Hon. David Warner Hagen (Ret.)

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Hon. David Warner Hagen (Ret.) joined JAMS after a distinguished legal career, including more than 11 years as a United States District Judge. While on the bench, he and his colleagues established a settlement environment by requiring court-annexed mediation for every civil case set for trial in his district.

ADR Experience and Qualifications

  • As a United States District Judge, he presided over hundreds of jury and bench trials in intellectual property, commercial, employment, construction, real property, and personal injury cases, and he also engaged in court-annexed mediation in multi-party construction defect, inverse condemnation, real estate, and employment matters.

Representative Matters

  • Insurance: insurance coverage issues
  • All Class Actions
  • All Personal Injury
  • Intellectual Property: patent infringement, copyright, trademark, and trade secrets litigation
  • Employment: wrongful termination; sexual harassment; gender, age, and disability discrimination litigation
  • Commercial: contract, banking, and secured transactions litigation
  • Real Property: inverse condemnation, specific performance, and premises liability
  • All Construction
  • Arbitrator, ICC International Court of Arbitration (IGT v. Promotora Starwin et al.)
  • Special master, Nevada class action (Verderber v. Reno Hilton)

Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities

  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, State Chair, 1983-1985; Committee on Alternatives for Dispute Resolution, 2000-2004
  • Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Member, Academy of Court appointed Special Masters
  • Qualified arbitrator, ICC International Court of Arbitration
  • Lecturer, International Arbitration, University of San Francisco School of Law, 2006
  • Adjunct Trial and Motions Practice Instructor, Department of Justice National Advocacy Center, University of South Carolina, 2000-present
  • Chair, Nevada Bar Exam Study Committee, 2005-2007
  • Best Lawyers in America (Commercial Law), 1991-1992
  • Ninth Circuit Article III Judges Education Committee, 1996-2000; Chair, 1998-2000
  • Judges Committee, Federal Circuit Bar Association, 2001-2005
  • Nevada Board of Bar Examiners, 1972-1991; Chair, 1989-1991
  • Member, State Bar of California and State Bar of Nevada

Background and Education

  • United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, 1993 until retirement, March 31, 2005; evaluated “well qualified” by the American Bar Association Standing Committee of the Federal Judiciary
  • Adjunct Professor, Nevada School of Law at Old College, 1981-1987; Acting Dean 1981-1983
  • Law Lecturer, University of Nevada, 1968-1972
  • LL.B., University of San Francisco Law School
  • B.B.A. (Finance), University of Wisconsin