meet the mediator
Leigh Chandler, Esq.
Leigh grew up in Massachusetts, where she graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Summa cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in Psychology. Pursuing her interests in communication, conflict resolution, and negotiation, Leigh moved to California to attend Pepperdine University School of Law and the prestigious Straus Institute.
Leigh graduated law school Cum Laude in 2007 with a law degree and a certificate in dispute resolution, and Leigh and her husband opened their own law practice. After more than a decade representing clients in business disputes, legal and accounting malpractice cases, and appeals, Leigh was able to go back to school part time to complete her Master’s Degree in Dispute Resolution, which she finished in 2016. She is now a full time mediator.
Find her on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@peacefuleigh
Other Distinctions
- Practicing attorney (CA, 2007)
- Selected to the 2016 and 2017 California Super Lawyers – Rising Stars list. Selection process described here
- Received the American Jurisprudence Award for Corporations (first in class)
- Dispute Resolution Law Journal Staff Member
- Member — Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
- Member — Golden Key Honors Society