With a professional background spanning over four decades, this neutral has focused on complex intellectual property and technology-related disputes. His career includes extensive experience as a lead trial and appellate lawyer in federal courts, specializing in high-stakes patent, copyright, and trademark litigation. He transitioned into mediation to apply his deep technical and legal knowledge to help parties resolve intricate commercial and IP conflicts outside of traditional litigation.
This neutral offers a rare blend of technical computer science expertise and veteran litigation experience, making him particularly effective for software and patent disputes. His background as a partner at major firms provides a sophisticated understanding of the commercial pressures facing corporate litigants. He is established as a qualified mediator within the federal court system, specifically the Southern District of New York.
Combines a formal education in computer science with over 40 years of legal experience to mediate highly technical software and hardware disputes.
He is recognized among legal peers for his analytical approach to complex technical evidence and his ability to facilitate settlements in contentious intellectual property matters.