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Mediator Resume

Hon. Vaughn R Walker

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