Member Profile: Jeffrey Minker

	Jeffrey Minker Jeffrey Minker, LLC 860 West Ina Road Tucson, AZ 85704 Tel: (520) 797-7800 Fax: (520) 797-2575	View Printable Resume GoogleMaps for this Location View Available Dates Calendar

ADR Services Include:

Mediation; Arbitration; Early Neutral Evaluation; Med-Arb; Discovery Referee; Mini-Trial Judge; Special Master

Banking & Finance Class Actions Commercial/Business Construction Consumer Fraud Contract Disputes Eminent Domain Employment

Family Businesses Insurance Legal Malpractice Libel & Slander Medical Malpractice Personal Injury Premises Liability Product Liability

Professional Liability Professional Malpractice Professional Negligence Real Estate Securities Torts Wrongful Death

BIOGRAPHICAL:

Mr. Minker has served as a mediator since 1994 and as an arbitrator since 1982, following over 30 years experience as a civil and criminal trial lawyer.

He served as a Judge Pro-Tempore in Pima County, Arizona since 1984 presiding over approximately 30 trials. As of December 2010, Jeffrey has been a settlement judge, private mediator or arbitrator in over 1,600 cases with a successful mediation settlement rate over 90% in mediation.

These mediations have involved areas of law including: securities ($10,000,000 loss), security class actions ($21,000,000 cash settlement), contracts ($1,800,000), products liability, employment termination ($600,000 settlement), real estate, construction defects ($8,000,000 settlement), discrimination, sexual harassment ($1,000,000 settlement), medical malpractice ($4,000.000 settlement), dental malpractice ($250,000 settlement, legal malpractice ($16,000,000 claim), accounting malpractice, personal injury claims ($5,750,000 settlement & $4,500,000 settlement), insurance bad faith (underlying legal malpractice case) ($5,500,000 settlement) and divorce cases (assets of $25,000,000 to $50,000,000--settled after six years of litigation and $2,000,000 in attorney fees), and a dispute over family assets ($19,000,000 settlement).

EDUCATION:

• University of Arizona/BA (l963)
• University of Arizona/LLB-JD (l966)

Memberships & Affiliations

• Listed in THE 2010 and 2011 EDITIONS OF U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT S Best Lawyers BEST LAW FIRMS in America. 
• Certified mediator for the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD-FINRA SINCE 1997).
• Certified arbitrator for the United States District Court for the District of Arizona from 1992-2004
• Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association from 1982 to 1998.
• Arbitrator in the S.E.C. v. Prudential Security Inc. and the Dalkon Shield cases.
• Member of the Pima County Trial Commission from 1991-1995.

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