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Finding A Judicial Arbitrator

Finding a General Jurisdiction Judicial Arbitrator

The Santa Clara County Superior Court provides a database of background information on members of our Judicial Arbitration panel for the convenience of attorneys and the public.

Parties and counsel who have stipulated to Judicial Arbitration will receive a Notice of Random Selection which will list several proposed arbitrators. Many arbitrators have provided information to the court which is posted on this list. If the arbitrator’s information is not posted here, you may contact the arbitrator’s office for background information.

Each party must strike one proposed arbitrator, and return the Notice to the court at the address listed on the Notice. An arbitrator will be assigned and parties and/or counsel will be notified as quickly as possible.

Parties may also stipulate to Judicial Arbitration using the Court's ADR Stipulation and Order Form (Form CV-5008 ), and may choose any mutually acceptable arbitrator, whether on the Court's list of arbitrators or not. For more information, see Local Civil Rule 6 .

Individuals who wish to be added to the judicial arbitration database are encouraged to submit an application (Form CV-5007 ). Arbitrators who need to update their information may contact the court at ADR@scscourt.org, or fill out the Judicial Arbitration Background Sheet (Form CV-5040 ) and mail or email it to the Court. 

Read more about Judicial Arbitration in the Self-Help section of this website.

Judicial Arbitrators

Full Name First Name Last Name Email Phone Number Foreign Language Subject Matter Areas of Law
David Finch David Finch drfinch@mediationserv.com 800-411-3300
  1. Legal Malpractice
  2. Medical Malpractice
  3. Real Estate
  4. Professional Negligence
  5. Personal Injury
  6. Partnership Disputes
  7. Landlord/Tenant
  8. Labor - Employment
  9. Construction
  10. Business
William Fenwick William Fenwick bfenwick@fenwick.com 650-858-7200
  1. Intellectual Property
  2. Computer Law
  3. Business
Philip Fagone Philip Fagone philip.fagone@alum.wpi.edu 650-654-0574
  1. Real Estate
  2. Environment
  3. Construction
  4. Business
Hon. James Emerson (Ret.) Hon. James Emerson (Ret.) jce.law@comcast.net 408-293-1113
  1. Medical Malpractice
  2. Real Estate
  3. Professional Negligence
  4. Personal Injury
  5. Partnership Disputes
  6. Landlord/Tenant
  7. Labor - Employment
  8. Insurance
  9. Environment
  10. Construction
  11. Business
Charles Dyer Charles Dyer cdyer@dyer-white.com 650-325-7000
  1. Medical Malpractice
  2. Professional Negligence
  3. Personal Injury
  4. Labor - Employment
  5. Construction
John Drath John Drath joanna@adrservices.com 415-772-0900
  1. Medical Malpractice
  2. Professional Negligence
  3. Personal Injury
  4. Landlord/Tenant
  5. Labor - Employment
  6. Insurance
  7. Elder Abuse
  8. Business
Tim Doyle Tim Doyle tdoyle@tdoylelaw.com 415-922-3515
  1. Securities
  2. Real Estate
  3. Professional Negligence
  4. Personal Injury
  5. Landlord/Tenant
  6. Insurance
  7. Environment
  8. Defamation
  9. Construction
  10. Business
M. Scott Donahey M. Scott Donahey adr@scottdonahey.com 650-823-0338
  1. Partnership Disputes
  2. Intellectual Property
  3. Health Care
  4. Computer Law
  5. Business
Martin Dodd Martin Dodd martin@dfdlaw.com 415-399-3840
  1. Real Estate
  2. Probate - Wills
  3. Personal Injury
  4. Partnership Disputes
  5. Labor - Employment
  6. Disabilities
  7. Construction
  8. Civil Rights
  9. Business
Mark Divelbiss Mark Divelbiss mark@mjd-law.com 510-339-1755
  1. Real Estate
  2. Professional Negligence
  3. Personal Injury
  4. Partnership Disputes
  5. Neighborhood
  6. Landlord/Tenant
  7. Labor - Employment
  8. Insurance
  9. Defamation
  10. Construction
  11. Civil Rights
  12. Business
  13. Banks/Financial Institutions
Ronald Digesti Ronald Digesti ronald@digestimediations.com 408-707-5001
  1. Sports, Media, Travel
  2. Real Estate
  3. Professional Negligence
  4. Probate - Wills
  5. Personal Injury
  6. Partnership Disputes
  7. Neighborhood
  8. Landlord/Tenant
  9. Labor - Employment
  10. Insurance
  11. Housing
  12. Health Care
  13. Environment
  14. Elder Abuse
  15. Disabilities
  16. Defamation
  17. Construction
  18. Civil Rights
  19. Business
  20. Banks/Financial Institutions
William Diffenderfer William Diffenderfer Bill@Woodruffdrc.com 925-588-1361
  1. Medical Malpractice
  2. Real Estate
  3. Professional Negligence
  4. Personal Injury
  5. Neighborhood
  6. Insurance
  7. Defamation
  8. Construction
Michael Dickstein Michael Dickstein md@DicksteinDisputeResolution.com 415 474-1449 French
  1. Medical Malpractice
  2. Securities
  3. Real Estate
  4. Professional Negligence
  5. Personal Injury
  6. Landlord/Tenant
  7. Labor - Employment
  8. Insurance
  9. Intellectual Property
  10. Environment
  11. Disabilities
  12. Defamation
  13. Construction
  14. Civil Rights
  15. Business
Thomas Denver Thomas Denver tdenver@mediationmasters.com 408-280-7883
  1. Medical Malpractice
  2. Real Estate
  3. Professional Negligence
  4. Personal Injury
  5. Insurance
  6. Intellectual Property
  7. Business
Sandra DeLateur Sandra DeLateur delateuresq@gmail.com 408-204-4869
  1. Neighborhood
  2. Landlord/Tenant
  3. Business
  4. Banks/Financial Institutions
Susan Davidson Susan Davidson davidsonmediator@yahoo.com 510-647-9120 Spanish
  1. Personal Injury
  2. Partnership Disputes
  3. Neighborhood
  4. Landlord/Tenant
  5. Labor - Employment
  6. Housing
  7. Health Care
  8. Construction
  9. Business
Dana Curtis Dana Curtis dlc@danacurtismediation.com 415-331-5158
  1. Medical Malpractice
  2. Real Estate
  3. Professional Negligence
  4. Probate - Wills
  5. Personal Injury
  6. Partnership Disputes
  7. Neighborhood
  8. Landlord/Tenant
  9. Labor - Employment
  10. Intellectual Property
  11. Housing
  12. Health Care
  13. Elder Abuse
  14. Defamation
  15. Civil Rights
  16. Business
  17. Banks/Financial Institutions
Carl Crebar Carl Crebar crcrebar@msn.com 650-969-3178
  1. Real Estate
  2. Neighborhood
  3. Landlord/Tenant
  4. Business
Lori Costanzo Lori Costanzo lori@costanzo-law.com 408-993-8493
  1. Medical Malpractice
  2. Professional Negligence
  3. Personal Injury
  4. Labor - Employment
  5. Elder Abuse
  6. Civil Rights
Richard Collier Richard Collier rcollier@cwclaw.com 415-433-1900 French
  1. Legal Malpractice
  2. Securities
  3. Real Estate
  4. Professional Negligence
  5. Probate - Wills
  6. Partnership Disputes
  7. Labor - Employment
  8. Insurance
  9. Intellectual Property
  10. Business
Steven Cohen Steven Cohen steve.cohen@Scohen-law.com 650-251-9099
  1. Real Estate
  2. Professional Negligence
  3. Personal Injury
  4. Partnership Disputes
  5. Neighborhood
  6. Landlord/Tenant
  7. Labor - Employment
  8. Insurance
  9. Intellectual Property
  10. Environment
  11. Construction
  12. Business
  13. Banks/Financial Institutions
Katherine Clark Katherine Clark kclark@clarklaw.com 408-350-7523
  1. Real Estate
  2. Personal Injury
  3. Labor - Employment
  4. Business
Dean Christopherson Dean Christopherson dac@calaw.com 925-256-6677
  1. Real Estate
  2. Elder Abuse
  3. Business
  4. Banks/Financial Institutions
Cammie Chen Cammie Chen cammie@conflictmediate.com 408-286-2700 Cantonese
  1. Personal Injury
  2. Neighborhood
  3. Landlord/Tenant
  4. Labor - Employment
  5. Housing
  6. Elder Abuse
  7. Disabilities
  8. Defamation
  9. Business
John Cavin John Cavin john.cavin@hogefenton.com 925-460-3363
  1. Real Estate
  2. Partnership Disputes
  3. Landlord/Tenant
  4. Insurance
  5. Construction
  6. Business
  7. Banks/Financial Institutions
Catherine Cary Catherine Cary info@catherinecary.com 888-647-9418
  1. Partnership Disputes
  2. Landlord/Tenant
  3. Intellectual Property
  4. Business
Michael Carbone Michael Carbone mcarbone@sbcglobal.net 510-234-6550
  1. Legal Malpractice
  2. Securities
  3. Real Estate
  4. Professional Negligence
  5. Probate - Wills
  6. Personal Injury
  7. Partnership Disputes
  8. Landlord/Tenant
  9. Labor - Employment
  10. Health Care
  11. Construction
  12. Business
Richard Caputo Richard Caputo rpcaputo@aol.com 408-293-9522
  1. Medical Malpractice
  2. Real Estate
  3. Professional Negligence
  4. Personal Injury
  5. Insurance
  6. Banks/Financial Institutions
John Butler John Butler peacemakerheart@gmail.com 408-502-1348
  1. Real Estate
  2. Probate - Wills
  3. Partnership Disputes
  4. Neighborhood
  5. Landlord/Tenant
  6. Labor - Employment
  7. Housing
  8. Construction
  9. Business
Frank Burke Frank Burke fburke@adrservices.com 650-804-8300
  1. Tax
  2. Securities
  3. Real Estate
  4. Professional Negligence
  5. Personal Injury
  6. Partnership Disputes
  7. Neighborhood
  8. Landlord/Tenant
  9. Labor - Employment
  10. Insurance
  11. Intellectual Property
  12. Housing
  13. Health Care
  14. Environment
  15. Construction
  16. Business
  17. Banks/Financial Institutions
Sarah Burke Sarah Burke sarah@burkeadr.com 415-307-9740
  1. Real Estate
  2. Professional Negligence
  3. Personal Injury
  4. Partnership Disputes
  5. Neighborhood
  6. Landlord/Tenant
  7. Insurance
  8. Housing
  9. Disabilities
  10. Construction
  11. Business
Ken Bryant Ken Bryant kenbryant@mediate.com 408-268-8175
  1. Real Estate
  2. Professional Negligence
  3. Probate - Wills
  4. Personal Injury
  5. Partnership Disputes
  6. Landlord/Tenant
  7. Labor - Employment
  8. Insurance
  9. Environment
  10. Defamation
  11. Construction
  12. Business
Marc Bouret Marc Bouret MPB500@aol.com 925-210-0400
  1. Schools
  2. Real Estate
  3. Professional Negligence
  4. Probate - Wills
  5. Personal Injury
  6. Partnership Disputes
  7. Neighborhood
  8. Landlord/Tenant
  9. Labor - Employment
  10. Insurance
  11. Housing
  12. Health Care
  13. Elder Abuse
  14. Disabilities
  15. Defamation
  16. Construction
  17. Civil Rights
  18. Business
Bradley Bostick Bradley Bostick Bostickmediation@aol.com 925-377-1412
  1. Medical Malpractice
  2. Real Estate
  3. Professional Negligence
  4. Personal Injury
  5. Landlord/Tenant
  6. Labor - Employment
  7. Elder Abuse
  8. Defamation
  9. Construction
  10. Business
Barri Bonapart Barri Bonapart bonapart@treelaw.com 415-332-3313
  1. Real Estate
  2. Personal Injury
  3. Partnership Disputes
  4. Neighborhood
  5. Insurance
  6. Environment
  7. Construction
  8. Business
Burton Boltuch Burton Boltuch bboltuch@workplacelaw.biz 510-622-7700
  1. Partnership Disputes
  2. Disabilities
  3. Defamation
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Business
Daniel Bergeson Daniel Bergeson dbergeson@be-law.com 408-291-6200
  1. Securities
  2. Intellectual Property
  3. Defamation
  4. Business
Bradley Bening Bradley Bening BAB@wsblaw.net 408-289-1972
  1. Legal Malpractice
  2. Medical Malpractice
  3. Real Estate
  4. Professional Negligence
  5. Personal Injury
  6. Partnership Disputes
  7. Landlord/Tenant
  8. Insurance
  9. Construction
  10. Business
Carlos Alarcon Carlos Alarcon cjalarcon@thealarcongroup.com 707-319-2113 Spanish
  1. Securities
  2. Real Estate
  3. Personal Injury
  4. Partnership Disputes
  5. Neighborhood
  6. Landlord/Tenant
  7. Labor - Employment
  8. Insurance
  9. Housing
  10. Civil Rights
  11. Business
  12. Banks/Financial Institutions
Koorosh Afshari Koorosh Afshari afshari@adrstrategies.com 415-882-3248 Farsi
  1. Real Estate
  2. Personal Injury
  3. Landlord/Tenant
  4. Intellectual Property
  5. Defamation
  6. Construction
  7. Business
John Clark John Clark john@rftlawyer.com (408) 779-1553 Trusts, Real Estate, Guardianship, Business [Contract/Collection]
Somita Basu Somita Basu sbasu@nortonbasu.com (408) 850-7250 Trusts, Guardianship, Conservatorship
Matthew Geisick Matthew Geisick mgeisick@candglawfirm.com (408) 358-3778 Trusts, Real Estate, Conservatorship
Sanford Kingsley Sanford Kingsley skmediate@gmail.com (415) 867-3819 Trusts, Real Estate, Ownership, Business [Contract/Collection]
Gregory Rubens Gregory Rubens grubens@bwslaw.com (408) 606-6315 Trusts, Real Estate, Ownership, Conservatorship
Camelia Mahmoudi Camelia Mahmoudi camelia@camelialaw.com (408) 658-8580 Trusts, Guardianship, Family Law, Conservatorship
Grace Kubota Ybarra Grace Kubota Ybarra gybarra@gybarralaw.com (408) 799-4099 Trusts, Family Law
Gopal Krishan Gopal Krishan gopal@alliedlegal.us (408) 650-8412 Trusts, Guardianship, Family Law, Business [Contract/Collection]
Ron Digesti Ron Digesti rondigesti@gmail.com (408) 606-5001 Real Estate, Ownership, Business [Contract/Collection]
Masumi Sakai Masumi Sakai masumi@sakailawoffices.com (408) 767-2336 Real Estate, Business [Contract/Collection]

DISCLAIMER: The Court provides this list of Judicial Arbitrators as a public service. The Court does not endorse, recommend or make any warranty as to the qualifications or competency of any provider on the list. Inclusion on the list is based on the representations of the provider. The Court assumes no responsibility or liability for any act or omission of any Judicial Arbitrator on the list.

Judicial Arbitrators who need to update their provider information should contact the court.