As a full-time JAMS neutral since March 2000, Judge Ambler has successfully resolved a wide array of business and commercial cases as a mediator, arbitrator, private judge, discovery referee, or special master. He enjoys the diversity of his practice, which ranges from small business matters to cases involving competing Fortune 500 companies. He takes special satisfaction in bringing closure to often long-standing and deep-seated business and commercial disputes. Judge Ambler has been consistently recognized by
San Jose Magazine as one of the top mediators in Silicon Valley.
Representative Matters
- Breach of contract, fraud, and specific performance disputes involving the purchase and sale of large apartment complexes in Sacramento and Oakland, California
- Claim by partner in major national law firm for alleged tortious interference with $1 million referral fee contract
- Claims by distributors of specialty water against manufacturer for breach of exclusivity provisions
- Claims by limited partner against general partners for fraud and breach of fiduciary duties involving massive losses in April 2000 NASDAQ plunge
- Competing rescission and specific performance claims involving pre-IPO shares in dot.com startup used to purchase single-family dwelling
- Contractual dispute between two Fortune 500 companies
- Contractual dispute between two major national telecommunications companies
- Dispute between a patent attorney and his client, a scientist and inventor who owns the patents for several products and components necessary to the transmission of audio and video signals
- Dispute between contract manufacturer and corporate designer of end-to-end broadband wireless local loop system comprised of a base station and consumer premises equipment and other third party equipment to provide high quality voice and high speed broadband data services
- Dispute between DNA microarray technology company and a provider of commercial DNA microarray scanners
- Dispute over lode star attorneys fees arising from Alameda County Rees-Levering Act class action
- Disputes between buyer and seller of large commercial trucking company
- Franchise dispute between franchiser and operator of 13 playschools in New York City and Washington, D.C.
- Misappropriation of trade secret, breach of contract, and related claims arising from license of French company by California corporation to use proprietary technology to provide wafer backgrinding and polishing services to silicon wafer manufacturers located in Europe
- Trade secret claims by alleged inventor of highly successful patented coronary stent technology
- Wrongful termination and fraud claims arising out of discharge of 49% shareholder by 51% shareholder in large national trade show exhibit company
- Wrongful termination claim by bank president against investment bank he helped found
