John Leo Wagner, Federal Magistrate (Ret.) Joins the IP ADR Blog
The IP ADR Blog is pleased to announce that we are being joined in our IP blogging venture by John Leo Wagner, Federal Magistrate (Ret.).
Judge Wagner is a colleague of Mike Young's and mine at the Southern California ADR firm Judicate West. His impressive credentials will soon be posted in the "About" section of the blog (up at the top there). We provide only the highlights of his judicial and private practice career below.
Welcome John!! We know that our IP ADR Blog readers will greatly enjoy hearing your thoughts on the negotiated resolution of IP disputes.
ABOUT JUDGE WAGNER
Judge Wagner has been engaged in the settlement and trial of intellectual property disputes for over 20 years. He is currently a full-time neutral with Judicate West Alternative Dispute Resolution, where he mediates and arbitrates all manner of patent, copyright, trademark, trade dress and trade secret disputes.
John was formerly Of Counsel with the Los Angeles-based law firm of Irell & Manella LLP, where he was the head of the firm’s ADR practice group and Director of the firm’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Center. He worked for over seven years as one of the ADR Center’s primary neutrals, settling a myriad of difficult intellectual property disputes.
Before joining Irell & Manella, John served for over twelve years as a United States Magistrate Judge in the Northern District of Oklahoma, where he founded and administered the Court’s mediation program, and served as the resident expert in settling IP disputes.
John has mediated and arbitrated thousands of cases and was recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution in 2007. He has also been selected for inclusion in he 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Alternative Dispute Resolution.
John is the President-Elect of the International Academy of Mediators, a Fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators, a Member of the CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution’s Panel of Distinguished Neutrals and a Diplomate Member of the California Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. John is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Bar Association's ADR Section.
John has been active in guiding national ADR policies and practice for over two decades. He was appointed by Chief Justice Rehnquist to serve on the Court Administration and Case Management Committee of the U.S. Judicial Conference, where he helped to formulate rules and policies governing ADR programs in the Federal Courts. He also served on the CPR Advisory Committee dealing with Mediation Procedures and the CPR/Georgetown Commission on Ethics and Standards in ADR.
Judge Wagner frequently teaches and lectures on ADR topics.
We're happy and proud to have him join us here.
