AIPLA List of Arbitrators and Mediators
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This LIST identifies AIPLA members in good standing who are willing to serve as an arbitrator, mediator, or early neutral evaluator for disputes involving intellectual property.
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Jeff Kichaven
Los Angeles, CA
Mediation of patent, trade secret, trademark/trade dress, copyright disputes. Full-time mediator since 1996. Ranked in Chambers USA. Past Chair, ADR Committee, ABA Section of IP Law; Past Chair, Entertainment Law and IP Section, Los Angeles County Bar Assn. Mediator of IP cases of all types all across the country.
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F. Scott Kieff
Washington, DC
Arbitration/Mediation of patent, trade secret, trademark/trade dress, copyright, antitrust, trade, and related commercial disputes.
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William Kramer
Hinsdale, IL
Mediation of patent disputes. I have over 30 years of experience working on the most complex matters for large and small clients. I have litigation, prosecution and counseling experience. In my mediation practice, I bring a calm demeaner, sharp intellect and creative approach to finding solutions.
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Diana Kruze
San Francisco, CA
Arbitration/Mediation of patent, trade secret, trademark/trade dress, and copyright disputes. Diana Kruze is a mediator, arbitrator, and discovery referee, focusing on patent, trade secret, trademark/trade dress, copyright disputes. She has successfully resolved multi-million dollar cases around the world and has extensive experience in biotech and pharmaceuticals, hardware/software, licensing, data breach/cybersecurity, telecommunications and satellite technology. Prior to becoming a media ...
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William LaFuze
Houston, TX
Arbitration/Mediation of patent, trade secret, trademark/trade dress, copyright disputes. Mr. LaFuze’s ADR practice is directed primarily to arbitration work, and primarily to patent, trade secret, and technology-related disputes. Mr. LaFuze has handled many IP arbitrations, both as counsel and as an arbitrator. The subject matter of most of Mr. LaFuze’s work has been in the electronics, computers, internet, smartphone, and oil and gas drilling technology fields. He has handled many cases ...
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Marc Labgold
Reston, VA
Arbitration of patent and trade secret disputes. I am a registered U.S. patent attorney with nearly 30 years of experience specializing in patent litigation and int'l commercial arbitration. I have been lead counsel in more that 60 patent infringement cases and numerous international commercial arbitrations (ICC, UNCITRAL and HKIAC) involving a wide range of legal issues incl. patent infringement/validity/enforceability, licensing and theft of trade secrets. Extensive experience with cases invol ...
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Daniel Lueders
Indianapolis, IN
Mediation of patent, trade secret, trademark/trade dress, copyright disputes. Dan serves as managing partner at Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves & Wagner, LLP. The firm practices exclusively in intellectual property law. He has more than 30 years’ experience in this field. Dan was adjunct professor at Indiana University School of Law.
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James Matulis
Tampa, FL
Mediator experienced in mediating all types of intellectual property and business disputes, including patent, trade secret, trademark/trade dress, copyright, and licensing disputes. I am also a registered patent attorney with experience prosecuting and litigating patent infringement cases. I am Board Certified as an expert in IP law by the Florida Bar since 2007, and have been selected by my peers as the "Lawyer of the Year" in five of the last eight years in areas of IP law, including intellect ...
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Elizabeth (Betty) Morgan
Philadelphia, PA
Arbitration/Mediation of patent, trade secret, trademark/trade dress, copyright disputes. Ms. Morgan is an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association (AAA) on the Commercial, Employment and Consumer Panels, with NAM and FINRA. As a mediator, she serves on the entertainment, employment, trademark and Philadelphia area panels with the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution(CPR), which peer reviews its members. She is on INTA’s Panel of Mediators and that o ...
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Larry Nixon
Arlington, VA
Arbitration/Mediation of patent disputes. Over the last 50 years I have participated in well over 200 US patent litigations. In about 100 of those I participated as an advocate on behalf of a patent owner or an alleged patent infringer. In over 100 of those I participated as an expert witness concerning USPTO practice and procedure and other aspects of US patent law. I have also sometimes served as an arbitrator (sometimes alone and sometimes as one of a panel of three) in patent disputes. And I ...