Lex Brainerd Email & Phone Number

Alexander (“Lex”) Brainerd is well known for his ability to master complex facts quickly and to thoroughly assess the strengths and weaknesses of all parties’ positions, the result of having served as a neutral in well over 100 matters, and from prior experience as lead trial counsel in over 30 trials during his 42-year career as a trial lawyer. He has used these skills successfully as a neutral in mediations, arbitrations and special master assignments in a wide range of cases, such as intellectual property, business disputes, and professional malpractice cases.Mr. Brainerd’s experience as a neutral and a trial lawyer allows him to assist the parties in fully understanding and evaluating the risks associated with their cases. In that regard, he strongly believes that an essential foundation for a successful mediation is a thorough discussion with the parties regarding the strengths and weaknesses of their respective positions. Mr. Brainerd has a reputation for being extremely prepared, diligent, and tenacious, and for having a very high settlement rate.Mr. Brainerd has practiced law for over four decades and has developed a broad range of experience with various types of litigation. Just before turning to ADR full time, his practice focused on intellectual property litigation with an emphasis on patent trials. He also has significant experience in complex commercial, professional malpractice and construction matters. Mr. Brainerd has an in-depth understanding of various types of technology as it relates to intellectual property cases, including biotechnology, medical devices, semiconductors, telephony, broadband DSL, software, computer and industrial equipment.

Listed skills include Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, and 7 others.

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  Mar 2010 - Present - San Francisco Bay Area

  ADR Experience and Qualifications:Mediated over 100 cases on a wide range of subjects, with special emphasis on intellectual property and complex commercial matters, as a privately retained mediator and as a member of the Early Neutral Evaluation and Mediation Panels of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.Appointed as a Special Master to resolve all discovery and pretrial disputes in a patent and trade secret case pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He also acted as a Special Master in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to resolve the terms and conditions of a license agreement and all pretrial disputes in an antitrust action relating to computer hardware and software technology.Served as an arbitrator in numerous cases concerning a wide range of commercial disputes.[Click on website to see representative matters in JAMS profile.]