JoAnne Dellaverson, Esq.

Education
J.D., Temple University School of Law
B.S., cum laude, University of Pittsburgh
Mediation Training, Bar Association of San Francisco
Advanced Mediation Training, US District Court, Northern District of  California
ENE Training, US District Court, ND CA

Bar Admissions
California, 1981
Pennsylvania, 1978
US District Court - all California jurisdictions
US Supreme Court - 1999 

Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association (Section on Labor and Employment Law;
Section on Dispute Resolution);
State Bar of California (Labor and Employment Law Section);
Marin County Bar Association (Sections on Employment/Labor and Alternative Dispute Resolution)

 

JoAnne Dellaverson has focused on employment law and litigation since graduating from law school in 1978. She is an experienced litigator and has tried a variety of cases to verdict in the Bay Area. Ms. Dellaverson brings her 30 plus years of experience as a counselor and litigator to her practice as an employment neutral. With her extensive background in employment law, Ms. Dellaverson is able to fairly and efficiently analyze and evaluate complex employment issues, and suggest a plan of action to resolve the problem.

In 2003 Ms. Dellaverson retired from Curiale Dellaverson Hirschfeld & Kramer, LLP, the employment law firm she co-founded, and now devotes her time to the resolution of employment disputes. Ms. Dellaverson is available for mediations of all types of employment disputes.

BACKGROUND

Ms. Dellaverson began her legal career representing plaintiffs in Title VII litigation, with the law firm of Harris & Kahn, in Philadelphia, PA. She worked closely with the EEOC in a number of cases in Philadelphia and Washington DC. After moving to California, she represented management as a partner with the firms of Schachter, Kristoff, et al. and McKenna & Cuneo. In 1997 she helped found the employment law firm of Curiale Dellaverson Hirschfeld & Kramer, LLP.

In 1999, Ms. Dellaverson began transitioning to employment neutral work, and was formally trained in both facilitative and evaluative mediation techniques. Ms. Dellaverson was selected to serve as a mediator and expert neutral evaluator by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and regularly serves the federal court as a mediator and expert evaluator in employment litigation.

She has also served as an independent investigator for a number of high-profile and sensitive matters, including allegations of misconduct brought by and against lawyers, judges, and other senior executives and professionals. She has frequently conducted seminars on properly investigating employee claims.

Ms. Dellaverson has appeared on local television stations and National Public Radio to discuss developments in discrimination and harassment law. She has presented programs for many organizations, including the Practicing Law Institute and the State Bar of California, on trying discrimination cases and other employment issues. She has published numerous articles on discrimination topics, including one of the first ones on sexual harassment: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - How to Recognize It and Avoid Liability (Labor and Employment Law News, Fall 1983).

SERVICES PROVIDED

MEDIATIONS

Ms. Dellaverson mediates all types of employment disputes, both pre and post litigation:

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

JoAnne Dellaverson, Esq.
35 Miller Avenue, #201 
Mill Valley, California 94941
Telephone: (415) 381-8676
Fax: (415) 381-8446
Emailjad@dellaverson.com