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Mediator & Arbitrator

Builder, Business Owner, Former Litigator. Now Settling Disputes.

Joël Bertet brings three decades of hands-on experience — Licensed General Contractor, Real Estate Broker, Business Owner, and Litigator — to every mediation.

Construction · Real Estate · California Employment · Business
Joël Bertet
The Mediator

Joël has poured the concrete and framed the structures scoped in the contract, he has started and run businesses, signed the paychecks and led the teams, and argued the case when things went wrong.

Real-world experience coupled with the legal background — now used to settle the toughest disputes.

Meet Joël

Meet Joël.

Mediation Practice Areas

Construction

Construction defect, delay claims, owner–contractor disputes, mechanics liens, public works. Mediated by someone who has been on the job site, signed the contracts, and litigated when both broke down.

Licensed GC · AAA Construction Panel · ABA Forum on Construction
Construction Practice →

Real Estate

Purchase disputes, commercial lease disputes, habitability, JV and partnership matters, foreclosure and workout, broker liability. First-hand deal-making and deal-saving experience now being used to solve the disputes.

Licensed Real Estate Broker · Developer
Real Estate Practice →

California Employment

Wrongful termination, wage and hour, harassment and discrimination, retaliation, PAGA, executive separations. Mediated by a former CEO who has signed paychecks, negotiated separations, and defended the suits that came out of both.

Former CEO · CAALA & CELA member
Employment Practice →

Business

Commercial and contract disputes, partnership and business divorce, personal injury, and insurance matters. Disputes emerging from real businesses — mediated by someone who has built and run several businesses.

Business Founder and CEO · California Litigator
Business Practice →
Affiliations & Credentials
International Bar Association AAA / ICDR Panel Member 2025 WIPO Marquis Who's Who 2024 California Contractors State License Board American Bar Association International Academy of Mediators California Association of Realtors

Available Nationwide — with emphasis in California and Texas.