Regularly serves as a pro tem judge in the Family Law Department of the San Mateo County Superior Court and in the general civil and small claims departments of the SanMateo County Municipal Court.

Periodically serves as a settlement judge in the Family Law Department of the San Francisco Superior Court.

Periodically hears labor disputes as a labor arbitrator on the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service panel of arbitrators and on the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service panel of neutrals.

Above: Alan receives outstanding services award April 24, 2006 presented by San Francisco Presiding Judge Robert J. Dondero (left) and California Chief Justice Ron George.

 

Arbitrator of civil disputes referred by the Federal District Court in San Francisco and by the Unified Court in San Mateo County.

Arbitrates medical claims as a member of the Kaiser-Permanente arbitration panel.

Hearing Officer for the Civil Service Commission of Alameda County

Pro bono service for the BASF Volunteer Legal Services Program [VLSP].

Former President, North San Mateo County Bar Association

Initial Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, San Mateo County Bar Association
Education Group Chair, Legal Technology Section, San Mateo County Bar Association

Above: L-R - Peter Mahoney, supervising judge of Unified Family Court, Ron George, Chief Justice, California Supreme Court, Alan Rothstein, James J. McBride, Presiding Judge, San Francisco Superior Court. 2010 award as top ten per cent of volunteers for low income litigants.

Conference of Delegates Representative to the California State Bar from the San Mateo County Bar Association, 1991 - present (Chair in 1999)

Co-Author, with William Garvin, 1981, Positive Approaches to Effective Discipline , a supervisor's guide.