Hon. James Ware (Ret.)

Business/Commercial; Class Action/Mass Tort; Employment; Insurance; IP; Securities

Judge James Ware (Ret.) joined JAMS after spending 16 years as a civil litigator, and 24 years as a judge. He served as a United States District Judge on the Northern District of California, including a year and a half as the Chief Judge of the Northern District. Previously, he served as a judge on the Superior Court of California in Santa Clara County. In addition, he is a Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators and has been appointed as Arbitrator by the International Court of Arbitration as well as the International Centre for Dispute Resolution. Judge Ware was also recently recognized as one of the 2018 Best Lawyers in America by Best Lawyers.

Thanks to his extensive judicial career, he brings with him a wealth of experience derived from his management and resolution of thousands of cases across a wide variety of subjects. Most notably, Judge Ware presided over numerous cases involving patent infringement, securities fraud, antitrust, contract disputes, employment law, and various statutory actions.

In his role as a neutral, he helps parties to communicate with and understand one another. He approaches mediation as an opportunity to assist parties to explore resolution beyond ordinary boundaries; to treat the protuberances of one side with the same dignity as the hollows of the other; to use dialog to assist parties to untangle the intricacies of a dispute; and ultimately to replace risk with the solid comfort of resolution. He brings this same approach to the table as an arbitrator or when advising the court as a special master.

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