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| Law Firm: |
Thomas J. Brewer
Arbitrator/Mediator |
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| Address: |
The Millennium Tower, Suite 1150
719 Second Avenue |
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Seattle, WA 98104 |
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| Phone: |
206-623-5321 |
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206-623-5670 |
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| E-mail Address: |
tjbrewer@tjbrewer.com
www.thomasjbrewer.com
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| Education: |
Dartmouth College—B.A. Government, 1968 (magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa); Oxford University—B.A. Jurisprudence, 1973 (First Class Honours; Rhodes Scholar); Harvard Law School—J.D. 1975 (magna cum laude; law review) |
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| Court Admissions: |
States of Washington and California (inactive); Federal District Courts for the Western District of Washington and the Northern District of California. Specially admitted to other Federal District Courts and state trial courts for practice in particular cases, including Alaska, Oregon, Arizona, Montana and Illinois. Seventh and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal. United States Supreme Court. |
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Legal Experience
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| and Work History: |
1975-2000: Trial lawyer representing clients in business and commercial cases. Clients included both plaintiffs and defendants, large and small business and professional service organizations, partnerships, individuals and public as well as private entities. The cases involved jury and nonjury matters in state and federal courts, class actions, cases before state and federal regulatory agencies, grand jury investigations and arbitration proceedings. The types of cases mainly included breach-of-contract, business torts, professional liability, antitrust, unfair competition, energy, health and insurance, real estate, partnership, employment, technology, timber, environmental, regulatory and securities-related matters.
2000-Present: Self-employed ADR neutral, providing arbitration, mediation and other ADR services. Occasional service as court-appointed special master (most recently in Whatley v. Nike, Inc., a patent case in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon).
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| Focus of Law Practice: |
Practice limited since 2000 to providing arbitration, mediation and other ADR services. Now in seventh year as a full-time ADR neutral. Member of the American Arbitration Association’s Commercial, International, Construction, Large Complex Case, Class Action, and Mediation Panels. Member of the Seattle regional panel of distinguished neutrals of the CPR Institute of Dispute Resolution. Member of the American Health Lawyers’ Association ADR Service Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators. Member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD) Board of Arbitrators and National Panel of Mediators. |
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| Professional Associations: |
Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators. Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. “Washington Super Lawyer,” (Washington Law and Politics 2000-2007). “Lawdragon 500 Leading Judges in America,” (Lawdragon, January 2006). Member, International Bar Association (Arbitration Committee). Member, American Bar Association (Litigation and ADR Sections). Member, Washington State Bar Association (Litigation and ADR Sections). Member, King County Bar Association (ADR Section). Member, Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington (former Chair, ADR Committee). |
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| Resolution (ADR) Training: |
Speaker, "Mediation of Intellectual Property Disputes," ICDR International Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Seminar, Philadelphia, 11/06; Speaker, "Arbitration of Intellectual Property Disputes," ICC International Dispute Resolution Seminar, La Jolla, 10/05; co-author, “Vacating Arbitration Awards,” DISPUTE RESOLUTION, Summer 2005; co-author, “A Courtroom Lawyer’s Guide to Arbitration,” LITIGATION, vol. 31 no. 3, Spring 2005; “US Courts Split Over Arbitration Clauses Providing for Expanded Judicial Review of Arbitral Awards – Without Discussing the Implications for International Arbitration,” MEALEY’S INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REPORT, vol. 18, iss. 11, p. 15, November 2003; “The Arbitrability of Antitrust Disputes: Freedom to Contract for an Alternative Forum,” 66 ANTITRUST L.J. 91 (1997)(Partial listing).
ICDR International Mediation Symposium, Chicago, 9/06; AAA National Neutrals’ Retreats, 2004, 2005, 2006 and numerous prior years; ABA ADR Section annual meetings, 2004, 2005 and various prior years; NW ADR Conference – most years. (Partial listing).
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| ADR Experience: |
Served as a sole or panelist arbitrator in more than 500 cases during the past twenty years, and as a neutral mediator in a substantially larger number of mediations. Frequent service as chair of three-arbitrator panels.
Primary subject-matter areas have been commercial, contract and business disputes, business purchase and sale, copyright, trademark and patent, international sales and licensing, health insurance, biotech, software and other technology disputes, commercial leasing and real estate, antitrust, employment, insurance coverage, franchise, valuation, distribution, disputes between shareholders, partners and LLC members, joint venture, energy (oil and gas, electric), Indian gaming, telecommunications, trusts and estates, professional liability, and construction. International arbitrations and mediations have included Australian, British, Canadian, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Mexican, New Zealand, Peruvian, Saudi Arabian, Swedish and U.S. parties.
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| ADR Practice Areas: |
Antitrust/Trade Regulation, Business Litigation, Contracts, Corporations, Employment, Intellectual Property, International, Real Property |
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