Hon. John Leo Wagner (Ret.), Mediator & Arbitrator, based in Los Angeles, California.

Mediation

Arbitration

Mini-Trials

Early Neutral Evaluation

Special Master

Referee

Serving the following Counties:
Alameda, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco

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ADA Disability

Admiralty

Agricultural

Anti-Trust

Aviation

Banking & Finance

Civil Rights

Commercial/Business

Construction

Contract Disputes

Debt / Bankruptcy

EEOC

Education

Employment

Energy Sector (Oil, Gas)

Entertainment

Environmental

Franchise

Health Care

Insurance

Intellectual Property

International

Landlord / Tenant

Libel & Slander

Medical Malpractice

Native American

Negligence

Partnerships

Personal Injury

Police

Postal

Probate

Product Liability

Public Policy

Real Property

Religious Institutions

Securities

Technology

Title VII

Torts

Transportation

Wrongful Death

Biographical Notes:

In 2008, Judge Wagner was listed as one of the Top 40 Neutrals in California by the Daily Journal. In 2007, he was listed as one of the top 42 Entertainment Power Neutrals by The Hollywood Reporter, Esq. He has been listed as a Southen California Super Lawyer in ADR in 2007, 2008 and 2009. He has been selected to be included in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the field of ADR. He is a former United States Magistrate Judge. Judge Wagner was appointed at age 31 and served for 12 years on the federal bench, from 1985 through 1997. He established and administered his court's mediation program, and served as one of its principal ADR neutrals. He mediated federal cases of all kinds, but concentrated on the court's most difficult and complex cases. He was appointed by former Chief Justice Renquist to the Court Administration and Case Management Committee of the U.S. Judicial Conference and served on its ADR Task Force. He has extensive trial experience, both on and off the bench.

After leaving the bench in 1997, he headed the ADR practice group at Los Angeles-based Irell & Manella LLP, where he continued his practice as an ADR neutral and served as the Director of the firm's ADR Center in Newport Beach. After nearly 8 years with Irell & Manella, he left the firm in March of 2005 and established a relationship with Judicate West Alternative Dispute Resolution, which now administers his full-time ADR practice. His practice as a neutral now includes both mediation and arbitration, but is weighted to mediation of difficult, complex or multi-party disputes. These include business, intellectual property, entertainment, class action, environmental and toxic tort cases. He also routinely mediates professional malpractice cases, catastrophic injury cases, employment cases, insurance coverage disputes and bad faith claims.

Education:

Judge Wagner received his JD from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1979. He received Advanced Mediation Training while on the federal bench through the Federal Judicial Center and Endispute, Inc. He attended the Harvard University Law School Program of Instruction for Lawyers. He has since served as an ADR instructor and trainer for many distinguished organizations, including the International Academy of Mediators, the Federal Judicial Center, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Pepperdine University's Strauss Institute of Dispute Resolution and the American Bar Association.

Memberships & Affiliations :

Judge Wagner is the President of the International Academy of Mediators for 2008-2009. He also currently serves on the CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution's Panel of Distinguished Neutrals and on the International Centre for Dispute Resolution's (AAA) panel of neutrals. He has served as a member of the CPR - Georgetown Commission on Ethics and Standards of Practice in ADR. He is a Fellow of both the American College of Civil Trial Mediators and the International Academy of Mediators. He is a Master of the Los Angeles Intellectual Property American Inn of Court and is admitted to the bar in California and Oklahoma.

RATES & PAYMENT INFORMATION

Rates: Judge Wagner's hourly rate is $660 per hour. He is available nationwide, and does not charge for non-working travel time. All ADR matters are booked through Judicate West. Conference space and staff support is available in Downtown Los Angeles, Santa Ana, West Los Angeles, Long Beach or San Diego. Please call for details.

AVAILABILITY & BOOKING INFORMATION

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To book a mediation or arbitration, please call Cris Jarrell at 1-800-488-8805