JUDGE ELINOR R. REINER
Education
- Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, LL.M. in Dispute Resolution, May 2007
- Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1974
- State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., 1969
Professional Experience
2006 – Date
Engaged in private mediation and arbitration practice in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and Ventura Counties, including, but not limited to, disputes pertaining to construction, wills and trusts, family (dissolution, property distribution, spousal and child support, custody and visitation), business/commercial litigation, contracts, employment, personal injury, environmental and real estate matters.
Appointed as a Special Master for the Santa Barbara Superior Court in complex litigation cases and to conduct mandatory settlement conferences. Mediation panelist for Santa Barbara Superior Court Administered Dispute Resolution Program (CADRe).
Judicial Master for William L. Gordon Chapter of American Inns of Court, 2011-2014. Court appointed member, Santa Barbara Superior Court, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 2010 to date.
1980 – 2006
Administrative Law Judge, State of New Jersey
Heard and decided well over 2,500 disputed cases in such diverse civil law areas as education, higher education, civil rights, civil service, professional boards, labor, public utilities, special education, alcoholic beverage control, community affairs, consumer affairs, home owner warranty, State Board of Examiners, environmental quality, health, pensions, motor vehicles and welfare.
1976 – 1980
Engaged in private practice of law, and specifically designated as a Hearing Officer for the New Jersey Departments of Higher Education and Civil Service and the Division of Consumer Affairs; substantial trial experience in the state court system; designated arbitrator for American Arbitration Association; counsel to the City Council of the City of Orange, New Jersey.
1974 – 1976
Special Assistant to Chancellor of New Jersey Department of Higher Education, Trenton, New Jersey. Department liaison to New Jersey Legislature and served as Department Hearing Officer.