
Career Highlights: Hon. Peter Kirwan (Ret.) is a neutral with Signature Resolution, recently retired from the Santa Clara County Superior Court after spending 18 years on the bench. He spent the majority of his time on the bench in the Court's Civil Division presiding over numerous class action lawsuits, trade secret litigation, business disputes, PAGA and employment litigation, mass tort litigation, groundwater rights lawsuits, and a variety of other complex matters.
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For retired judge Peter H. Kirwan, it's important that all the litigants involved in his mediations feel at ease.
"Litigation is stressful enough, so I try to create an environment where people are as comfortable as they can possibly be," said Kirwan, who joined Signature Resolution's roster of private neutrals last spring. "I always say to the parties, 'We're going to spend all day together. Is it OK if we refer to each other by first n... (continued)