Alice Graham

Alice M. Graham, Esq.

Real Estate Mediator | Easements • Boundaries • Title • HOA & Property Disputes

Marina del Rey / Los Angeles, California | 20+ Years in Mediation

Professional Overview

Alice M. Graham is a Los Angeles-area mediator and California attorney with more than four decades of legal experience and more than 20 years in mediation. She has mediated hundreds of matters through court-connected programs and private mediation, with particular depth in real estate, property, business, and contract disputes.

Admitted to the California Bar in 1978, Alice brings an unusually broad real estate background to mediation. Her experience encompasses transactional real estate, litigation, civil appeals, contracts, leases, purchase and sale agreements, escrow, title and title insurance, easements, boundaries, homeowners' associations, common interest developments, and neighbor disputes.

Her combination of transactional and litigation experience allows her to understand not only the legal positions involved in a property dispute, but also the financial and practical considerations affecting owners, businesses, investors, developers, landlords, tenants, and other parties.

Alice's particular depth in easement, boundary, neighbor, and other property-rights disputes is reinforced by decades of writing, teaching, and professional involvement in California real estate law.

Real Estate & Property Disputes

Real estate is a central focus of Alice's mediation practice.

She mediates disputes involving:

• Easements and access rights
• Property boundaries
• Neighbor disputes
• Title and rights to real property
• Title insurance
• Purchase and sale agreements
• Escrow disputes
• Real estate contracts
• Residential and commercial leases
• Homeowners' associations (HOAs)
• Common interest developments
• Property ownership and use
• Landlord-tenant disputes
• Unlawful detainer matters
• Other real property conflicts

Alice's background is particularly relevant when a dispute requires careful analysis of property rights, contractual obligations, title issues, historical use of property, or the continuing relationship between neighboring property owners.

Business & Contract Disputes

Alice also mediates business and commercial conflicts in which contractual interpretation, financial considerations, property interests, or continuing business relationships may affect settlement.

Matters may include:

• Contract disputes
• Business disputes
• Partnership conflicts
• Commercial lease disputes
• Real estate-related business conflicts
• Insurance-related matters
• Civil and related disputes

Her experience representing clients in both transactional and litigation matters helps her identify the legal and business issues underlying a dispute while keeping the mediation focused on realistic paths toward resolution.

Mediation Approach

Alice uses a practical, analytical, and business-oriented approach to mediation.

Drawing on decades of legal practice, she helps parties and counsel identify the issues driving the dispute, evaluate legal and financial risk, examine the strengths and weaknesses of competing positions, and consider the practical consequences of continued litigation.

Her experience with transactions as well as litigation is especially useful in real estate disputes, where an effective settlement may require more than resolving a monetary claim. Easements, boundaries, access, property use, contractual obligations, ownership rights, and ongoing relationships can all influence the structure of a workable resolution.

Real Estate Publications & Thought Leadership

Alice has contributed extensively to California real estate law education and professional literature.

Her publications and editorial work include:

• Co-author and editor, Neighbor Disputes: Law and Litigation — Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), California
• Editor and contributor, California Easements and Boundaries: Law and Litigation
• “The Parallel Universe of Common Interest Developments: Selected Issues” — California Real Property Journal
• “Small Firms and Solos: Level the Playing Field Through Mediation” — Los Angeles Daily Journal

Alice has also taught and presented on real estate law and dispute resolution, including teaching The Law of Easements for more than a decade.

Her work involving easements, boundaries, neighbor disputes, and common interest developments provides additional subject-matter depth for mediations involving complicated California property rights.

Primary Mediation Practice Areas

Real Estate • Easements • Boundary Disputes • Neighbor Disputes • Title & Title Insurance • HOA & Common Interest Developments • Purchase & Sale Agreements • Escrow • Commercial & Residential Leases • Landlord-Tenant • Unlawful Detainer • Business • Contracts • Partnership Disputes

Geographic Scope

Marina del Rey • Los Angeles County • Southern California

Virtual mediation is available for appropriate matters.