Biography
Hon. Patrick J. Mahoney (Ret.) brings to his full-time ADR practice over 45 years of legal experience as a civil litigator, a judge and ADR expert.
Judge Mahoney is noted for his ability to listen, probe and express opinions where appropriate. He treats each case as a unique experience where it is essential to understand each party’s case, their interests and what is critical to resolve or adjudicate the dispute. The process begins before the parties appear by receiving input on the issues to be addressed, recommendations on how to proceed and written submissions. Thereafter, Judge Mahoney continues to work with the parties until the matter is concluded.
In the course of his career, Judge Mahoney has been engaged in a broad range of business and commercial legal issues. Illustrative are the following:
- Accounting cases: disclosure obligations, federal & state corporate & securities laws
- American Disability Act claims (“ADA”): compliance, correction plans & damages
- Antitrust cases: price fixing, market share, dealer terminations, monopolization claims
- Arbitration issues ranging from the terms of the agreement, scope of discovery & awards of relief
- Asbestos liability & damages
- Class actions: antitrust, consumer, employment & securities
- Contracts: interpretation, breach, damages
- Construction disputes: compliance with plans, cost overruns & claims for additional work
- Corporate governance issues
- Director & officer liability
- Digital currency
- Electronic discovery issues
- Employment issues: state & federal law, discrimination, harassment & hostile work environment
- Environmental claims: responsibility for & allocation of costs
- False Claims Act issues: whistle blower standing, liability & damages
- Federal & state securities laws: director, officer & professional liability claims
- Government contracts: challenges to awards, performance issues, cost overruns
- Identity theft liability & damages
- Insurance issues: coverage, exclusions & layers of responsibility
- Labeling claims: food & consumer safety issues
- Partnership issues: breakup terms, distributions, management & control conflicts
- Professional fees of lawyers, architects & accountants
- Property damage claims: real & personal property evaluations
- Real & commercial property disputes including ownership rights, easements, use & maintenance issues
- Technology issues involving software & hardware development & ownership
- Trade secret claims in a range of businesses from biotechnology to service entities
- Wage & hour claims
Completed Virtual ADR training conducted by the JAMS Institute, the training arm of JAMS.
- Recipient, Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco Community Boards Leadership Peacemaker Award, 2013
- Certificates of Honor, Appreciation and Recognition from San Francisco District Attorney, the Office of the Public Defender, and the California State Senate in 2013, for reducing truancy, for improving the quality of juvenile justice and inspiring a generation of community leaders
- Resolution of Recognition, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women 2013, for convening a variety of task forces of city agencies to streamline services for families and children
- Recipient, Kids’ Turn Award for dedication to the well-being of children, 2013; City Youth Now Community Achievement Award, 2011
- Executive Committee Member, San Francisco Superior Court, 2001-2003 and 2007-2012
- Participant, Pepperdine University School of Law, Strauss Institute, Mediating the Litigated Case, 2012; University of Oxford, California Judges Program, England, 2010
- Member, California Judges Association Legislative Committee, 2011-2012
- Board of Directors, JAMS FOUNDATION 2018-present; Edgewood Center for Children & Families 2015-present; Youth Treatment and Education Center, 2006-2012; Kids’ Turn, 2009-2014; Legal Community Against Violence, 1994-2000; Legal Aid Society of San Francisco, 1986-1994; College Preparatory School, 1990-1993
- Master, Edward J. McFetridge American Inn of Court, 1997-present
- Board of Governors, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 1997-2004
- Panelist, Bar Association of San Francisco Early Settlement Program, 1985-2000
- Early Neutral Evaluator, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1997-2002; Mediator and Early Neutral Evaluator 2019
- Speaker and author on a variety of topics including litigation, law and motion, mental health, delinquency, family law, judicial leadership, dispute resolution and class action securities
- "Touch of Reality," ADR Profile, Daily Journal, March 28, 2014
- Judge, San Francisco Superior Court, 2000-2013
- Supervising Judge, Unified Family Court, 2009-2013
- Law and Motion Department, 2007-2009
- Supervising Judge, Juvenile Delinquency, 2003-2006
- Chief Trial Deputy, San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, 1992-2000
- Partner, Cooley LLP, 1976-1992 (Associate, 1972-1976)
- Member, Executive Committee, 1976-1988
- Associate, Arent, Fox, Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, 1969 -1972
- J.D., Hastings College of the Law, 1969 (Order of Coif, Law Review)
- CORO Foundation Fellow, Public Affairs Internship, 1965-1966
- B.A., Political Science, Stanford University, 1965
Counsel Comments
- "[Judge Mahoney's] impressive judicial temperament and quick grasp of the law was invaluable in getting us to settlement."
-General Counsel, Public Agency - "[Judge Mahoney is] capable of grasping complicated case law and complicated financial information…. As a longtime trial lawyer, he has the nuanced ability to measure the strengths of argument in a real-world perspective."
- Former Chief Assistant District Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco
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