General Biography

Nancy J. Warren, Esq.,   A JAMS panelist since 1998, has arbitrated and mediated hundreds of cases involving real estate, banking, employment, business, securities, and personal injury throughout California, Nevada, and Arizona. She receives high marks from both plaintiff and defense counsel for her patience, perseverance, understanding of complex legal issues, and ability to close deals.

ADR Experience and Qualifications

• Real Estate: Extensive experience mediating and arbitrating all types of real estate disputes (both commercial and residential), including construction defect, mold, easement, quiet title, breach of contract, and claims relating to foreclosure of real property. She handles claims between buyers, sellers, lessors, lessees, brokers and agents, contractors, subcontractors, homeowners associations, neighbors, and third parties. Ms. Warren holds a California Real Estate Broker's license and is very experienced in arbitrating and mediating disputes relating to C.A.R. contracts. See separate biography for Real Estate.
• Banking/Securities: More than 18 years of litigation experience handling banking and securities matters. As an ADR professional, she has successfully mediated and arbitrated many complex financial and securities claims. Her expertise and experience include claims for lender liability, claims involving broker/dealers, letters of credit, automobile dealership financing, forged instruments, bank operations, loan servicing agreements, and lien priority disputes. See separate biographies for Banking and Securities.
• Employment: Expertise in mediation and arbitration of hundreds of employment cases, including claims for discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, overtime claims, violation of trade secrets, and noncompete agreements. Ms. Warren was lead adjudicator on a national class action brought by the National Treasury Employee Union against the government for wages due special rate employees and has arbitrated other wage and hour class action claims. She is well known for her ability to handle matters involving highly sensitive and emotional issues. See separate biography for Employment.
• Business/Commercial: Ms. Warren is frequently chosen as an arbitrator or mediator in disputes involving complex and not so complex business disputes including breach of contract claims, business defamation, franchise agreements and partnership disputes. See separate biography for Business/Commercial.
• Personal Injury: She is experienced in mediating and arbitrating a wide variety of personal injury matters ranging from premises liability, auto accidents, dog bite injuries, automobile rollover, and other tort claims.
• Arbitration: Ms. Warren is an accomplished arbitrator in all of her specialty areas. See separate Arbitration biography.
• Judicial Reference/Special Master/Temporary Judge: Ms. Warren serves as a Temporary Judge and recently presided over a complex multi-million dollar business contract dispute; she also serves as judicial referee/special master, ruling on discovery disputes and motions, and managing complex litigation.
• Training: She has completed more than 250 hours of training in dispute resolution through the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law, JAMS continuing education training (the JAMS Institute), and various private and bar sponsored programs.

• Bar Associations of Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties (Employment, Real Estate, and ADR section member).
• Mediation Panels: NASD panel member, Santa Barbara CADRE program, Ventura County Superior Court Mediation Panel

• Vice President and Senior Litigation Counsel, Great Western Bank (subsequently acquired by Washington Mutual) handling local and national cases in employment, securities, banking, real estate, personal injury, and class actions, 1985-1997
• Litigation Counsel, Bank of America, 1980-1985
• J.D., cum laude, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 1980
• B.S., Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1973

References
Email Ms. Warren to request a list of recent references at n.warren@verizon.net

JAMS Website:  http://jamsadr.com/