Mediation & Arbitration

Guichard, Teng & Portello provides a wide variety of mediation and arbitration services. Both Matthew P. Guichard and William L. Portello are trained and experienced mediators, and are often called upon to provide their services throughout Northern California. As highly experienced litigators, Mr. Guichard and Mr. Portello bring real world experience to alternate dispute resolution, working to resolve all types of civil litigation. Their participation leads to timely, efficient, and cost effective dispute resolution in legal situations that call for mediation, arbitration, or neutral case evaluation.

Mr. Guichard sits on the State of California’s Fee Arbitration Panel.

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Multi-lingual

In addition to English, several Guichard, Teng & Portello attorneys and staff are fluent in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, or Taiwanese.

Counties Served

With offices in Concord and Davis, California, Guichard, Teng & Portello serves the San Francisco Bay Area counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma; the Sacramento Metropolitan Area counties of El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo; and international interests in Canada, Mexico, the People’s Republic of China, and Taiwan.