Jeff Rudman
Mediator

Jeff Rudman

A litigator and trial attorney with 26 years of personal injury and employment experience who brings patience, empathy, and steady determination to every mediation.

Experience26 years in litigation
Cases handled500+ mediations
Super LawyersEvery year since 2007

About Jeff

Jeff has mediated more than 500 cases, drawing on 26 years of litigation and trial experience in personal injury and employment law. As an attorney, he handled more than 1,000 personal injury and wrongful death cases involving motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, product liability, and dangerous conditions of public property. His employment practice included representing clients in claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, sexual harassment, hostile work environment, whistleblower retaliation, and related disputes.

A dedicated member of the legal community, Jeff has served on the boards of several bar associations and holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating, its highest recognition for both legal ability and ethical standards. In 2022, he joined the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Resolve Law program as a mediator. That experience confirmed something he had sensed for years: mediation was his true calling.

Jeff began his legal career practicing alongside his father, who taught him early on that professionalism and civility are essential to the practice of law. That foundation shapes his work as a mediator today. He approaches every session with patience, empathy, and compassion for all participants, paired with a steady determination to reach resolution, and he believes a positive, respectful, and hopeful process is what gets cases settled.

I always come into mediations with a positive attitude and highly optimistic that the case will be settled. I love to get into the weeds on the issues and make sure everybody is focused on the strengths and weaknesses of their case. I help each party, often through creative negotiation techniques, to test whether the end result they want is possible. It’s important to me that everyone involved feels completely heard and satisfied that all is being done to resolve the case. I’m unrelenting and never give up. I continuously follow up post-mediation until I hear 1) “The case has settled,” 2) “We got a trial verdict,” or 3) “Please leave me alone.” ;)

— Jeff Rudman

Areas of Focus

  • All types of Personal Injury, including Catastrophic Injury, Product Liability, Sexual Assault, and Wrongful Death
  • Employment and Labor Law

Career

  • 2024–presentFull-time Neutral
  • 2023–2024Mediator/Arbitrator, Rudman MediationResolved personal injury and labor and employment matters
  • 2010–2024Founding and Managing Shareholder/Lead Trial Attorney, The Rudman Law Firm, APCSpecialized in catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims
  • 2017–2019Managing Shareholder, The deRubertis Law FirmSpecialized in labor and employment, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death claims
  • 2007–2010Partner, Greenberg & Rudman, LLPSpecialized in labor and employment, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death claims
  • 2003–2007Associate Attorney, The Law Offices of David H. GreenbergSpecialized in labor and employment, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death claims
  • 1998–2003Associate Attorney, Locke, Rudman & AberleSpecialized in personal injury

Court & Bar Panel Appointments

  • Mediation Panel, United States District Court (2024–present)
  • Settlement Officer, Resolve Law LA, Los Angeles Superior Court (2022–2024)
  • Settlement Officer, CAALA Settlement Program, Los Angeles Superior Court (2018–2020)
  • Los Angeles Superior Court Working Group (2020): assisted the court in navigating challenges to the courts and the bar presented by the COVID-19 pandemic

Education & Training

  • J.D., Loyola Law School (1998)
  • B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara (1995)
  • Certificate in Mediating the Litigated Case, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law (2022)

Professional Affiliations

  • Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA): President (2020); President-Elect (2019); First Vice President (2018); Second Vice President (2017); Treasurer (2016); Secretary (2015); Board of Governors (2008–2024)
  • Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), Board of Governors (2015, 2020)

Achievements & Awards

  • Super Lawyers, Alternative Dispute Resolution (2026)
  • Super Lawyers, every year since 2007
  • AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
  • CAALA President’s Award (2007, 2010, 2014)

Speaking & Writing

  • Frequent presenter at Continuing Legal Education seminars, including for CAALA, for which he also created the CAALA Document Bank, a library of thousands of sample documents for members
  • Frequent author in legal periodicals, including Advocate magazine and the Daily Journal

Outside the Office

A devoted Los Angeles sports fan, Jeff cheers on the Lakers, Rams, and Dodgers. He’s also a regular at live shows and has seen Pearl Jam in concert 23 times across eight states.

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