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Dominic P. (Dee) Carestia, Mediator & Arbitrator, Wise River, Montana.

Dominic P. (Dee) Carestia

Attorney - Mediator
P.O. Box 104
Wise River, MT 59762
Tel: (406) 832-3317
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Recognized to Montana Chapter for Mediation & Arbitration Other ADR Services: ADR Training/CME, Early Neutral Evaluation, Insurance Umpire, Med-Arb, Mini-Trial Judge, Special Master
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  • Practice Commenced1996
  • # of MEDS (as of 29/5/23)4000
  • # of ARBS (as of 29/5/23)100
Current Practice
Online / In-Person

Biographical

Dominic "Dee" Carestia has been mediating civil and commercial cases since 1996, settling over 3000 disputes over that time.

Dee graduated from the University of Montana Law School in 1980 and servedd as a federal law clerk to the Honorable W. D. Murray in Butte, Montana prior to earning his Masters Degree from the Wharton School of Businesss at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been involved in litigation ever since, empasizing economic loss and damages, settlement negotiations and serving as founding partner in the law firm of Buxbaum and Carestia specializing in personal injury and medical malpractice.

Case Experience

  • Agricultural
  • Appellate
  • Banking & Finance
  • Bankruptcy/Creditors
  • Business Dissolution
  • Commercial/Business
  • Construction
  • Consumer Fraud
  • Contract Disputes
  • Employment
  • Family Businesses
  • Insurance
  • Landlord/Tenant
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Medical Devices
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Nursing Homes
  • Partnerships
  • Pensions
  • Personal Injury
  • Premises Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Professional Malpractice
  • Professional Negligence
  • Property Damage
  • Railroad & Trucking
  • Real Estate
  • Trusts / Estates
  • Wrongful Death

Education

  • Graduate, Attorney-Mediators Institute, Houston, Texas, 1996
    - Basic Mediation Training, May, 1996
    - Advanced Mediation Training, June, 1996
    - Advanced Mediation Training, June, 1997
  • Master of Arts in Managerial Science and Applied Economics, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, 1983
  • Juris Doctorate, University of Montana Law School, June, 1980
  • CPCU Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter, American Institute for Property and Liability Underwriters, Malvern, Pennsylvania, 1978
  • CLU Chartered Life Underwriter, American College of Life Underwriters, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1977

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