A JAMS full-time panelist since 1992, Judge Westerfield has arbitrated and mediated hundreds of business/commercial cases. She is known for her success in settling complex litigation with multiple parties involving diverse business ventures as well as cases with high emotional content, such as reorganization of closely-held businesses and dissolution of professional practices. Judge Westerfield’s business/commercial experience encompasses a broad range of legal issues, including insurance coverage disputes.
Resolution Expertise
- Attorney fee disputes
- Banking
- Breach of fiduciary duties
- Business defamation
- Contracts
- Complex billing disputes
- Corporations
- Dissolution of business partnerships and closely held corporations
- Franchises
- Insurance coverage and payment disputes
- International business disputes
- Joint venture agreements
- Lending disputes
- Refinancing agreements
- Securities fraud
- Stock purchase and sale agreements
- Trade secret agreements
- Unfair competition
Representative Matters
- Allegations of unsuitable investments and securities fraud
- Complex financing structure for multi-million dollar casino development on tribal lands
- Contract disputes among various European, Asian, and Middle Eastern businesses
- Disputes regarding insurance coverage of business losses
- Disputes regarding valuation and ownership of books of business
- Dissolution of shopping center partnership
- Franchise disputes: automobile sales, restaurant business, and furniture retail
- Fraud in selling of a business
- Patent dispute
- Social media network defamation claims
- Trade secret breach: software industry
- Unfair competition claims against internet business