Case Manager: Christie Woo
Gail Migdal Title, Esq. became a neutral after an illustrious career as a litigator at a prominent national law firm, where she was also the Managing Partner of its California office and Head of its Entertainment Litigation Practice.
As a neutral, Ms. Title utilizes her breadth of legal and management experience along with the personal traits that have made her so successful — intelligence, sound judgment, practicality, persuasiveness and diligence. She has the ability to communicate on both complex business and nuanced emotional levels. As a result, she gains the trust and respect of counsel and parties and can effectively move them to resolution of their disputes.
Ms. Title also brings to her work a depth of substantive legal knowledge in areas as varied as copyright infringement and idea theft; statutory and common law trademark infringement; defamation and right of privacy; breach of contract and statutory and common law business torts, including participation accounting and trade secrets; labor and employment, including collective bargaining agreement disputes as well as sexual harassment and related claims; design patent disputes; partnership disputes; insurance coverage disputes; civil rights claims; legal malpractice claims; and all aspects of the legal process.
Her knowledge and experience extend to many different industries, including all aspects of entertainment (e.g. film, television, music and video), technology, fashion, publishing, manufacturing, hospitality, and residential and commercial real estate. She is also familiar with the business issues that arise for parties in mediation, including profitability, growth, divestment and strategic planning; market positioning, cash flow, securitization; and personnel matters.
Ms. Title is the recipient of numerous awards in recognition of her professional accomplishments and service to the legal community.
Gail Migdal Title, Esq. has been serving as a neutral for the last 14 years, mediating a wide range of disputes including claims of copyright infringement and trademark infringement; breach of contract; business torts; employment law violations; and accounting violations in a wide range of industries, including film, television, music, technology, new media, fashion, publishing, manufacturing, construction, hospitality, insurance, and residential and commercial real estate.
In addition to her work with ADR Services, Inc., Ms. Title serves on the mediation panel of the United States District Court, Central District, and previously served on the mediation panel of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
She has over 100 hours of mediation and arbitration education and regularly supplements her education with advanced mediation training.
Hollywood Reporter
Power Lawyers, 7 times
Los Angeles Business Journal
“Who’s Who in Law” – Top 40 Entertainment Lawyers in LA
Century City Bar Association
Litigator of the Year
Chambers USA
America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 6 consecutive times
Best Lawyers
“Ms. Title is smart, kind and she was very prepared! She quickly read the emotions on both sides and handled our case efficiently.”
“Ms. Title did an excellent job. She had reviewed everything and was conversant in this complicated matter but more importantly she had the ability to make people face difficult facts so that we were able to settle. Given the personalities involved, that was not a mere achievement, it was close to a miracle.”
“Ms. Title was excellent. Moving forward, she is on my shortlist for all entertainment/IP matters. If anyone asks me to recommend a mediator for a copyright infringement matter, I will recommend Ms. Title. It was a pleasure. I look forward to the opportunity to work with Ms. Title again in the future”
“Gail was outstanding and she will be one of my go-tos from now on.”
“I like how Ms. Title has pivoted seamlessly to having remote mediations. She was very effective and quite facile with the technology. Kudos.”
“Gail was excellent – given her background, she had a clear understanding of the issues and communicated effectively with our side and (I assume) the other.”
“Gail Title brought precisely the right mixture of charm and authority to successfully resolve the matter. We really appreciated her help.”
“Highly recommend Gail. Direct and effective. Listens extremely well.”
“Very Helpful and effective. We will be happy to use her again.”
“We are thankful for our excellent mediator Gail Title who settled our case in time for the holiday.”
“Gail gets to the crux of things quickly and sweeps away unnecessary froth in a courteous but no- nonsense fashion. We settled and Gail even leaped into aiding us draft the documents necessary.”
“Gail was outstanding. She was very well prepared—indeed, she knew the cases cited in our submission in detail—and she did an excellent job toggling between being evaluative and facilitative as needed. She was very efficient and had a great temperament for a mediator. As I told her at the conclusion of the mediation, I will propose her in my other matters, regardless of geography.”
“Gail was fantastic. I’d use her as a neutral again without thinking twice.”
“Gail Title was a great mediator in this case, as she has been in other cases. Also, your Zoom services were exceptional. I hope to use Gail again in the future. She is committed and has exceptional skills. She really puts her heart and energy into every case. Parties and counsel cannot ask for more.”
“Gail is a force to be reckoned with. Very effective mediator and wonderful person. A pleasure always.”
