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)