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Kelly Balamuth, Volunteer Mediator for the Congress of Neutrals
Kelly Balamuth is a volunteer mediator of the Congress of Neutrals, providing services to the Contra Costa County Court Program. The Congress of Neutrals is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation which grew out of comparative studies of community dispute resolution methods used in Japan and the United States. As a mediator for the Small Claims Court in Contra Costa County, Ms. Balamuth meets with parties before their matter is heard by the judge and helps them come to a neutral agreement, if possible.
Small claims court mediations are held on the day of the trial in three of the local branch courts and are confidential, voluntary, and free of charge. The three local branch courts are Concord, Pittsburg, and Walnut Creek. The judgment that any party may get is limited to $10,000. Read the rest »
Balamuth Law Spread Holiday Cheer with Brighter Beginnings
Balamuth Law – including Kelly Balamuth and her three kids, Grady, Piper and Truitt, – are spreading holiday cheer this year by adopting a family through Brighter Beginnings.
Brighter Beginnings is an organization devoted to helping parents and children who have limited resources year round in the Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. Not only does the organization help provide food and supplies to families in need, but it also offers family healthcare services, childhood development programs, and family-strengthening education groups. Read the rest »
Kelly E. Balamuth Selected to SuperLawyers For 6th Consecutive Year
Balamuth Law founder Kelly E. Balamuth was named one of Thomson Reuters’ “SuperLawyers” for the sixth consecutive year in 2014.
Kelly Balamuth’s legal practice involves protecting the rights and needs of clients who are injured through the negligence of others in the Oakland, California area, including Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Through the years, she has helped clients pursue the compensation they deserve in cases ranging from car accidents, dog bite injuries, manufacturing defects, medical malpractice, defective toys and other consumer products, birth injuries, workplace injuries, and traumatic brain and other severe injuries. Read the rest »
Attorney Kelly Balamuth Presents Mediation at the Contra Costa County Bar Association Seminar
Kelly Balamuth was pleased to sit in as part of a panel at the Contra Costa County Bar Association’s 2014 MCLE Spectacular on November 21, 2014 with Malcolm Sher, Matthew Talbot, and Denae Budde. The two hour presentation was entitled Mediation is a Process, Not an Event and was made to a full room at the Walnut Creek Marriott. Read the rest »
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