Jonathan Fitch

American

42+ years of experience

Language:

English

Present Function:

Arbitrator and Mediator, JAMS, Inc.;
CEO and director, Silicon Valley Arbitration &
Mediation Center, 2023-present.

General Expertise:

Professional legal or litigation experience related to the scope of competence of the PMAC

He served as Managing Partner and advocate at Fitch Law Partners, LLP (1984–2024), following earlier litigation practice at Bingham Dana & Gould (now Morgan Lewis) (1982–1984). Since 2009, he has acted as arbitrator and mediator with the ICDR and AAA, as arbitrator with CPR (since 2022), and as arbitrator and mediator with JAMS (since 2025). His representative experience includes advocacy in U.S. federal patent infringement cases involving voice recognition and siRNA technologies; representation of Chinese, French, Brazilian, South African, and Colombian companies in international arbitrations concerning patent, technology licensing, and supply agreements; service as emergency arbitrator in disputes involving patent territories and sensor technology applications; and appointments as arbitrator in matters concerning non-competition and trade secret claims related to patented ozone technology, patent license agreements for 2G and 3G mobile communications technologies, copyright and trademark disputes between online educational entities, and agreements involving cranio-maxillofacial fixation system patents.

Practical experience of conducting mediation or conciliation or judicial settlement conferences or out-of-court dispute settlements in disputes related to the scope of competence of the PMAC

He serves as a commercial mediator with JAMS, Inc., mediating disputes involving, among other matters, asset delineation in limited liability companies, financing agreements for commercial real estate transactions, and commercial lease obligations. As counsel, he has represented parties in more than one hundred mediations, including large-scale settlements of asbestos-related personal injury claims, commercial contract and fraud disputes arising from technology, patent licensing, and supply agreements for telemetric products, real estate ownership conflicts, executive employment terminations, and a broad range of complex commercial and real estate matters.