My Arbitration Background And Experience
I began arbitrating for the American Arbitration Association more than 20 years ago and have arbitrated over 150 domestic and international commercial and consumer disputes over a wide range of business, intellectual property and public utility issues. Representative cases include:
- a dispute between engineering design firm and manufacturer over breach of design-build agreement for process equipment.
- trademark license dispute between licensor and licensee over compliance with and termination of license agreement
- dispute between an American veterinary testing equipment company and a Swiss distribution company with respect to development and exclusive distribution agreement
- dispute between United Arab Emirate purchaser of U.S. hardware /software subsidiary of an Israeli corporation over breaches of warranties
- dispute between governmental agency and service provider over termination of services agreement for alleged breaches
- dispute between U.S. software supplier and Swiss distributor over termination of distribution arrangements
- dispute between patent licensor and licensee over breaches of patent license and alleged fraud
- dispute between a German manufacturer and a U.S. university over a patent license
- dispute between a software company and a major medical laboratory over breaches of license agreements and alleged copyright infringements
- dispute between a Japanese manufacturer and a U.S. OEM over breach of warranties
- disputes between a life insurance company and its policyholders over sales practices
- dispute between a public utility and its fuel provider over a long-term fuel contract
- dispute between a public utility and a Qualified Facility over a power supply agreement
- dispute between a limited partner and a general partner of several limited partnerships over access to a mailing list of limited partners for purposes of making a tender offer
- dispute between a founder/inventor and a company over rights to patents assigned to the company.
- dispute between a software developer and an original equipment manufacturer over testing equipment license fees.
- dispute between a software company and a distributor/plug-in developer over issues relating to a preferred publisher agreement.
- dispute between a tele-communications component manufacturer and a customer/competitor over a requirements agreement with an anti-trust counterclaim.
In these cases, I have served as a sole arbitrator, chair of a panel of three or as a side arbitrator of a panel of three.
I serve on the AAA's Large Complex Case, California Energy, Northern California High Technology, National Technology and International Dispute Panels and the ICC's North American Panel.
I have participated in a variety of arbitrator training programs since 1992 including the AAA's Securities Arbitration training, International Arbitrator training, Commercial Arbitrator I and II trainings, and workshops for the Large Complex Case Program and International Arbitration conferences sponsored by the London Court of International Arbitration, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the ICC.
I am a member of the Arbitration Subsection of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco and the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association. I serve as President-elect, a Director and member of the Arbitration Committee of the California Dispute Resolution Council.
References and fees upon request.