Academy Member Inducted 2026
Niki Mendoza
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Website: www.phillipsadr.com
Regularly travels out of state to: Hawaii, New York, Oregon
Other ADR Services: Court-Appointed Neutral (Special Master), Discovery Referee, Early Neutral Evaluation, Med-Arb- Practice Commenced2019
- # of MEDS (as of 15/1/26)300
- # of ARBS (as of 15/1/26)10
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
- BAKERSFIELD
- CHICO
- FRESNO
- LOS ANGELES/ORANGE COUNTY
- MERCED
- MODESTO
- NAPA
- REDDING-REDBLUFF
- SACRAMENTO-ROSEVILLE
- SALINAS
- SAN DIEGO
- SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND
- SAN JOSE-SANTA CLARA
- SAN LUIS OBISPO
- SANTA CRUZ
- SANTA MARIA/SANTA BARBAR
- SANTA ROSA
Biographical
Niki has over 25 years of experience on the plaintiffs’ side and defense side, in complex litigation notice and claims administration, and for the past 6 years as a mediator, arbitrator, and special master with Phillips ADR. She is one of several handpicked protégés of Judge Layn Phillips, Phillips ADR’s founder. Niki is a skilled practitioner of Judge Phillips’ process, having co-mediated hundreds of cases with him, and she now leverages his novel best practices and tradecraft in mediations she leads. Her experience and knowledge gained from decades litigating and serving as a third-party neutral administrator has made her uniquely qualified in the special master roles she’s served in courts throughout the country during the litigation and mediation process.
Prior to joining Phillips ADR, Niki served as Vice President Client Strategy & Development of a national class action claims administrator. Prior to that position, Niki worked with a national class action law firm, where for nearly 15 years she litigated and resolved some of the firm’s most notable securities fraud and complex commercial cases.
As counsel in several high-profile and ground-breaking matters, she assisted in structuring and obtaining court approval of settlements nationwide. Her career includes representing defendants in insurance and employment litigation in both Hawaii and California, and serving as a judicial law clerk in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, in which she earned the Distinguished Service Award.
Niki graduated Order of the Coif from the University of Oregon School of Law, in which she served as Managing Editor of the Oregon Law Review. Niki is a frequent invited speaker and author, and she serves in various volunteer roles and board positions.
Case Experience
- Anti-Trust
- Appellate
- Arts (Fine/Performing)
- Banking & Finance
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Commercial/Business
- Construction
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- Debt Collections
- Discrimination
- Education
- Employment
- Energy Sector (Oil/Gas)
- Entertainment Sector
- Environmental
- Industrial
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- International
- Internet
- Labor/Unions
- Legal Malpractice
- Libel & Slander
- Local Govt./Municipalities
- Media & Communications
- Medical Devices
- Medical Malpractice
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Military
- Natural Disasters
- Non-profit Organizations
- Partnerships
- Personal Injury
- Pharmaceuticals
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Professional Fees
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Public Policy
- Religious Institutions
- Securities
- Sexual Harassment
- Shareholder Disputes
- Software
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Title Disputes
- Torts
- Trademarks/Patents
- Transportation
- Trusts / Estates
- Unfair Competition
- Utilities
- Venture Capital
- Wage & Hour/FMLA
- Wrongful Death
Rates Information
$17,500 daily mediation rate for Newport Beach, CA in person or Zoom. $20,500 for other U.S. locations.