Special Master/Discovery Referee
Barbara A. Reeves, Esq. has been a full-time ADR professional since 2006. She is a Certified Electronic Discovery Specialist and an accomplished mediator who is widely respected by counsel for her impartiality in treating all parties fairly and ability to quickly identify critical issues.
Her exceptional listening skills and sensitivity toward each party make her particularly well suited for resolving emotionally charged, complex cases. Ms. Reeves uses her knowledge of the party's interests and needs, combined with her legal expertise and familiarity of the facts, to move the parties toward settlement while in the process of serving as special master or referee, if the parties are interested.
As Special Master and Discovery Referee, by court appointment or agreement of the parties, Ms. Reeves:
- Supervises the creation and implementation of discovery plans for the orderly completion of percipient, documentary, and expert discovery
- Decides motions to compel and substantive legal motions
- Referees depositions to ensure efficient examination of witnesses
- Holds prompt telephonic hearings to resolve discovery disputes as they arise
- Has instituted a unique practice of “assisted meet and confers” where she joins parties as they meet to resolve discovery disagreements before they reach the motion stage
Areas of Special Master/Discovery Referee Matters
- Business/Commercial Transactions
- Unfair Competition, False Advertising, Consumer Fraud
- Class Actions & Mass Torts
- Engineering & Construction
- Employment & Civil Rights
- High Tech/Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright & Trademark
- Insurance Coverage & Bad Faith
- Partnership Disputes & Dissolutions
- Antitrust
Representative Matters
- Special Master/Discovery Referee in False Claims Act case
- Special Master race discrimination class action involving a nationwide class
- Special Master in ethnic origin class action involving a nationwide class
- Discovery Referee in high profile case involving alleged defective medical device
- Discovery Referee in partnership dissolution matter in the health care industry
- Discovery Referee in sexual harassment and racial discrimination cases
- Special Master in connection with attorneys' fee motions
- Discovery Referee in several matters by party agreement to supervise e-discovery
- Special Master (by agreement of the parties) to analyze and allocate damages in consultation with each party's economic experts
- Mediator in MDL case involving international cartel
- Mediator and arbitrator in numerous consumer fraud class actions
- Arbitrator in several health care consumer class actions
