If you live in Los Angeles and are looking for a specialized ADR panel to serve the needs of your lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) clients, you couldn't do any better than to contact Santa Monica's Stonewall ADR -- the first alternative mediation, arbitration, dispute resolution firm geared, specifically, towards the LGBT community.

(pictured:  Harvey Milk, photo from the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club in San Francisco -- if you click on his photo, you'll find the showtimes for the Academy Award winning documentary on Milk's life and work on LOGO.  Milk's life was tragically cut short when he was assassinated, along with S.F. Mayor George Moscone in 1978 -- anticipating the possibility of assassination, Milk recorded his last words to be played only in the event of assassination; the video of a candlelight vigil accompanied by Milk's last words can be found below)

Stonewall has this to say about its services:

Our firm recognizes the need for a platform where LGBT issues can be addressed, and where alternative lifestyles can be treated equally and with the respect they deserve. Stonewall ADR deals with such important topics as:

Child custody
Divorce matters
Hospital rights
Property disputes
Deeds and wills
Employment discrimination
Victim/offender hate crime reconciliation and any other issue that pertains to the lives of the queer community, in which conflict resolution is needed.

Stonewall has a highly trained panelists who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or are empathetic to the issues faced by members of the LGBT community. Our panel of dispute resolution experts not only posses stellar training and experience in conflict management, but the panelists have also attended specific courses relevant to issues faced by LGBT people.

If you're interested, follow the link above for more information.