Two JAMS Panelists Named Best Lawyers’ “Lawyers of the Year;” 57 JAMS Panelists Recognized as 2019 Best Lawyers in America

Irvine, Calif. – JAMS, the largest private provider of mediation and arbitration services worldwide, is proud to announce that Best Lawyers has recognized two of its panelists as “Lawyers of the Year” and 57 of its panelists as 2019 “Best Lawyers in America.”

The 25th edition of The Best Lawyers in America includes more than 50,000 attorneys in nearly 150 practice areas, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and inclusion in the publication is based on more than 4.3 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive, peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.  Additional recognitions are also awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one attorney is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location.

• Hon. Edward Panelli (Ret). was named the Best Lawyers’ 2019 San Francisco Mediation “Lawyer of the Year;”
• Michael D. Young, Esq. was named the Best Lawyers’ 2019 New York Mediation “Lawyer of the Year.”

We’re very fortunate to have this exceptional group of neutrals on our team. JAMS is honored that the legal community has once again chosen so many of our impressive panelists for this prestigious list.

-Chris Poole, JAMS President and CEO

The following JAMS neutrals were recognized as 2019 Best Lawyers in America:

• James M. Amend, Esq.
• Hon. William L. Bettinelli (Ret.)
• Hon. Stanley F. Birch, Jr. (Ret.)
• Gary B. Blum, Esq.
• Philip L. Bruner, Esq.
• Richard Chernick, Esq.
• Zela G. Claiborne, Esq.
• Robert B. Davidson, Esq., FCIArb
• Charles H. Dick, Esq.
• Bruce A. Edwards, Esq.
• Sheldon H. Elsen, Esq.
• Hon. Norman S. Fletcher (Ret.)
• David Geronemus, Esq.
• Kenneth C. Gibbs, Esq.
• Steven R. Gilford, Esq.
• Patricia K. Gillette, Esq.
• Joan C. Grafstein, Esq.
• Hugh E. Hackney, Esq.
• David G. Heiman, Esq.
• John W. Hinchey, Esq.
• Eleissa C. Lavelle, Esq.
• Hon. Richard A. Levie (Ret.)
• Ralph B. Levy, Esq.
• L. Joseph Loveland, Jr., Esq.
• Hon. Harlan A. Martin (Ret.)
• James E. McGuire, Esq.
• Robert A. Meyer, Esq.
• Lawrence R. Mills, Esq.
• Cecilia H. Morgan, Esq.
• William H. Needle, Esq.
• Hon. Stephen E. Neel (Ret.)
• Hon. Edward A. Panelli (Ret.)
• Albert M. Pearson III, Esq.
• Lawrence W. Pollack, Esq.
• Alexander S. Polsky, Esq.
• Clarence L. Pozza, Jr., Esq.
• Ronald Ravikoff, Esq.
• Hon. James Robertson (Ret.)
• Hon. Ronald M. Sabraw (Ret.)
• Deborah Crandall Saxe, Esq.
• Hon. Scott Silverman, (Ret.)
• Linda R. Singer, Esq.
• Stephen P. Sonnenberg, Esq.
• Jerry Spolter, Esq.
• Hon. Steven J. Stone (Ret.)
• Hon. Dennis M. Sweeney (Ret.)
• Hon. Dickran M. Tevrizian (Ret.)
• Patricia H. Thompson, Esq.
• R. Wayne Thorpe, Esq.
• Hon. John K. Trotter, Jr. (Ret.)
• Eric E. Van Loon, Esq.
• Hon. Curtis E. von Kann (Ret.)
• Julia T. Waggener, Esq.
• Maria C. Walsh, Esq.
• Hon. James Ware (Ret.)
• Hon. Daniel Weinstein (Ret.)
• Hon. Diane M. Welsh (Ret.)
• Hon. Rebecca Westerfield (Ret.)
• Michael D. Young, Esq.