Kirk Johns

Over 35 years in practice (exclusively as ADR neutral since 2012). AV® Peer Review Rated (Martindale-Hubbell®).

Representation of small and Fortune 100 businesses, individuals, and governmental entities as plaintiffs and defendants in:

• Commercial litigation and arbitration (emphasis on complex, multi-district, class action, and international litigation and arbitration) involving
• Contracts and joint ventures,
• Business torts,
• Intellectual property (patents, trademarks, copyrights),

• Engineering, design, and manufacturing, and
• Antitrust;
• ADR;
• Antitrust counseling;
• White collar criminal defense; and
• Internal investigations.

Over 25 Years of ADR Experience (Domestic and International)  

• Arbitration (American Arbitration Association; International Centre for Dispute Resolution; London Court of International Arbitration; World Intellectual Property Organization; Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce;
• Mediation;
• Innovative procedures, including
• Advocated settlement negotiations (formal presentations to panel of party representatives and one or more neutrals, followed by direct negotiations between the party representatives, aided by the neutrals);
• Early neutral evaluations, and
• Sequential (phased) ADR procedures.
• Advisor regarding procedures and rules best suited to circumstances of particular disputes.
• Through fourteen years of in-house experience, a unique understanding of the
• benefits of early and innovative ADR tailored to circumstances of a particular dispute.

Provider Affiliations

• American Arbitration Association (Panels: Commercial, International, and Large & Complex Case);
• International Centre for Dispute Resolution; and
• Others.