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Federal Law Mediators & Arbitrators

Federal Law Mediators & Arbitrators

These former and retired federal judges at JAMS offer all types of alternative dispute resolution services and are available to conduct in-person, virtual or hybrid hearings. They are all experienced in federal law issues, such as securities, intellectual property and employment, and in some cases have experience in such fields as bankruptcy, admiralty and environmental law. A complete listing of all JAMS Federal Law Mediators, Arbitrators, and Dispute Resolution Professionals may be found at jamsadr.com/federal.

Hon. Wayne R. Andersen (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Banking
  • Business Commercial
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Federal Law
  • Financial Markets
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Pharmaceuticals & Mass Torts
  • Product Liability
  • Securities
  • Telecommunications
Ted E. Bandstra
  • Governmental & Public Agency
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Construction
  • Construction Defect
  • Employment Law
  • Federal Law
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Maritime Admiralty
  • Personal Injury
  • Real Property
  • Securities
Hon. Stanley F. Birch, Jr. (Ret.)
  • Bankruptcy
  • Business Commercial
  • Employment Law
  • Global Engineering & Construction
  • Governmental & Public Agency
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Personal Injury
Hon. Thomas M. Blewitt (Ret.)
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Energy & Utilities
  • Federal Law
  • Governmental & Public Agency
  • Insurance
  • Personal Injury
Hon. Wayne D. Brazil (Ret.)
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Life Sciences
Hon. Garrett E. Brown, Jr. (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Banking
  • Bankruptcy
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Construction
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Governmental & Public Agency
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Life Sciences
  • Pharmaceuticals & Mass Torts
  • Securities
Hon. Rosalyn Chapman (Ret.)
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Entertainment & Sports
  • Federal Law
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Online Mediation and Arbitration
  • Product Liability
Hon. David H. Coar (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Bankruptcy
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Federal Law
  • Financial Markets
  • Intellectual Property
  • Life Sciences
  • Securities
William G. Connelly (Ret.)
  • Bankruptcy
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Construction
  • Employment Law
  • Federal Law
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Personal Injury
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
Hon. Morton Denlow (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Banking
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy
  • Employment Law
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Professional Liability
  • Real Property
  • Securities
  • Training & Teaching
Hon. Michael H. Dolinger (Ret.)
  • Aviation
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Employment & Labor Law
  • Environmental
  • Estate Probate Trusts
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Personal Injury/Libel/Sexual Abuse
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Real Estate & Real Property
Hon. William F. Downes (Ret.)
  • Business Commercial
  • Employment Law
  • Energy & Utilities
  • Federal Judge
  • Insurance
  • Personal Injury
  • Professional Liability
  • Real Property
Hon. Allyson K. Duncan (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Appellate
  • Business Commercial
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Health Care
  • Higher Education & Title IX
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Product Liability
  • Securities
  • Telecommunications
Hon. Joan N. Feeney (Ret.)
  • Accounting Finance
  • Appellate
  • Bankruptcy
  • Business/Commercial
  • Employment Law
  • Family Law/Estate/Probate
  • Professional Liability
  • Real Estate & Real Property
Hon. James
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Aviation
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Estate Probate Trusts
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Life Sciences
  • Maritime Admiralty
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Securities
Hon. Jay C. Gandhi (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Business/Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy
  • Employment Law
  • Entertainment & Sports
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Life Sciences
  • Personal Injury
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Real Estate & Real Property
  • Securities
Hon. Vanessa D. Gilmore (USDJ Ret.)
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy
  • Education Law
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Personal Injury
  • Securities
Hon. Steven M. Gold (Ret.)
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Construction
  • Employment Law
  • Federal Law
  • Governmental & Public Agency
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Life Sciences
  • Personal Injury
  • Pharmaceuticals & Mass Torts
  • Professional Liability
Hon. Irma E. Gonzalez (Ret.)
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Higher Education & Title IX
  • Intellectual Property
  • Maritime Admiralty
Hon. Stephen E. Haberfeld (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Appellate
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy
  • Employment Law
  • Entertainment & Sports
  • Federal Law
  • Financial Markets
  • Governmental & Public Agency
  • Higher Education & Title IX
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Real Property
Hon. Carl W. Hoffman (Ret.)
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Construction
  • Education Law
  • Employment Law
  • Federal Law
  • Higher Education & Title IX
  • Intellectual Property
  • Personal Injury
  • Product Liability
  • Real Property
Hon. James F. Holderman (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Aviation
  • Banking
  • Business Commercial
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Franchise Distribution Law
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Life Sciences
  • Personal Injury
  • Professional Liability
  • Telecommunications
Hon. John J. Hughes (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Construction Defect
  • Employment Law
  • Entertainment & Sports
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Governmental & Public Agency
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Life Sciences
  • Personal Injury
  • Professional Liability
  • Real Property
  • Securities
Hon. Edward A. Infante (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Bankruptcy
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy
  • Employment Law
  • Entertainment & Sports
  • Federal Law
  • Financial Markets
  • Health Care
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Life Sciences
  • Pharmaceuticals & Mass Torts
  • Securities
Hon. Nancy Johnson (Ret.)
  • Accounting/Finance
  • Business & Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy
  • Employment Law
  • Federal Law
  • Governmental/Public Agency
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Maritime & Admiralty Law
Hon. Jeff Kaplan (Ret.)
  • Appellate
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Federal Law
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Life Sciences
  • Personal Injury
  • Professional Liability
  • Securities
Hon. Theodore H. Katz (Ret.)
  • Business Commercial
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Construction
  • Employment Law
  • Entertainment & Sports
  • Federal Law
  • Financial Markets
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Professional Liability
  • Real Property
  • Securities
Hon. Arlander Keys (Ret.)
  • Banking
  • Business/Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action
  • Employment Law
  • Federal Judge
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Intellectual Property
  • Personal Injury/Torts
  • Professional Liability
  • Securities
Hon. George H. King (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Business Commercial
  • Cannabis
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Entertainment & Sports
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Securities
Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Life Sciences
  • Professional Liability
  • Securities
Hon. Peggy A. Leen (Ret.)
  • Business & Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Employment Law
  • Federal Law
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Personal Injury/Torts
  • Professional Liability
Hon. Benson Everett Legg (Ret.)
  • Administrative Law
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Appellate
  • Banking
  • Bankruptcy
  • Business Commercial
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Construction
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Personal Injury
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Securities
Hon. John C. Lifland (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Banking
  • Bankruptcy
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Governmental & Public Agency
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Life Sciences
  • Maritime Admiralty
  • Pharmaceuticals & Mass Torts
  • Securities
Hon. Frank Maas (Ret.)
  • Aviation
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Construction
  • Employment Law
  • Federal Law
  • Financial Markets
  • Health Care
  • Higher Education & Title IX
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Life Sciences
  • Maritime Admiralty
  • Personal Injury
  • Professional Liability
  • Real Property
  • Securities
  • Securities
Hon. Michael T. Mason (Ret.)
  • Banking
  • Business & Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Employment Law
  • Federal Law
  • Health Care
  • Intellectual Property
  • Personal Injury
  • Professional Liability
Hon. Carlos R. Moreno (Ret.)
  • Appellate
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Construction
  • Employment Law
  • Entertainment & Sports
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Real Property
Hon. Margaret A. Nagle (Ret.)
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy
  • Employment Law
  • Entertainment & Sports
  • Environmental Law
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Professional Liability
  • Real Property
Hon. S. James Otero (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Energy & Utilities
  • Entertainment & Sports
  • Federal Law
  • Financial Markets
  • Governmental & Public Agency
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Life Sciences
  • Personal Injury
  • Pharmaceuticals & Mass Torts
  • Product Liability
  • Securities
Hon. Henry Pitman (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Aviation
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Construction
  • Employment Law
  • Federal Law
  • Higher Education & Title IX
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Maritime Admiralty
  • Personal Injury
  • Securities
Hon. Philip M. Pro (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Business Commercial
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Entertainment & Sports
  • Federal Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Life Sciences
  • Personal Injury
  • Product Liability
  • Securities
Hon. Kathleen A. Roberts (Ret.)
  • Business Commercial
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Financial Markets
  • Franchise Distribution Law
  • Governmental & Public Agency
  • Health Care
  • Higher Education & Title IX
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Personal Injury
  • Securities
Gerald E. Rosen
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Bankruptcy
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Real Property
  • Securities
Hon. James M. Rosenbaum (Ret.)
  • Bankruptcy
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Indian Tribal Law
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Pharmaceuticals & Mass Torts
  • Securities
  • Life Sciences
  • Special Master Discovery Referee
Hon. Thomas J. Rueter (Ret.)
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort and Multi-District Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Personal Injury
  • Professional Liability
Hon. Gregory M. Sleet (Ret.)
  • Business & Commercial
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Bankruptcy
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Federal Law
  • Governmental & Public Agency
  • Maritime Admiralty
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Life Sciences
  • Securities
Hon. Janice M. Symchych (Former)
  • Business Commercial
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Federal Law
  • Governmental & Public Agency
  • Health Care
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Life Sciences
Hon. Deanell Reece Tacha (Ret.)
  • Administrative Law
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Appellate
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Education Law
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Governmental & Public Agency
  • American Indian Tribal Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Personal Injury
Hon. Gary L. Taylor (Ret.)
  • Business Commercial
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy
  • Employment Law
  • Entertainment & Sports
  • Federal Law
  • Health Care
  • Intellectual Property
  • Real Property
  • Securities
Hon. Dickran M. Tevrizian (Ret.)
  • Aviation
  • Business/Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action/Mass Tort
  • Construction Defect
  • Employment Law
  • Entertainment & Sports
  • Environmental
  • Federal Judge
  • Financial Markets
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Personal Injury/Torts
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Real Property
  • Securities
  • Surety
Hon. James Ware, (Ret.)
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Construction
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Law
  • Higher Education & Title IX
  • Insurance
  • Health Care
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Life Sciences
  • Personal Injury
  • Professional Liability
  • Securities
Hon. Diane M. Welsh (Ret.)
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Aviation
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Construction Defect
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy
  • Education Law
  • Employment Law
  • Entertainment & Sports
  • Environmental Law
  • Estate Probate Trusts
  • Federal Law
  • Health Care
  • Governmental & Public Agency
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Cross-Border
  • Life Sciences
  • Maritime Admiralty
  • Personal Injury/Torts
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Real Property
  • Securities
  • Surety
Hon. Donald G. Wilkerson (Ret.)
  • Business Commercial
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Action & Mass Tort
  • Employment Law
  • Federal Law
  • Higher Education & Title IX
  • Insurance
  • Personal Injury
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