My Story

Dear Colleagues,

My interest in dispute resolution began over 30 years ago with my college honors thesis. I argued that a moral obligation exists in international relations to intervene in a dispute when human rights have been violated.  I expressed my interest in dispute resolution in my application to law school. Truth be told, my interest was probably first sparked by a memorable visit to the United Nations when I lived as a child in New York City.

After law school and a federal judicial clerkship, I worked for an international law firm in Texas and later a national law firm in Oregon on complex commercial litigation. To gain more trial experience, I transitioned to a plaintiff’s personal injury practice in Oregon and Washington. 

After 27 years of legal practice, I now have moved full-circle and established a dispute resolution practice. My personal and professional purpose is to help people resolve their disputes.  Please let me know if I may ever be of assistance to you.

Sincerely yours, Richard

Richard Vangelisti has experience as a mediator in matters involving personal injury, employment, insurance, civil rights, professional negligence, and business.  He has mediation training from the National Judicial College, the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, and the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation. He has tried cases involving trade secrets, employment, wrongful death, landlord and retail premises liability, motor vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian, insurance, civil rights, medical care, and long‑term care.

Richard works with counsel to customize the mediation process to meet the needs of the parties.  Before any mediation session begins, Richard communicates extensively with counsel to cover substantive and process issues, including confidentiality of a party’s information, negotiation style, and the mediator’s opinions. 

Richard adheres to the Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators adopted by the ABA and the Association for Conflict Resolution. These Model Standards include standards on self-determination of a party, impartiality, conflicts of interest, competence, confidentiality, and quality of process. 

Richard is available to mediate matters throughout Oregon and Washington, and there is no charge for travel expenses for services within these states. His office is in Lake Oswego (near Portland), and he has conference rooms available to host mediations.

The sides are invoiced for the mediator’s fees and reasonable expenses. My hourly fee is $450 per hour for preparation time, the mediation session, and for follow-up time after the mediation session. If the mediation session is rescheduled or cancelled, the sides are invoiced $500 per side and for preparation time and reasonable expenses. Mediation fees and expenses are divided equally between or among the sides to the dispute, unless they agree otherwise. For purposes of calculating fee shares, a side is a party or collection of two or more parties that have common interests.  If parties have divergent interests (usually as indicated by having separate legal counsel), then they are regarded as separate sides. If a side no longer participates in the mediation, the fees and expenses incurred thereafter will be divided between or among the remaining sides, unless they agree otherwise.

AVAILaBILITY

Richard is currently available on the following dates (updated daily):

April Available dates have been scheduled.

May Available dates have been scheduled.

June Available dates have been scheduled.

July Available dates have been scheduled.

Aug 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30

CONTACT

Location

Richard J. Vangelisti

Vangelisti LLC

5200 Meadows Road
Suite 200
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
vangelistilegal.com

+1 503-445-2101 (direct)
+1 503-972-2235 (fax)

Email
richard@vangelisti.com