Areas of Practice: 

Accident / Personal Injury, Catastrophic Injury Cases, Commercial, Construction, Employment, Government, Insurance Claims, Landlord/Tenant, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate, Rights of Way, Boundaries and Adverse Possession, Trainer

Bio

Jeff Trueman, Esq., is an experienced, full-time mediator and arbitrator. He helps parties resolve a wide variety of litigated and pre-suit disputes and interpersonal problems concerning catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, professional malpractice, employment, business dissolution, and real property. His writings have appeared in the Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Claims Litigation Management Alliance Magazine, the Maryland Daily Record, the Maryland State Bar Journal, the University of Baltimore Law Review, and elsewhere. Jeff is a past Director of Dispute Resolution for the Circuit Court for Baltimore City where he oversaw over 70 retired judges and senior attorneys conducting over 1,500 mediations, settlement conferences and neutral evaluations per year. He is a recipient of the Paul A. Dorf Alternative Dispute Resolution Memorial Award by the Bar Association of Baltimore City. Beginning this summer, he will serve as an adjunct professor at one his favorite places to be, the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine School of Law in Malibu, California.

Professional Information

Education Training: 

Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine School of Law, Malibu, CA 2016-2022; LL.M, Dispute Resolution, 2022
Ecumenical Institute, St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, MD 1999; Theology studies
University of Baltimore, School of Law, Baltimore, MD 1994-1998; Juris Doctor, cum laude (evening student)
Johns Hopkins University, School of Continuing Studies, Baltimore, MD 1993-1994; Business management studies
Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA 1985-1989; Bachelor of Music, Professional Music