extra mile,
Mr. Boserup follows up with parties to effect a settlement, even
after the mediation session is over.
ADR Experience and
Qualifications
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Mediated more
than 4,000 cases including multiparty, complex matters that have
covered a full range of issues involving commercial, complex
financial issues, construction, employment, entertainment, estate
planning, fair housing act enforcement, insurance coverage and bad
faith, intellectual property, personal injury, products liability,
professional liability, property damage, special master, wrongful
death, and other issues
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As a mediator of
construction and workplace-related disputes, Mr. Boserup has
designed dispute resolution systems within mid-sized to major
institutional environments
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As an attorney,
he specialized in probate, trusts, and estates; tax; finance; oil
and gas (including 20+ years of managing working interests in more
than 35 oil & gas leases); construction, real estate acquisition
and development as well as the related areas of insurance coverage
and liability
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As a
businessman, Mr. Boserup has developed both commercial and
residential real estate projects and has served as CEO of a
national industrial construction company. He was responsible for
developments and real estate and industrial construction projects
across the country and has managed the daily operation and the
strategic planning of a business involving projects with more than
1,000 employees in 26 states. Mr. Boserup has facilitated meetings
with neighborhood groups, planning commissions, and city councils.
As a real estate developer and an instrument rated private pilot,
he has assisted in the resolution of aviation-related issues and
has coordinated the development of consensus on issues ranging
from economic development, planning, public works, safety, design,
construction, public financing and the like.
Representative
Matters
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Aviation:
Mr. Boserup is a licensed pilot and has successfully resolved a
number of disputes involving the aviation industry including
matters involving claims of pilot error, and product defect.
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Commercial:
resolved numerous disputes ranging in complexity from two to
multiple parties, including a class action involving 400,000+
claimants against supermarket chain for false promotion; issues
have included numerous breach of contract, many unfair competition
and theft of trade secrets, shareholder and partnership,
partnership dissolution, commissions, securities churning and
broker malpractice, commercial real estate, airplane damage and
helicopter crash, and financial institutions disputes
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Construction:
resolved numerous multiparty defect claims involving office
buildings, foundations, roofs, walls, windows, mobile home park,
concrete girders, landscape installation, swimming pool design and
installation, golf-course construction, delay and impact damages
on freeway overpass, and failure to comply with Fair Housing Act
regarding disability access
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Employment:
numerous wrongful termination claims based on age, race, and
gender discrimination; constructive terminations; sexual
harassment; failure to accommodate; retaliation; wage and hour
disputes; whistle blower; hostile work environment; and breach of
employment contracts
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Entertainment/Intellectual Property:
claims for copyright and trademark infringement, trade secrets and
unfair competition, libel and slander, net-profits participation
agreement for video and cable, feature film rights, rights to
successful television series, rights to internationally syndicated
television series, and breach of contract for sequel production
fees
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Estates/Probate/Trusts:
restructuring of principal of trusts to settle claims; division of
personal injury proceeds among survivors and estates; sale of
estate assets to resolve claims against fiduciary; will contests,
oral contract to make a will, and undue influence
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Insurance
Coverage, Bad Faith, and Other Claims:
stress-related claims, depression, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic
fatigue, fibromyalgia, Crohn’s disease, bi-polar condition,
numerous other bad faith and coverage claims resulting from
physical injuries, disabilities, diseases, and psychological
illness
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Personal Injury:
mediated more than 500 soft tissue injury cases; mass tort
settlement division $2.5 million claim involving 134 parties;
numerous claims ranging from slip and falls to catastrophic
injuries; vehicular injuries involving autos, motorcycles, trucks,
boats, commuter and freight trains; injuries on school property;
construction site accidents; mold infestations; sexual assaults;
and others
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Products
Liability:
rollovers of SUVs and autos; gas storage tank explosion resulting
from pressure relief valve malfunction; injuries caused by alleged
defective design of construction equipment, nail gun, asphalt
spreader, tank liners, boat transmission, yard tractor, auto gas
tank, seat belt, playpen, hip replacement hardware; injuries
caused by inadequate warning or failure to warn in air bag
malfunction, exploding lubricant, exploding boiler, skip loader,
and wheel chair
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Professional
Liability:
resolved over 150 medical malpractice claims, numerous legal
malpractice claims, and claims involving pharmacists, accountants,
insurance brokers, architects, and design professionals
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Real Estate:
two-party and multi-party landlord/tenant disputes; failure to
disclose; property line; mold damage and injuries; re-opened
earthquake claims; breach of contract; breach of fiduciary duty;
claims for damage caused by water intrusion, leaking bathtub
caulking; view obstructions; disputes between brokers, buyers,
sellers, and investors; landslide; and tenant claims of reduction
in housing services under rent stabilization ordinance involving
111 parties
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Wrongful Death:
cases involving drowning, vehicles, medical malpractice, carbon
monoxide poisoning, failure to provide adequate security,
negligent care, elder abuse, shootings, students, commercial
airline crash
Honors,
Memberships, and Professional Activities
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Recognized as
one of the top 50 mediators in the state of California, Daily
Journal, 2004
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Diplomat Member,
California Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
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Member,
California State Bar, Los Angeles County Bar Association, and
Lawyers-Pilots Bar
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Instrument rated
licensed private pilot
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A native of
Denmark and fluent in both Danish and English, Mr. Boserup has
taught mediation to hundreds of lawyers, judges, students,
teachers, and mental health professionals in both the United
States and Europe
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Authored
articles in both domestic and international publications on the
benefits of mediation for attorneys and clients alike
Background and
Education
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Full-Time,
Mediator in Private Practice, 1992-present
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Private Law Practice, 1970-1992
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J.D.,
Hastings College
of the Law, 1969
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B.S.,
Princeton
University, 1966
Viggo
Boserup is a Diplomat Member of the
California Academy of
Distinguished Neutrals
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