Experience: Arbitration

Business

  • Multi-billion dollar contract interpretation including intellectual property issues - medical device. Fortune 500 Companies. Two-week arbitration.
  • Multi-million dollar claims of theft of trade secrets and breach of contract involving computer software and hardware of car dealer management system. Three-week arbitration.
  • Securities Fraud, Louisiana Blue Sky Violation, Breach of Merger Agreement. One-week arbitration.
  • Breach of Buy/Sell Agreement involving purchase of financial trust company by bank/Counterclaim by Seller. Two-week arbitration.
  • Multi-million dollar Fraud in the Sale of Real Estate claim for failure to disclose existence of potential toxic waste brought by homeowners against major home builder. EPA issues. Sole Arbitrator.
  • Breach of various computer hardware and software dealer management agreements/counterclaim for Deceptive Trade Practices.
  • Claim for breach of Business Purchase and Sale Agreement.
  • Claim made by attorneys against attorney to whom they referred cases for additional attorneys’ fees. Sole Arbitrator.
  • Multi-million dollar claim for failure to pay commissions pursuant to Employment Agreement. One-week arbitration.
  • Multi-million dollar claim for breach of Gas Processing Agreement. One-week arbitration.
  • Shareholder oppression dispute.
  • Breach of Joint Venture Agreement and Breach of Loan Agreement.
  • Breach of Merger and Restructuring Agreement involving purchase of intellectual property used in the design of a medical device. Chair of Panel.

Real Estate

  • Multi-million dollar claim for breach of long-term commercial lease agreement with claims of constructive eviction and fraud. One-week arbitration.
  • Claim brought by Tenant of long-term leasehold agreement for interpretation of provision in agreement regarding amount of rent due to Landlord.

Labor and Employment

  • Claim by former owner and president of successor company that he was terminated for cause four months into a three year employment contract. Sole Arbitrator.
  • Intentional Infliction of Emotional Harm alleged by employee. Sole Arbitrator.
  • Breach of Employment Contract by former employee of major accounting firm.
  • Claims made for violation of Title VII in the work place.
  • Claims for hostile work environment, violations of Title 42 USC Section 1983 and Title VII. Several arbitrations. Sole Arbitrator.
  • Collective Bargaining Agreement- determination of adherence to time requirements for the filing of grievances and, if not, whether same was waived.

Insurance

  • Multi-million dollar coverage claim by insured (Major Oil Company) against its insurer. Sole Arbitrator.
  • 18 Homeowner claims against insurer for failure to pay losses resulting from hail damage. Sole Arbitrator.
  • Homeowner claim against insurer. Sole Arbitrator.
  • Homeowner dispute with its insurance company over plumbing/sewage leaks which allegedly caused foundation damage. Sole Arbitrator.
  • Umpire for insurance claims (home and business) related to Hurricane Ike.

Intellectual Property

  • Multi-million dollar claims of theft of trade secrets and breach of contract involving computer software and hardware of car dealer management system. Three-week arbitration.
  • Multi-million dollar claims of theft of trade secrets/patent infringement involving products used to measure sulphur content in petroleum based gases.
  • Multi-billion dollar contract interpretation including intellectual property issues - medical device. Fortune 500 Companies. Two-week arbitration.
  • Patent infringement claims of certain world-wide patents for cardiac stents valued in excess of $4 billion. Two-week arbitration.

Negligence

  • 400 Plaintiffs, multi-billion dollar claim against two major pharmaceutical companies for their responsibility when a pharmacist diluted a cancer treatment drug and sold the same over a period of time to unsuspecting cancer patients. Chair of panel.

Oil and Gas/Energy

  • Multi-million dollar claims of theft of trade secrets/patent infringement involving products used to measure sulphur content in petroleum based gases.
  • Multi-million dollar claim for breach of Gas Processing Agreement. One-week arbitration.

Product Liability

  • $100 million dollar claim for product defect, strict liability, marketing defect and negligent design regarding truck component part. Chair, one-week arbitration.

Malpractice

  • Former patent client sued counsel for allowing case to be dismissed.

Class Actions

  • Claims in excess of $400 million against law firm brought by 3400 former clients asserting breach of contingent fee agreement and breach of fiduciary duty. Arbitration hearing conducted in stages.

Construction

  • Construction defect. Sole Arbitrator.