Subject Matter Experience as Arbitrator

National arbitration and mediation practice, including over 400 appointments as sole arbitrator, panel chair, or panel member in both domestic and international matters, as well as ad hoc unadministered arbitrations, including in the following areas:

Business and Commercial: Contracts, corporations, corporate governance, directors and officers liability, derivative actions, partnership, joint venture, venture capital, private equity, manufacturing, asset purchase, banking, finance, lending, mortgage finance, personal guaranty, securitization, collections, mergers and acquisitions, securities, antitrust, distributor, franchise, unfair practices, unfair competition, fraud, product liability, industrial, agricultural, international trade, hotel, hospitality, restaurant, resort, vineyard, golf development, apparel, alcoholic beverages, gaming, Indian gaming, gaming equipment, insurance, brokerage, sports management, professional sports, sports apparel and equipment, stadium leasing, equipment leasing, aerospace, telecommunications, cable television, satellite television, pharmaceuticals, data centers, environmental regulation, liability, and remediation.

Technology/IP: Intellectual property, licensing, software development, biotechnology, trade secret misappropriation, patents, domain name, international, pharmaceuticals, venture capital, private equity, stock options, startups, medical devices, computer hardware, cable TV technology, telecommunications technology, enterprise software systems, aerospace systems design, automation software, industrial systems, copyright.

Employment: Wrongful termination, sex, gender, race and disability discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour, class actions/class arbitrations, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action, employee benefits, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), fiduciaries, Fair Employment Housing Act (FEHA), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Unruh Act, whistleblower, retaliation, pension fund withdrawal claims, pension benefit claims, privacy, Cal. Labor Code.

Real Estate: Contracts, land use, broker liability, fraud, non-disclosure, title insurance, escrow, mortgage lending, mortgage finance, mortgage broker, mortgage banking, foreclosure, personal guaranty, condominium, tenancy in common, partnership, joint venture, valuation, appraisal, environmental, boundary disputes, easements, mechanics liens, partition, sale-leaseback, new residential development.

Construction: Contract, subcontract, delay, design defects, construction defects, architect, and design professional liability, civil engineering, structural engineering, soils engineering, site preparation, subsidence liability, warranty, surety bond, completion bond.

Insurance: Comprehensive General (CGI); Property & Casualty, Directors and Officers (D & O); Employment Practices Liability (EPLI); Life and Disability, Workers Compensation, Reinsurance, Mortgage Pool Insurance, Cyber Insurance.

Other: Probate, wills and trusts, maritime, shipping, family business disputes, high net worth marital dissolution, catastrophic property damage, catastrophic personal injury, supply contracts, requirements contracts, stadium lease, airplane engines and fuel systems, airplane manufacture/defects. Appointed in several class arbitration matters, either as panel chair or sole arbitrator.

Representative Arbitrations

Panel chair in an eight-figure contract dispute between an internet marketplace and an e-payment provider.
Panel chair in nine-figure dispute between mortgage pool insurer and sub-prime mortgage lenders/servicer.
Panel chair in an eight-figure contract dispute between a global pharmaceutical company and a global biotech company.
Panel chair in ad hoc arbitration of eight-figure licensing dispute between large oil and gas company and developer of coal gas technology.
Sole arbitrator and chair in multiple healthcare payor-provider disputes.
Panel chair in a dispute involving a claim by a mortgage pool insurer to rescind a $500 million insurance policy issued to a sub-prime mortgage lender and insured’s counterclaim for bad faith denial of coverage.
Panel chair in contract/software dispute between developer of retail distribution materials handling system and national retailer.
Panel chair in an international dispute involving claimed theft of trade secrets for the design and manufacture of athletic shoes.
Appointed by CPR as arbitrator in a dispute concerning a patent license agreement between the biotech firm and a global pharmaceutical concern.
Appointed by the NFL Commissioner to arbitrate intra-team disputes under the NFL Dispute Resolution Procedural Guidelines.
$70 million cost recovery claim for manufacturing defects by the aerospace company against the main supplier.
Dispute involving termination, dissolution, and winding up of international automotive manufacturing joint venture and related intellectual property issues.
$80 million claim by aerospace company for design defects in development of fuel systems for jet engines.
Facility lease dispute between NBA franchise and publicly owned sports facility.
Contract dispute between global sailing competition organization and merchandising company.
Chair of class action arbitration panel involving a dispute between physician provider groups and national health insurer.
Dispute between a large U.S. software company and a Saudi joint venture partner requiring the application of Sharia law.
Claim of expropriation of power plant by Texas energy company against Latin American country.
Personal injury claims against a U.S. adventure tour operator arising from a catastrophic accident in the Egyptian desert.
$70 million contract, trade secret, and intellectual property dispute between competitors in the cable television field.
$30 million claim against investment banking firm for mishandling of large private investment account.
Dispute arising from termination of Italian distributor by U.S. exporter of agricultural equipment.
Contract claims relating to the sale and distribution of electronic gaming machines.
Contract dispute between a Japanese trading company and a U.S. producer of timber relating to the sale of two shiploads of lumber.
Dispute between U.S. equipment company and Ukrainian mining concern under Rules of International Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Ukraine.
Partnership, breach of fiduciary duty, and related claims arising from the sale of cable television system.
Fraud and breach of contract claims against developer-seller of commercial real estate investments and against dual-agent real estate broker.
Partnership dispute between venture capital firms and various institutional investors.