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
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
bfenwick@fenwick.com
650-858-7200
  1. Intellectual Property
  2. Computer Law
  3. Business
Philip
Fagone
philip.fagone@alum.wpi.edu
650-654-0574
  1. Real Estate
  2. Environment
  3. Construction
  4. Business
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
cdyer@dyer-white.com
650-325-7000
  1. Medical Malpractice
  2. Professional Negligence
  3. Personal Injury
  4. Labor - Employment
  5. Construction
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
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
adr@scottdonahey.com
650-823-0338
  1. Partnership Disputes
  2. Intellectual Property
  3. Health Care
  4. Computer Law
  5. Business
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@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@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
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
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
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
delateuresq@gmail.com
408-204-4869
  1. Neighborhood
  2. Landlord/Tenant
  3. Business
  4. Banks/Financial Institutions
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
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
crcrebar@msn.com
650-969-3178
  1. Real Estate
  2. Neighborhood
  3. Landlord/Tenant
  4. Business
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
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
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
kclark@clarklaw.com
408-350-7523
  1. Real Estate
  2. Personal Injury
  3. Labor - Employment
  4. Business
Dean
Christopherson
dac@calaw.com
925-256-6677
  1. Real Estate
  2. Elder Abuse
  3. Business
  4. Banks/Financial Institutions
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@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
info@catherinecary.com
888-647-9418
  1. Partnership Disputes
  2. Landlord/Tenant
  3. Intellectual Property
  4. Business
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
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
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
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@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
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
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
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
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
bboltuch@workplacelaw.biz
510-622-7700
  1. Partnership Disputes
  2. Disabilities
  3. Defamation
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Business
Daniel
Bergeson
dbergeson@be-law.com
408-291-6200
  1. Securities
  2. Intellectual Property
  3. Defamation
  4. Business
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
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
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@rftlawyer.com
(408) 779-1553
Trusts, Real Estate, Guardianship, Business [Contract/Collection]
Somita
Basu
sbasu@nortonbasu.com
(408) 850-7250
Trusts, Guardianship, Conservatorship
Matthew
Geisick
mgeisick@candglawfirm.com
(408) 358-3778
Trusts, Real Estate, Conservatorship
Sanford
Kingsley
skmediate@gmail.com
(415) 867-3819
Trusts, Real Estate, Ownership, Business [Contract/Collection]
Gregory
Rubens
grubens@bwslaw.com
(408) 606-6315
Trusts, Real Estate, Ownership, Conservatorship
Camelia
Mahmoudi
camelia@camelialaw.com
(408) 658-8580
Trusts, Guardianship, Family Law, Conservatorship
Grace Kubota
Ybarra
gybarra@gybarralaw.com
(408) 799-4099
Trusts, Family Law
Gopal
Krishan
gopal@alliedlegal.us
(408) 650-8412
Trusts, Guardianship, Family Law, Business [Contract/Collection]
Ron
Digesti
rondigesti@gmail.com
(408) 606-5001
Real Estate, Ownership, Business [Contract/Collection]
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 .