Contact David M Doto Esq., LL.M.

Facilitation of dynamic and/or high-conflict individual, group, or organizational meetings to de-escalate conflict and/or achieve consensus and positive results-oriented goals. Facilitation of dialogue between and among officers, directors, managers, and/or employees to de-escalate conflict, prevent or terminate litigation, and turn discord into a positive force for organizational growth and change.

David is a litigation partner at the firm of Hutchison & Steffen, and leads the ADR/Training department. He has represented clients ranging from individuals to Fortune 100 companies in the state and federal trial and appellate courts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Nevada. David was nominated in 2012 as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, co-founded the LCA’s American Academy of Alternative Dispute Resolution, and is a former Chair of the organization.

Since 2008, David has devoted much of his career to the practice, teaching, and promotion of ADR. From 2011-2015, David co-founded and served as the Director of the Conflict Transformation Institute of CoralBridge Partners, LLC, where he provided mediation and conflict-related training and consulting services to organizations and law firms nationwide.

David is a skilled mediator and facilitator able to employ facilitative, evaluative, and transformative techniques to litigated and non-litigated commercial, business, employment, and serious/catastrophic personal injury matters.

David also offers various customized training services tailored to the needs of organizations, corporations, attorneys, and working professionals. Since 2013, David has been an adjunct professor of law at both UNLV and Pepperdine.

David holds undergraduate degrees in Philosophy and Psychology, as well as a J.D. degree from Villanova University. He also holds an LL.M. in Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute of the Pepperdine University School of Law.

Arbitrator since 2000. Mediator, Facilitator, Trainer since 2008. Conflict Management Systems Designer since 2012. Adjunct Professor of Law since 2013.

• LL.M. Dispute Resolution, concentration in Mediation, 2014, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law
• Certificate in Dispute Resolution, 2012, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law
• J.D., Law, 1991, Villanova University School of Law
• B.A., Psychology, 1986, Villanova University
• B.A., Philosophy, 1986, Villanova University

Client-centered and cost effective. Flexible approach to mediation: able to implement facilitative, evaluative, or transformative techniques to meet client needs in an efficient manner. Able to tailor training and systems design services to meet client needs as well.

Standard fee is $7000.00 flat rate per day, all expenses included.
Standard fee is negotiable based on type and complexity of case, etc.