Stephen M. Liacouras, Chief Circuit Mediator

Stephen was selected as Chief Circuit Mediator in 2018, after having served as a Circuit Mediator for 17 years. Prior to joining the mediation office, he practiced civil litigation at a small San Francisco firm, served as a Supervising Ninth Circuit Staff Attorney, and worked as an in-house attorney for a technology company in Austin, Texas. Stephen has taught negotiation as an Adjunct Professor at UC Hastings Law and is a volunteer panel mediator for the U.S. District Court for Northern District of California. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School and then clerked for Chief Judge Dolores Sloviter on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Originally from Philadelphia, Stephen earned his B.A. in History from the University of California at Berkeley.

Stephen_Liacouras@ca9.uscourts.gov

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