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