Sylvia Keating, Attorney at Law
Sylvia Keating, Attorney at Law

BIOGRAPHY
Sylvia Keating, Attorney at law

Sylvia L. Keating,
Attorney at Law

Sylvia L. Keating is licensed to practice law in California and Florida and has been an attorney since 1987. She provides legal services, mediation and arbitration services. Her legal services include business, contract, real estate and family law. Her legal experience has included civil and business litigation, breach of contract actions, family law, and criminal defense litigation.

She is a licensed California Real Estate Broker, has worked in real estate sales, and has served as an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau and the North County Bar Association Fee Dispute Program.

She emphasizes Mediation Services in her practice, and mediates all areas of civil law, real estate, employment, family and elder law, probate, homeowners’ association disputes and divorce.

She is uniquely qualified to mediate in both fields of family issues and civil law because of her extensive background and work experience.

EDUCATION:

Ms. Keating received a BA from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, an MA from Wayne State University, in Detroit, Michigan, and her JD from the Shepard Broad Law Center of Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is licensed to practice law in California and Florida, and has been an attorney since 1987.

HONORS:

Recipient of San Diego County Volunteer of the Year Awards, Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Services, San Diego Superior Court Volunteer Recognition Award, North County Bar Volunteer Awards

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Family Law Mediation: solo and co-mediation practice

General Civil Mediation Practice: all areas including probate: solo mediation

Social Worker with Medicaid Eligibility and Nursing Home Medicaid Recipients
Adjunct Law Professor, teaching and supervising law students in volunteer Guardianship positions
Volunteer Family Advocate in Dependency Court
Volunteer in North County Family Law Facilitator’s Office
Volunteer Arbitrator for the San Diego Better Business Bureau
Volunteer Arbitrator for the North County Bar Association

Mediation Trainer: Mediation Law/Ethics and Confidentiality

General Business Litigation with emphasis on Breach of Contract Actions

Criminal Defense Litigation: State Public Defender in misdemeanor, juvenile and adult
felony criminal defense and a Drug Court Public Defender.

California Licensed Real Estate Broker, with experience in real estate sales.

Publications: Authored mock trial for state high school mock trial competition. Helped edit Florida Bar Legal Guide for Young Adults.
Sylvia Keating, Attorney at law

Our mission is to provide our clients with the highest standards and services by utilizing collaborative techniques to settle disputes in an expeditious and amicable manner.

11251 Rancho Carmel Drive
Suite 506553
San Diego, CA 92150
Tel: (858) 774-5844
Fax: (858) 513-4103

To truly listen
…to understand
…to resolve.

MEMBERSHIPS
  • Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association
     
  • North County Bar Association
     
  • Fiorenzo Lopardo Inns of Court

PRACTICE AREAS
  • Family Issues Mediation
     
  • Pro Bono Services
     
  • Civil Matters Mediation
     
  • Family Law Mediation
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