Hon. Rosemarie Annunziata (Ret.)

Hon. Rosemarie Annunziata (Ret.) brings to JAMS over 35 years of distinguished service from the trial and appellate bench as well as the private practice of law as a civil law litigator. Her experience encompasses virtually every substantive area of the law as well as the settlement dynamics that necessarily come into play prior to trial. As a JAMS neutral, she has been selected to serve throughout the District of Columbia metropolitan area in complex commercial, business, and employment matters, as well as in consumer-related, divorce, and health care industry matters. Her reputation for integrity, fairness, judgment, and common sense is well-known.  She works collaboratively with the parties and counsel in mediation to facilitate settlement and shares evaluative observations as the dispute requires.  In arbitration, Judge Annunziata provides timely case management of the case’s procedural and substantive issues, including resolution of arbitrabiity questions, discovery disputes, and pre-hearing motions. Her written awards reflect careful legal analysis and clear, reasoned decisions.

Representative Matters

• Disputes involving sale of commercial products, personal services, and franchises
• Chaired three-member panel arbitral panel in an ICC case involving a multi-million   dollar commercial sales and product defect dispute in the computer industry
• Arbitrated the post-merger construction of the parties’ contract as it related to the proper application of an agreed compensation plan for services in the printing and publication industry
• Arbitrated dispute between franchisor and franchisee involving claims of unfair competition and fraud
• Arbitrated dispute between sports complex and season ticket holder involving claims of misrepresentation and false advertising
• Mediated breach of contract claim between art gallery and nonprofit provider of traveling art exhibit services
• Selected as mediator of claim involving breach of joint marketing agreement between cable services provider and owner of residential community for the provision of TV/Internet service
• Mediated shareholders’ dispute with private golf club regarding the proper evaluation of the price per member’s share and violation of shareholders preemptive rights