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Reginald Holmes

Arbitrator & Mediator, The Holmes Law Firm

Since 1988, Mr. Holmes has served the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) profession as chair, sole and panel Arbitrator, Mediator, Referee, Private Judge or Judge pro tem in hundreds of complex commercial disputes. He is a frequent "Markman" hearing officer and discovery Referee. Amounts in dispute over which he has presided have ranged from small dollar matters to amounts in controversy well in excess of $200 million. Mr. Holmes has handled disputes from a variety of fields, such as Intellectual Property and Technology, Labor and Employment, Real Property and Construction, Financial, Entertainment, Sports, and Franchise, as well as International disputes. Subject matters have ranged widely, including software fraud, entertainment industry disputes, termination of distributorship, breach of a sports contract, patent infringement, race discrimination, sexual harassment, partnership dissolution, stock, securities and investor fraud, construction defect, breach of entertainment distribution contract, breach of surety and trustee obligation, identity theft, defamation, and imaging rights theft, software defect fraud and breach of international distribution rights. Having been on both sides of the table – as an attorney and as a judge – and decades of great success serving a wide spectrum of industries makes Mr. Holmes consummate ADR professional with impartiality and expertise you can trust for the resolution of your dispute.

Besides handling disputes, Mr. Holmes is a frequent panelist and lecturer on ADR, private justice and technology topics for various bar and business organizations. He is a member of the AAA’s Large Complex Case Panel (LCCP) and former chair of the Los Angeles B2B Advisory Committee.