Hon. Kevin W. Midlam (Ret.) is firmly committed to the concept of early, efficient and economical disposition of cases. Over forty years as a lawyer, judge, mediator and arbitrator have provided Judge Midlam with the experience and background necessary to assist parties in all areas of civil disputes in the conclusion of their matters through mediation, settlement or arbitration.
ADR Experience and Qualifications
Specialties include:
- Construction defect and delay claims
- Commercial disputes
- Legal, medical and real estate professional negligence claims
- Personal injury complaints
- Employment disputes
- Eminent domain
- Insurance coverage matters
Representative Matters
- Mediated and arbitrated construction delay matters and defect cases involving hundreds of millions of dollars in claims, numerous professional malpractice matters involving the legal, medical, architectural and real estate professions. He has been involved with the resolution of commercial disputes, insurance coverage and bad faith claims, as well as employment related matters.
- As a lawyer and a Judge, he handled a number of matters that resulted in appellate decisions establishing law in the area of insurance coverage, indemnity, summary judgment and duties of real estate agents.
- While on the bench, Judge Midlam handled all types of litigation matters and sat as a law and motion judge in one of California's largest Superior Courts. For the last three and one-half years of his tenure, he handled all of the construction defect litigation for San Diego County as an independent calendar Judge and averaged a 180 to 200+ caseload at all times.