Kevin isn’t a retired judge looking down from the bench. He spent 22 years in the trenches of employment and personal injury litigation on both sides, navigating the legal, financial, and emotional complexities that drive every case.
That’s the difference between a mediator who understands your position and one who has actually been in it.
Kevin has stood beside employees who were discriminated against, workers cheated out of wages, and people whose lives were upended by injury. His valuations are grounded in real experience, not abstract ranges. He won’t pressure your clients or minimize what they’ve been through.
Years on the defense side gave Kevin fluency in authority limits, carrier dynamics, and the real-world pressure to achieve resolution without overexposing a client. He doesn’t just understand the defense position, he’s held it. That’s why his assessments are credible, and why cases settle.
Kevin’s mediation practice is intentionally focused. He mediates what he knows best. Parties get a mediator who has negotiated and settled these exact cases.
Discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, wage & hour, PAGA, class actions
Catastrophic injury, premises liability, auto accidents, product liability
Kevin Levian didn’t become a mediator because he was done with litigation. He became one because he was exceptionally good at the part that mattered most: getting cases resolved. He found that the most meaningful outcomes weren’t the verdicts. They were the resolutions where cases ended, relationships were preserved, and people could finally move forward.
Kevin has the temperament parties look for in a mediator — thoughtful, calm under pressure, and genuinely focused on helping people reach fair, efficient resolutions.
His personal injury experience shaped a thoughtful, practical approach. What stood out most was how he made our client feel genuinely heard throughout the process.
