Barbara Reeves

Barbara Reeves

Website https://www.jamsadr.com/reeves/

Biography

Barbara A. Reeves, Esq. serves as a mediator and arbitrator in complex business and employment litigation pending throughout the United States, including antitrust and employment class actions, litigation involving mergers and acquisitions and partnerships, healthcare industry claims, including claims arising under the False Claims Act, intellectual property disputes including patents, copyrights and trade secrets, consumer class actions, cybersecurity and cyberbreach matters, environmental coverage cases, and other commercial disputes.

In mediations, she has developed and implemented a pre-mediation protocol of joint and separate conferences with representatives of all parties, facilitating the exchange of information and mediation statements in advance, and preparing an agreed agenda for the mediation session. She carefully reviews all materials and speaks with the parties' counsel in advance of in-person sessions to understand the interests of each party. She is strong, good at listening and reading people, and a tenacious closer. She quickly establishes rapport with parties and counsel and enables them to recognize their legal risks. She connects and communicates with clients emotionally involved with their positions and works to find mutually acceptable solutions. As a former corporate counsel and litigator, she is also able to establish the trust and confidence of both in-house lawyers and litigation counsel.