Experience Summary

Donald Lowrey, Mediator/Attorney

· Represents individuals and business entities in taxation and tax controversies before the Internal Revenue Service and other governmental agencies.

· Fee based mediation and settlement negotiations of commercial and private disputes.

· Court Appointed Mediator, Nevada Foreclosure Mediation Program

· Credentialed volunteer Mediator with the Clark County Neighborhood Justice Center, a division of the Clark County Courts.

Midwest Management, Inc.

Managment and operation of a variety of federal service contracts for the Department of Defense and other federal agencies. Mr. Lowrey acted as corporate counsel and additionally performed bid reviews and assuring compliance with a host of federal regulations relating to contract procurements, administrative law, wage and hour and organized labor. He presentated cases in formal and informal settings to contracting officers, administrative hearings, and various boards of contract appeals, EEOC, NLRB hearings, union grievance arbitrations and in the mediation of disputes.

Bonne, Bridges, Mueller & O’Keefe
Defense of medical malpractice, professional liability, products liability and employment cases. Prepared and litigated cases to trial or other resolution. Preparation included obtaining medical expert reviews and the taking of expert depositions. Presented cases at arbitration and Mandamus hearing. Conducted trial of matters to the bench and to jury.

ADMISSIONS AND EDUCATION

State Bar Memberships

· Admitted to Practice in California, in good standing (Active membership)

· Also admitted in the U.S. District Court for California (Central and Southern Districts)

· Admitted in New Mexico, in good standing (Inactive membership)

Chapman University School of Law - LL.M. (Taxation)

· The law school does not provide class ranking for graduate students. However, Mr. Lowrey is believed to have placed in the upper third of master of laws program students.

· CALI award: “U.S. Taxation of International Income LL.M.”

Western State University College Law - Juris Doctor with Scholastic Merit
        ·         Class rank: Top 11% (18th/166);
      ·         Law Review Research Editor
      ·         American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Fellowship in Trial Advocacy

· Law Clerk for the Hon. Joseph B. Campbell, San Bernardino Superior Court, Municipal Court Appellate Division (subsq. elevated to the Court of Appeals, Fourth Appellate District, Div 2).

ARTICLES

‘Innocent Spouse Relief: Knowledge Threshold For Erroneous Deductions v. Omitted Income’ [July 2010 p.5] Tax Network , newsletter of the Tax Procedure and Litigation Committee, Taxation Section of the State Bar of California.

Shielding Against Future Negligence Liability: The Role of Exculpatory Contract Provisions in Personal Injury Actions, 12 W. St. L. Rev. 819 (1985)

Cited in: Berlangieri v. Running Elk Corporation, New Mexico Court of Appeals 48 P.3d 70 (2002), citing to p. 834.

Discretionary Dismissal for Delay in Prosecution: A Plea for a Rational and Even Handed Approach, 17 W. St. L. Rev. 87 (1989)

CONFLICT RESOLUTION & ADR

Alternate Dispute Resolution, Arbitration and Mediation

· Private Mediation/Arbitration practice

· Mediator appointment to Foreclosure Mediation Program

· Pro Bono – Credentialed Volunteer Mediator with the Clark County Neighborhood Justice Center, a division of the Clark County Courts

CLE Approved Training

· California Dispute Resolution Program Act Certification – Basic Course; Dispute Resolution Services, Los Angeles County Bar Ass’n.

· Basic Mediation Training by the Clark County Neighborhood Justice Center.

· State of Nevada Foreclosure Mediation Training by the Nevada Foreclosure Mediation Program.