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Meet Our Alliance Colleagues...
Martin Fine
Attorney and Mediator
Alena Balestreri
Business Consultant
As chief legal officer for large and small public and private organizations, Martin Fine has over 20 years of experience managing litigation for a number of agencies and organizations. Over his career Martin has represented counties, businesses, districts and schools. Martin has a breadth of experience in many areas of the law including: contracts, land use, real estate, litigation, administrative law, employment law, labor law, government law, education law and dispute resolution.
Martin received mediation certifications from Harvard Law School, Harvard Mediation Program and the Mediation Center in Eugene Oregon. He was an Associate of Common Ground, Center for Collaborative Solutions with the University of California at Davis Law School, and served on its Advisory Board in developing their Conflict Resolution Certificate Program. Martin has been an Adjunct Professor for the University of San Francisco and California State University at Sacramento instructing in Law and Ethics, Family Law and Education Law. In addition to his law degree Martin has a graduate degree in counseling.
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In 1995, Martin formed Conflict Resolution & Legal Services (CRLS), a private conflict resolution service, to help organizations, agencies and businesses obtain cost effective conflict resolution services and training. Martin believes Conflict Resolution is a dynamic process that recognizes the important role that relationships play in legal and interpersonal conflicts. As a result, Martin has a keen interest in and aptitude for dispute resolution. He has developed multiple in-house conflict resolution programs and trainings and successfully mediated numerous individual, complex agency and business disputes. He also understands the need to minimize costs and disruption. As an attorney, counselor, and mediator, Martin has over thirty-five years’ experience helping people resolve conflict.
For over 10 years, Alena Balestreri has worked as a manager in customer service and finance industries. As a problem solver and communication facilitator, she partners with clients to gain an understanding of their needs in an effort to resolve conflicts and foster constructive relationships.
Alena has a Master’s degree in Business Administration, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Alena’s experience and education helps her understand that business succeeds when parties satisfy their interests and achieve their objectives. When disagreement or conflict occurs it is important that the parties are able to understand each other’s interests and concerns so they can then begin to move forward towards reaching a mutually agreeable goal.
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In addition to her professional pursuits, Alena has served as a volunteer liaison in her community with civic groups such as the Sacramento Boys and Girls Club and local elementary schools. She participated in the 2011 Catalyst Leadership Program, offered by the Sacramento Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce. This program involved an intensive, hands-on, 9-month structured leadership development program for business professionals.