Rebecca Long Okura
Long Okura - Attorneys At Law
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1981 Murray Holladay Road
Suite 120
Salt Lake City, UT 84117
USA
801-746-6000
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Description of Practice
Professional Background
Rebecca has over 20 years litigation experience. She has worked for government agencies, large non-profits, and law firms in D.C., Philadelphia, and Salt Lake City. Rebecca started her own law firm in 2004 and has since trained numerous lawyers to litigate and mediate cases. She sits on the Utah Bar Commission's New Lawyer Training Program and Character and Fitness Committees.
Rebecca is on both Utah State's Basic Roster and the Court Roster for Qualified Divorce Mediators.
Experience
In February 2000, Rebecca became a mediator within the UBUNTU Victim Offender Mediation Program Training in Washington D.C. In 2008 and 2009, she went through the Utah basic mediation training, the Utah Domestics mediation training, and the Utah Mediation Mentorship program to become a Utah Court-Rostered mediator. She has hundreds of hours of mediation experience as an attorney advocate and hundreds more as a mediator.
Degrees
B.A. Political Science Gannon University, J.D. Georgetown University Law Center
Training
| Dates | Trainer(s) | Title |
| 5/11/2020-5/22/2020 | Mediate.com | Family Mediation Mediating ONLINE 20 hours |
| 05/15/2020 | Utah Council on Conflict Resolution | Mini-Symposium 1.5 hours |
| 11/11/2019 | Utah Dispute Resolution | Domestic Mediation- Domestic Violence Training 7.5 hours |
| 07/31/2019 | Utah Courts | Overview of Utah Court's Mediation Program 1 hour |
| 12/13/2018 | Utah Dispute Resolution | Mediator Skills Refresher Training 8 hours |
| 04/27/2018 | Utah Council on Conflict Resolution | 20th Annual Symposium 6 hours |
| 12/04/2017 | Utah Dispute Resolution | Mediation Skills Refresher Training 7.5 hours |
| 09/08/2016 | Utah Dispute Resolution | Domestics Mediation Refresher Training 8 hours |
| 2015 | Utah Dispute Resolution | 2nd time through Basic Mediation Training 40 hours |
| 11/12/2014 | Utah Dispute Resolution/UCCR | Mediation and Negotiating 2 hours |
| 07/2012 | Utah Council on Conflict Resolution | Dispute resolution and professionalism & civility 1 hour |
| 03/30/2012 | UDR/UCCR | Best Practices in Mediation Advocacy 4 hours |
| 03/10/2010 | UDR/UCCR | Mast Complex Mediations 4 hours |
| 2009 | Kathy Elton | Domestics Mediation Training 32 hours |
| 2008 | Utah Dispute Resolution | Basic Mediation Training 40 hours |
| 02/2000 | UBUNTU, Washington D.C. | Victim Offender Mediation Training 40 hours |
Approach
Rebecca's style falls within the "evaluative" definition of mediation. Because of her many years of litigation experience, she is inclined to reference possible viewpoints of the court, to discuss applicable statutes, law, and case law, and to bring up aspects of the case that the parties may have not considered.
Fees
Rebecca charges $180.00 per hour (1/2 to be paid by each of the parties). She also offers flat fee document preparation. See her website www.longokura.com for scheduling and more information about flat fee document preparation (which includes 2 hours of mediation at no additional cost).
Areas of Practice
- Adoption
- Adult Family (1 mediated)
- Community
- Contracts (3 mediated)
- Criminal
- Divorce (all issues) (78 mediated)
- Divorce (parenting) (2 mediated)
- Family
- General
- LGBTQ
- Marital Mediation (1 mediated)
- Online Mediation
- Workplace
Professional Services
- Mediator
- Mediating Lawyer
- Facilitator
- Online Mediator
- Representational Lawyer
References
Kathy Elton
Mediation Mentor
William Downes
Participated in many mediation sessions together.