Richard Chernick, Esq.

Richard Chernick, Vice President and Managing Director of JAMS' Arbitration Practice, is a nationally recognized expert in the resolution of complex and multi-party matters.

Representative Arbitrations

• ADA claim by warehouse employee of blood processing company
• ADEA claim by employee of blood processing business
• Claim against agricultural employers by multi-employer pension trust under ERISA
• Claim that executive's demotion was improper in connection with alleged interference in sexual harassment investigation
• Construction defect claims (residential; shopping center; public works; hotel)
• Contract and billing disputes between hospital and contract emergency room group (med-arb)
• Contractual (partnership) dispute between doctor and medical group
• Contractual and billing disputes between hospitals and medical insurers (various)
• Contractual dispute between blood products company and European distributor (ICC; tripartite)
• Contractual dispute between medical billing company and medical group
• Coverage dispute regarding malpractice/wrongful death claim between doctor and mutual insurer (tripartite; chairman)
• Disposition of a large contingent fee between present and former partners of a law firm
• Dispute between developer of convenience center and restaurant complex and general contractor
• Dispute between excavation subcontractor and prime contractor on large public works project (tripartite)
• Dispute between international partners of film production and distribution business
• Dispute between major electrical contractor and estimator (SFO expansion)
• Dispute between professional sports teams involving a player trade
• Dispute between residential real property developer and landscape contractor
• Dispute between school district and prime and subcontractors regarding construction of middle school
• Dispute over the terms of a major shopping center lease and related damage claims
• Disputes between competing CLEC and ILEC under Telecommunications Act of 1996 Interconnection dispute between regional and national carriers
• Dissolution and post-dissolution trademark and contractual claims among members of musical group
• Dissolution of a family partnership operating a large paper distribution business (tripartite)
• Dissolution of medical partnership and related medical testing company
• Dissolution of real estate limited partnership including valuation of residential real property holdings
• Dissolution of technology joint venture (tripartite) (see Ajida Technologies, Inc. v. Roos Instruments, Inc., 87 Cal. App. 4th 534 (2001))
• Fraud claim involving the sale of a 205-unit apartment house (AAA; sole arbitrator)
• Homeowner Association dispute with Developer (construction defect issues)
• Homeowners Association dispute with Management Company (contractual and management issues)
• Hostile work environment, sexual harassment and age discrimination claim by architecture school administrator against school and Dean
• Hotel management dispute
• Insurance policy benefits disputes (definition of coverage); experimental/appropriate treatments/medical necessity
• International arbitration of claims of U.S. pilots of non-U.S. airline regarding taxation of foreign-based earnings and alleged recruitment fraud
• International licensing dispute in winter sports industry
• Legal malpractice and fee dispute between former client and law firm in multi-million dollar family law representation
• Medical billing disputes involving insurance coverage issues
• Mobile Home Park lease dispute
• Periodic rental adjustment under long term lease (sole arbitrator and tripartite)
• Post-acquisition accounting dispute between web-hosting company and internet service provider (tripartite)
• Public works project: dispute between prime contractor and drilling subcontractor
• Racial discrimination claims by nurses against health care company
• Real estate partnership dispute regarding disposition of proceeds of sale of assets
• Residential construction defect claims (multiple)
• Sale of residential real property: disclosure and fraud issues re land subsidence
• Sexual harassment and wrongful discharge claims against adult magazine publisher
• Sexual harassment and wrongful discharge claims against publisher
• Shareholder dispute over ownership of software development company (see Hightower v. Superior Court (O'Dowd), 86 Cal. App. 4th 1415 (2001))
• Title insurance coverage dispute (tripartite; commercial property)
• Title insurance dispute (sole arbitrator; residential property)
• Wrongful discharge and contractual claims by high-level executive of concert promoter
• Wrongful discharge claim by magazine executive against major entertainment conglomerate
• Wrongful discharge of an entertainment industry executive holding stock options in employer
• Wrongful termination claim by musician against Network