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Hon. James P. Kleinberg (Ret.) is a skilled arbitrator, mediator, and special master known for his efficiency and keeping parties focused on the issues. He joined JAMS in 2015 following 12 years as a California Superior Court Judge sitting in Santa Clara County and over 34 years as a federal prosecutor and private lawyer devoted to complex civil litigation. Judge Kleinberg has extensive experience in antitrust, business/commercial, class action/mass tort, employment, financial markets, insurance, intellectual property, and securities cases.
Judge Kleinberg began his over 50 year legal career as a Trial Attorney in the Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice. In that role he argued motions and presided over a federal grand jury in Utah. After two years in that position, he began an extensive litigation practice including numerous complex cases involving commercial disputes, class actions, securities, antitrust and trade regulation, and intellectual property issues in state and federal courts throughout the nation, and in Canada, Europe, and Asia. These cases included the representation of high technology companies, accounting firms, agencies of foreign governments, outside directors in securities litigation, sports teams and leagues, and individuals in SEC investigations. Judge Kleinberg’s private practice also included domestic and international arbitration within these practice areas. His clients included Stanford University, Hewlett Packard, Itel , Microsoft, Allianz, Control Data, Tandem Computers, National Football League, Peat Marwick, Smith Corona, Raytheon, an agency of the Philippine Government, and Digital Equipment. He was perennially listed in the Best Lawyers in America publication.
Judge Kleinberg appeared in Superior and Federal Courts throughout California, and state and federal courts in Texas, Minnesota, Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Virginia. He argued appeals in the First and Sixth Districts, California Court of Appeal and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Additionally, he argued before the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. and handled matters in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada, Germany and Italy.
After appointment to the Santa Clara Superior Court in 2002 Judge Kleinberg continued his work on complex civil cases while on the bench, acting as settlement judge in dozens of cases. In his final three years on the bench he was appointed to be one of 20 Superior Court judges in California (out of 2,000) managing the Complex Civil Litigation Program in Santa Clara County. Prior to that assignment he was supervising judge of the court’s civil division, as well as presiding over jury and court trials and discovery issues. On the Superior Court he served as an Executive Committee member and chair of the Technology Services Committee. As a lawyer he was one of the founders of the Early Neutral Evaluation program for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. He was President of the Ninth Circuit Historical Society, and President of the Ingram Inn of Court. He was named the 2014 “Judge of the Year” by the Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association, and he received the 2013 “Outstanding Jurist” award from the Santa Clara County Bar Association. In 2015, he was named the first Co-Ombudsperson for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and continues in that role.
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