Nikki Tolt, Esq.
2008 DJ Top 40 Neutral
ACT Mediation
9024 W. Olympic Blvd.,
Suite 200
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(310) 888-8200 phone
(310) 285-0048 fax
ACT Mediation
Nikki Tolt in the News
DAILY JOURNAL - Top Neutrals 2008
DECEMBER 3, 2008 | TOP NEUTRALS
The List
NIKKI TOLT
Affiliation: Independent, First Resolution Services, Judicate West
Rate: $5,000 a day
Location: Los Angeles
Specialty: Mediation. Individual and class action employment, personal injury, professional liability and contract disputes.
Cases: Although the majority of Tolt's cases involve employment matters, she also is often selected in high stakes personal injury cases.
DAILY JOURNAL - VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS
MARCH 20, 2009 | JUDICIAL PROFILE
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
NEUTRAL'S TRAVELS HELP BRIDGE THE CULTURAL DIVIDE
An inveterate traveler, Nikki Tolt relies more on her innate people skills and flexible nature than on any orthodoxy in bringing parties together and settling the case.
By Mindy Farabee
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - A little while back, mediator Nikki Tolt found herself being asked to help wrap up a case that had been dragging on for four years.
After going up and down the appeals court and in and out of arbitration, the two parties were barely willing to sit down together. On the day everyone arrived at Tolt's office, she noticed that one of the parties had a wife from Vietnam, who had been responsible for most of the roadblocks.
"I've been to Vietnam three times." Tolt said in an interview.
Tolt said that by taking time to carve out a little culture common ground, she was able to get the woman at ease, diffuse tensions and push through a nearly half-decade impasse. She settled the case by close of business that same day.