Appointments and Leadership Positions

  • AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell in health care law, arbitration and mediation 1993 -    .

  • Member, Health Care Dispute Resolution Advisory Council of the American Arbitration Association, 2013 – 2018. (Advisory Council is charged with lending its expertise to foster and develop business-to-business dispute resolution solutions for healthcare).

  • Chair, American Health Law Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Service Council, 2016 – 2020; Member, 2014 – 2020. (Service Council functions as the governing body of the AHLA Dispute Resolution Service).

  • Member of Review Board of American Health Law Association Dispute Resolution Service (2020 -2024).  (The Review Board rules on petitions for removal of arbitrators).

  • Fellow, American Health Law Association, 2013 -    .  (AHLA Fellows are selected for their career-long achievements, contributions and tenure with AHLA, and their continuing service and leadership in the legal profession).

  • Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America (an invitation only trial lawyer honor society limited to one-half of one percent of American Lawyers), 2010 -    .

  • Chair, American Health Law Association Hearing Officers Ethics Committee, 2012- 2014.

  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America (2008 Edition).

  • Board of Directors, American Health Law Association, 1987 – 1993.

  • Member of American Health Law Association, California Society for Healthcare Attorneys, and Southern California Mediation Association.

  • State of California Department of Consumer Affairs – Structural Pest Control Board (by Gubernatorial appointment), 2001 – 2006; President 2002, 2006.

  • Special Committee on Medical Professional Liability, American Bar Association, 1995 – 1998.

  • Chair, Medicine and Law Committee of the Section on Tort Trial and Insurance Practice of the American Bar Association, 1989 – 1991; Vice Chair 1987 – 1989.

  • Medicine and Law Subcommittee on Medical Malpractice and Health Law Issues, American Bar Association, 1987 – 1991.

  • Editorial Board – Journal of Ambulatory Care (published by Aspen Systems Corporation), 1987 – 2000.

  • Editor, California Health Law News (published by California Society for Healthcare Attorneys), 1987 – 1993.

  • Chair, Health Care Law Committee of the American Bar Association/Young Lawyers Division, 1985 – 1987; Vice Chair, 1983- 1985.

  • Chair, West District of Union for Reform Judaism (URJ is congregational arm of Reform synagogues in North America, and West District encompassed 13 western States and 3 western Canadian Provinces), 2010- 2013.i

  • Member, URJ North American Executive Committee, 2009 – 2013; URJ Board of Trustees, 2007 -2018.

  • Member, The Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism, 2013 -2016.

  • Editor, The Health Lawyer (publication of the American Bar Association Forum Committee on Health Law), 1981 – 1983.

Bar Memberships, ADR Training and Education

Roth’s Bar Memberships: California (active), District of Columbia (active), Texas (active), and Massachusetts (inactive).

Roth’s ADR Training (Partial Listing):

  • Advanced Mediation Training sponsored by AHLA.

  • Mediating the Litigated Case, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law.

  • Mediating Commercial and Litigated Cases, American Institute of Mediation.

  • Prescription for Healthcare Disputes: Exploring Alternative Dispute Resolutions sponsored by American Arbitration Association.

  • Payor Provider Arbitration Rules Training sponsored by American Arbitration Association.

  • Mediation Training Course sponsored by Los Angeles County Bar Association Dispute Resolution Service.

  • Fundamental and Best Practices for AAA Arbitrators sponsored by American Arbitration Association.

  • ADR Training Program sponsored by American Health Law Association and JAMS.