Hon. Peter G. Stone (Ret.)

 
CONTACT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Address 160 W. Santa Clara St.
Suite 1150
San Jose, CA 95113
Phone (408) 288-2240
Email info@jamsadr.com
Education University of California, Berkeley, 1958
Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, 1961
Bar Admission California 1962

  
LAW PRACTICE EXPERIENCE
Appellate, Insurance,Bankruptcy, International, Business/Litigation, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, Patent, Commercial, Personal Injury, Corporation/Enterprise, Property/Real Estate, Securities, Environmental, Ethics/Professionalism, Trademarks/Copyrights, Plaintiff, Litigation

 
NEUTRAL PROFILE INFORMATION
Neutral Training
Advanced Mediation, San Francisco, CA, 1996, (40 Hours)
As a jurist, Judge Stone was best known for his handling of all types of civil cases, particularly his penchant for getting litigants to settle prior to trial. His easy informal m!
anner makes him one of the legal community's favorite judges.
-Team leader, case manager and settlement judge for 15 years
Experience as Neutral 20 Years
Cases:  1,000+
Intellectual property, electronics, business, real estate and land use, product liability, complex personal injury, corporate and securities litigation, high tech litigation, employment and wrongful termination, toxic torts, construction defect litigation, catastrophic injury, professional malpractice, insurance coverage and bad faith
 
Neutral Practice Area(s) Appellate
Insurance
International
Business/Litigation
Labor/Employment
Civil Litigation
Patent
Commercial
Personal Injury
Corporation/Enterprise
Property/Real Estate
Securities
Environmental
Estate Planning
Ethics/Professionalism
Trademarks/Copyrights
Mass Torts
Toxic Torts
Class Actions
Co-Mediation Experience 1 Year
  Representative Cases   Multi-party intellectual property matter arising out of electronic communication involving trade secrets
-Substantial numbers of partnership dissolutions including medical, bio tech and legal businesses
-Complex product liability matters involving catastrophic injuries and wrongful death
-Class action toxic tort litigation regarding mold and lead
-Securities fraud litigation
-Land use cases regarding residential, commercial and industrial sites
-Multi-party insurance bad faith litigation
-Consumer class action regarding cable television access 
-Sexual harassment, gender discrimination litigation
-Multi-million dollar condominium construction defect litigation
-Eminent Domain litigation
     
Philosophy Facilitative, Evaluative, Predictor of Jury Verdict, Decision Maker

Judge Stone varies his mediation style depending on case
 
Special Requirements/ Comments Appointed Judge of the Superior Court, Santa Clara County, 1977-1997. 
-Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division, 1980-1981; Presiding Judge of the entire court, 1988
-City Attorney of San Jose, CA, 1973-1977
-City Attorney of Palo Alto, CA, 1968-1973
-Private practice, Sunnyvale, CA, 1965-1968
-Partner in general civil practice, Trepel, Gingerich, Hoss & Stone
-Associate, Boccardo, Blum, Lull, Niland, Teerlink & Bell, 1962-1964
Judicial Arbitration to Mediation Yes

 
FEES
Standard Fee MEDIATIONS
-1/2 Rate: $3000/per 1/2 day (Includes 4hrs of hearing and 1hrs of reading and research)
-Full Day: $6000/per day (Includes 8hrs of hearing time and 2hrs of reading and research)
ARBITRATIONS:
-Full Day: $7500/per day (Includes 8hrs of hearing time)
Additional time is billed at $750/per hour

CASE MANAGEMENT FEES
Mediations:
- 1 - 3 Day(s) $250 Per Party Per Day
- 4 Days or more 10% of professional fees, divided by parties according to their fee arrangement.
- Construction Cases, Court Reference Matters $250 Per Party for up to 3 days or 30 hours (Due prior to commencement of case)
Arbitrations:
-1 Day (1-10 hours of professional fees)$250 Per Party** Due prior to commencement
-2 Days (up to 20 hours of professional fees)$500 Per Party**
-3 Days (up to 30 hours of professional fees)$750 Per Party**
-4 Days or More 10% of professional fees, divided by parties according to their fee arrangement**
PLEASE CONTACT JAMS FOR A DETAILED FEE SCHEDULE
 
Cancellation Fees Cancellation/Continuance Policy: 
1 Day or Less of hearings: 14 days or more from hearing, 100% REFUNDABLE
2 Days or More of hearings: 45 days or more from hearing, 100% REFUNDABLE
Hearings of any length, Cancelled Inside the Cancellation/Continuance Window, FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE *
*Hearing fees of hearings canceled/continued inside the cancellation/continuance window will be refunded if the panelist’s time can be rebooked with another matter. The canceling party will be responsible for all hearing fees if the panelist time cannot be rebooked. Hearing fees are non-refundable for time which is scheduled and subsequently canceled, continued or only partially used.

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