Career Highlights: Anthony S. Khoury is a neutral with Alternative Resolution Centers with more than 20 years' experience in the legal industry, most recently as a Court Commissioner in Kern County (before becoming a full-time neutral). His practice areas include employment, business/contract disputes, personal injury, bad faith/insurance coverage, construction, and family law/divorce mediation. While on the bench in Kern County, Khoury created a civil mediation program for limited civil, small claims, unlawful detainer and civil harassment matters. He established a voluntary settlement program for family law matters and served as a mandatory settlement conference judge for unlimited civil matters. Khoury is also on the American Arbitration Association's National Roster of Employment Arbitrators and teaches Employment Disputes, and Arbitration Practice and Advocacy as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University, Caruso School of Law.
Law School: Washington University, St. Louis
Alternative Resolution Centers
Employment, personal injury, commercial, construction, family law, insurance
Rather than letting negotiations devolve into an endless exchange of settlement numbers, Anthony S. Khoury encourages litigants to focus on where they ultimately want to end up.
"I really try to encourage parties to have a big picture approach," Khoury said. "I really try to get parties to focus on the end game and what is it we need to do in order to get there."
That philosophy has helped shape Khoury's practice since he joined Alterna... (continued)
