Barbara Reeves

Barbara A. Reeves, Esq., CEDS

JAMS Mediator, Arbitrator, Referee/Special Master, Neutral Evaluator

Case Manager
Joshua Kroll
T: 310-309-6206
F: 310-396-7576
1925 Century Park East, 14th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067
JKroll@jamsadr.com

Biography

Barbara A. Reeves, Esq., CEDS (Certified E-Discovery Specialist) is an accomplished neutral in the area of health care disputes who is widely respected by counsel for her impartiality in treating all parties fairly and her ability to identify critical issues quickly and focus efforts to resolve disputes.

Ms. Reeves began her work in the health care field as an outgrowth of her insurance coverage expertise, handling disputes between hospitals and insurance companies as well as disputes between policyholders/members and insurance companies.  Her listening skills and ability to understand each party’s position make her particularly well suited for resolving emotionally charged, complex cases.

In mediation she is known for her fortitude in obtaining a productive result and going the extra mile.  In arbitration she is a quick study, and brings her economics training to bear on complex damages and financial issues.

Representative Matters

  • Disputes between medical provider groups and insurance companies involving insurance coverage for medical services provided to patients
  • Cases between hospital systems and health plans to determine reasonable value
  • False claims case between the government and relator, on the one hand, and a pharmaceutical company
  • False claims case between the government and provider of outpatient services for services not rendered
  • Claims by ER physicians for reimbursement based on Usual, Customary and Reasonable (UCR) rates
  • Coding dispute, involving upcoding, bundling and DRG issues between major hospital chain and insurance plan
  • Dispute involving Medicare Advantage claims and the issue of preemption
  • Claim by hospital-patient following lapsing of HMO membership
  • Hospital versus HMO regarding patient billings--unpaid and underpaid claims
  • Hospital versus commercial insurer regarding patient billings--unpaid and underpaid claims
  • Professional malpractice matters between patients and health care providers
  • Medical malpractice cases between patients and/or heirs and their insurance carriers
  • Hospitals versus HMO for failure to pay claims timely and for diverting patients to other facilities
  • Dispute among members of physician group following breakup of the group
  • Multiple claims of surgical center claims versus insurance plan
  • Intellectual property dispute involving conflicting claims to health care technology
  • Dispute involving medical billing services and hospital group

Completed Virtual ADR training conducted by the JAMS Institute, the training arm of JAMS. 

Honors and Memberships 

  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Fellow and current Board Member and Officer, College of Commercial Arbitrators
  • Fellow, Academy of Court Appointed Masters
  • Arbitrator, Court of Arbitration for Sport
  • Certified Mediator with the International Mediation Institute
  • Certified E-Discovery Specialist
  • Board Member, California International Arbitration Council
  • Recognized, Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center (SVAMC)'s List of the World's Leading Technology Neutrals
  • "Nationwide Mediators" List, Chambers USA (2016-2022),
  • Former President, Association of Business Trial Lawyers (Los Angeles Chapter)
  • Former board member or chair: Antitrust Sections of the State Bar of California and Los Angeles County Bar Association; ADR Committee, LACBA; Trustee, LACBA, Women Lawyers of Los Angeles
  • Current and/or former board member of numerous public interest organizations, including Public Counsel, Western Center on Law and Poverty, and a Founder of the Alliance for Children’s Rights
  • Member, California State Bar and the Bar of the District of Columbia

Recent Publications and Speaking Engagements

  • 2022 - Speaker at ABA Dispute Resolution Section Spring Meeting; speaker at California International Arbitration Week; speaker at various programs on E-discovery; speaker on European webinar on Using Mediation to Resolve Business Interruption Disputes.
  • 2020 and 2021 – Speaker on webinars presented by the ABA, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law groups (WIPL, LAIPL).
  • Speaker at the Emerging Issues Conference of the ABA Health Law Section (2016-2019); California Society of Health Attorneys Annual Meeting (2016, 2017); ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Conference (2017-2019)
  • “Uprooting the Decision Tree,” Advocate Magazine, CAALA, September 2018
  • “How Third-Party Funders change the Chemistry of Settlements,” Advocate Magazine, CAALA, September 2017
  • “A Special Master’s Role in Hospital Merger Cases,” LAW360 (2016)
  • Author, Updates to Rutter Group Employment Law Treatise, ADR chapter, 2012-2016
  • "Whose Arbitration is This, Anyway?", JAMS Global Engineering and Construction Newsletter, Fall 2013
  • "Litigation Solutions: Referees and Special Masters," Daily Journal, June 13, 2012
  • "It’s Time to Fix Arbitration Discovery," Los Angeles Lawyer, January 2010
  • "Ordered to arbitration? Take advantage!" Advocate Magazine, CAALA, September 2010
  • "As the Economy Stumbles, Employment Discrimination Claims Climb," Employment Law Strategist, Law Journal Newsletters, December 2008
  • Author or co-author of leading articles of ADR, international and domestic commercial arbitration and mediation, and managing costs in ADR; frequent trainer and lecturer on arbitration, mediation and e-discovery

ADR Profiles

  • JAMS, 2006-Present
  • Associate General Counsel and Vice President, Southern California Edison and Edison International, 1999-2005
  • Partner at major international law firms (Morrison & Foerster; Paul Hastings; Fried Frank), 1981-1999
  • United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division: various positions including Chief of the Los Angeles office, Trial Attorney, and Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General
  • Law Clerk to Judge Alfred T. Goodwin, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
    • Editor, Harvard Journal on Legislation
  • BA, Economics and Mathematics, New College

Counsel Comments

    • Recognized as "an excellent mediator and a great listener."

      - Chambers USA, 2021
    • Recognized as "very capable and very responsible."

      - Chambers USA, 2016
    • “The breadth of her experience prior to becoming a mediator gives her a sense of how clients react to things.”

      - Prominent Attorney
    • “You walk in and right away, you know she’s ready to roll up her sleeves and get into a case with you.”

      - Prominent Attorney
    • “She understood and tackled [the issues] quickly. She was very efficient.”

      - Prominent Attorney
    • “Thank you for your dilligent work and follow up on this case. Your continued dedication and effors went well above and beyond of what we typically receive from a mediator.”

      -       Prominent Attorney

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