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Mediator Resume
Hon. Vaughn R Walker
Current Employer-Title
ADR/Law Office of Vaughn R Walker - Owner
Profession
Arbitrator, Mediator, Special Master
Work History
Walker Nakamura ADR LLP, 2023 - Present; ADR/Law Office of Vaughn R Walker, 2011 - Present; Bentham Capital, LLC, US Investment Committee, 2016 - Present; Lecturer, University of California Hastings College of the Law, 2014 - Present; Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Spring 2011, 2014; Lecturer, Stanford University Law School, 2011, 2012; United States District Chief Judge, Northern District of California, 2004-2010; United States District Judge, Northern District of California, 1990-2004, 2011; Partner, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, 1978-1990; Associate, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, 1972-1977; Law Clerk, Honorable Robert J Kelleher, United States District Judge, Central District of California, Los Angeles, 1971-1972.
Experience
Notable judicial decisions include matters such as: civil liberties and national securities, technology, competition and antitrust, securities, personal injury & related torts, and class actions.
Counseling and special master assignments: antitrust, business dissolution; genetic engineering matters.
Education
University of Michigan (AB-1966); Stanford University (JD-1970).
Professional Licenses
Admitted to the Bar: California (1972); U.S. District Court: District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals: Fifth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits; U.S Supreme Court.
Professional Associations
Chair, Leadership Council, Bolch Judicial Institute, Duke University Law School, 2014
American Law Institute
American Bar Association (Judicial Representative, Antitrust Section, 1990-1995)
Bar Association of San Francisco
Lawyers' Club of San Francisco (President, 1986-87)
Director, Saint Francis Foundation (Chair, 2007), 1990-1996, 1998-2012
Member, Civil Rules Advisory Committee, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2006-2011
Advisory Board Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford Law School, 2012-present
Advisory Board, Center for United States and Mexican Law, University of Houston Law Center, 2012-present
Recent Publications & Speaking Engagements
TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
Mass-Tort MDL Certificate & Advanced Certificate Program, Duke Law School, 2019, 2020
Lecturer, University of California, Hastings College of Law, 2014-15, 2018, 2020
Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Spring 2011, 2014
Lecturer, Stanford University Law School, 2011, 2012
ARTICLES
"Merger Trials: Looking for the Third Dimension," 5 Competition Pol'y Int'l 35 (2009), Page 15
"The Ethical Imperative of a Lodestar Cross-Check: Judicial Misgivings about 'Reasonable Percentage' Fees in Common Fund Cases," 18 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 1453 (2005)
Comment, "Federalizing Organized Crime," 46 Hastings L J 1127 (1995)
SELECTED SPEECHES AND EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
2017, Consejo de la Judicatura y Comision Federal de Competencia, Mexico City
2014, University of Miami Law Review Symposium - Judges and Facts, Miami
2014, Harvard University - American Constitutional Society, Cambridge
2013, Anti-Defamation League Award Address, San Francisco
2013, American Antitrust Institute - Fact Finding in Antitrust, Washington
2013, CFC Regional Competition Center - Competition in the Americas, Mexico City
2013, ABA Antitrust Masters Address, Williamsburg, Virginia
2012, University of Southern California - Lecture in Honor of Justice Lester Roth, Los Angeles
2012, Golden Gate University Law School- 4th Annual Chief Justice Ronald M George Lecture, San Francisco
2011, Indiana University - Maurer School of Law Lecture, Bloomington
2011, University of International Business Enterprise - Trade Disputes, Beijing
2011, Consumer Attorneys Association - Class Actions, San Diego
2011, University of Illinois - David C Baum Lecture on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights, Urbana
2011, University of California Hastings School of Law - Commencement Address, San Francisco
2011, Gonzaga University School of Law - Justin L Quackenbush Lecture, Spokane
2011, California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, San Francisco
Locations Where Parties Will Not be Charged for Travel Expenses
Compensation
Hourly Rate: Not provided
Daily Rate: $15,000.00
Study Rate: $1,500.00/hr
Cancellation: $15,000.00/Day
Cancellation Period: 31 Days
Comment: Plus expenses, business class travel.
Languages
English
Citizenship
United States of America
Locale
San Francisco, California
