Judge of the Superior Court (Ret.)
Los Angeles, California

PUBLICATIONS, FACULTY ASSIGNMENTS AND AWARDS:
In addition to his JAMS practice, Judge Waddington has authored numerous publications on arbitration and mediation. His articles analyzing appellate cases and offering practical tips to lawyers appear regularly in the Los Angeles Daily Journal. He also writes articles for the Association of Business Trial Lawyers and other legal newsletters. Based on his previous experience as a trial lawyer, he frequently recommends adapting litigation skills to arbitration and mediation. Judge Waddington joined JAMS in 1994 after 21 years of service on the Los Angeles Superior Court.

Judge Waddington lectures frequently to members of major bar associations, including State and local Consumer Attorneys Associations, the Litigation Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, American Board of Trial Advocates, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association and the College of Commercial Arbitrators.
In his capacity as an adjunct faculty member of Pepperdine University School of Law, he teaches arbitration practice to students at the undergraduate and graduate level. He recently authored his internet publication on arbitration and ADR.  A subscriber-based summary of federal and state law on arbitration and ADR ,access is available on www.arbitrationadr.com.

1. Author: Arbitration in State & U.S. Courts -2005 Los Angeles Daily Journal
2. Author: Arbitration & Federalism – 2005 World Arbitration & Mediation Report
3. Author: Conflicts in Jurisdiction – 2005 Los Angeles Daily Journal
4. Author: Federalizing Arbitration – 2004 Los Angeles County Bar Journal
5. Author: Arbitrator Disclosure – 2004 Los Angeles Daily Journal
6. Author: Mediation and Settlement – 2004 Los Angeles Daily Journal
7. Author: Public Policy & Arbitration – 2003 Los Angeles Daily Journal
8. Author: Statutory Rights in Arbitration – 2003 Los Angeles Daily Journal
9. Author: New Ethical Rules for Arbitrators – 2003 Los Angeles Daily Journal
10. Author: American Jury – 2003 Los Angeles Daily Journal
11. Author: Preparation for Arbitration – 2002 Los Angeles Daily Journal
12. Author: New Mediation Programs for California Courts – 2002 Los Angeles Daily Journal
13. Author: Arbitration & Federalism – College Arbitrators - 2002
14. Author: Cyberspace in Arbitration – 2002 Los Angeles Daily Journal
15. Author: Ethical Rules Revised – 2002 Los Angeles Daily Journal
16. Author: Temporary Judges – 2002 Los Angeles Daily Journal
17. Author: Arbitration and the Internet – 2002 Los Angeles Daily Journal
18. Author: Arbitration Practice: A Quarter Century Review – 2002 ABTL Newsletter
19. Author: Temporary Judges – 2002 Los Angeles Daily Journal
20. Author: Chemistry of Mediation – 2001 Los Angeles Daily Journal
21. Author: Arbitration Ethics Revisited – 2001 Los Angeles Daily Journal
22. Author: Incorruptible Courts – 2001 Los Angeles Daily Journal
23. Author : Arbitration of Class Actions - 2001 Los Angeles Daily Journal
24. Author: Video Conferencing in Courts - 2000 Los Angeles Daily Journal
25. Author: Ethics in Arbitration - 1999 Los Angeles Daily Journal
26. Author: Class Actions – 1998 Los Angeles Daily Journal
27. Author: Jury Misconduct – 1998 Los Angeles Daily Journal
28. Author: Recent Developments in Arbitration Law – 1998 Los Angeles Daily Journal
29. Author: Recent Developments in Arbitration Law – 1997 Los Angeles Daily Journal
30. Author: Pleading Unfair Competition Cases – 1996 Los Angeles Daily Journal
31. Author: Recent Developments in Arbitration Law – 1996 Los Angeles Daily Journal
32. Author: Arbitration Practice, 1996 Los Angeles Daily Journal
33. Author: Preparation for Arbitration – 2002 Los Angeles Daily Journal
34. Faculty: Continuing Education of the Bar, 1983-2002
35. Faculty: National Judicial College, 1974-1998
36. Faculty: American Academy for Judicial Education, 1979-1997
37. Faculty: California Trial Judges College, 1974-1996
38. Faculty: Continuing California Judges Judicial Studies Program, 1982-96
39. Faculty: California Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1979-1981
40. Faculty: Los Angeles College of Trial Advocacy, 1980-1981
41. Contributing Author, Los Angeles Superior Court Deskbook, 1985 – 1989
42. Adjunct Professor – Pepperdine University School of Law, 1991 – 2005
43. Visiting Professor – Fordham University School of Law – 2001
44. Adjunct Professor – California State University, 1974 – 2000
45. American Bar Association Award for Special Recognition in Judicial Education, 1977
46. Faculty Director: Individual and Society, National Judicial College 1991– 1994
47. Faculty Director: Ethics, Law and Justice, National Judicial College, 1984 – 1990
48. Fulbright Scholarship: (Italian Legal System) 1990
49. Program Chair: ABOTA National Convention, 1999
50. Board of Directors: National College of Commercial Arbitrators, 2000-2003
51. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association- Litigation Section
52. Member: Association of Business Trial Lawyers
53. Member: U.S. District Court Settlement Panel

LECTURES:

1. National College of Commercial Arbitrators – 2003, 2005
2. Anatomy of an Arbitration, ADR Section of ABA - 2003
3. ABOTA Trial Lawyers College - 2002
4. Arbitration and Federalism – College of Commercial Arbitrators – 2002
5. Arbitration Practice, ABTL – 2002
6. Arbitration Practice, Intellectual Property Section, Los Angeles County Bar
Association - 2001
7. Masters Forum, Pepperdine University School of Law – 2000-02
8. Arbitration of Insurance Litigation, Pepperdine University School of
Law, 2000-02
9. Intellectual Property, Continuing Education of the Bar - 2001
10. Employment Arbitration, Consumer Attorneys of California - 2001
11. Arbitration Advocacy, Consumer Attorneys of California - 2001
12. Mediation Advocacy, Consumer Attorneys of California – 2000
13. Arbitrating Insurance Cases - 2000
14. Arbitration Practice – Litigation Section LA Co. Bar Association - 1999
15. Arbitration Practice, Women Lawyers Association - 1999
16. Arbitration Practice, 1998
17. Ethics, Law and Justice – National Judicial College - 1998
18. Director’s Round Table, Mediation & Arbitration - 1998
19. Director’s Round Table, Mediation & Arbitration - 1997
20. Recent Developments in Arbitration, 1997 – 98
21. Trial Practice Seminar: 1996, 1998
22. Trial Skills in Arbitration, 1998
23. Association of Business Trial Lawyers – Law and Motion Review, 1996
24. Advanced Arbitration Seminar, 1996
25. Advance Civil Trial Management, 1996
26. Law & Motion Practice in Unfair Competition, 1996
27. National Judicial College – Literature and Law, 1990-1995
28. Individual and Society – National Judicial College, 1990-94

29. California Judges Association, Annual Meetings:
Critical Legal Issues – 1985
Right of Privacy, 1987
Evidence – 1988
Arbitration and Mediation – 1996

30. International:
Russia: American Constitution and Russian Judicial System, 1995
Italy: Director, International Judicial Seminar, 1992
Poland – Transition to Democracy, 1991

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