Academy Member Inducted 2023

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Hon. David K. Duncan (Ret.), Mediator, Phoenix, Arizona.

Hon. David K. Duncan (Ret.)

Convergent ADR
3033 N. Central Avenue
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Phoenix, AZ 85012
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Recognized to Arizona Chapter for Mediation Other ADR Services: ADR Training/CME, Court-Appointed Neutral (Special Master), Discovery Referee, Early Neutral Evaluation, Fact Finding, Insurance Umpire, Mini-Trial Judge
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  • Practice Commenced2001
  • # of MEDS (as of 29/3/24)1000
  • # of ARBS (as of 29/3/24)10
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Biographical

During my tenure as a United States Magistrate Judge. I was humbled and honored that parties frequently sought me out as their settlement judge.  Over 17 years, I conducted nearly 1000 settlement conferences and settled the vast majority of them.  And during my years as a federal judge, I presided by the parties’ consent in hundreds of civil cases in every area of federal court jurisdiction including employment, False Claims Act, and patent cases.  With the litigation judgment that comes from this experience and through persistence and creative solutions, I can help litigants reach a satisfying resolution of their cases, a resolution that helps them move forward in their business and personal lives.  If I can help you, give me a call and we will get it done. 


Case Experience

  • ADA Disability
  • Admiralty
  • Agricultural
  • Anti-Trust
  • Automotive
  • Banking & Finance
  • Bankruptcy/Creditors
  • Business Dissolution
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Actions
  • Commercial/Business
  • Construction
  • Consumer Fraud
  • Contract Disputes
  • Debt Collections
  • Discrimination
  • Education
  • EEOC
  • Eminent Domain
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Environmental
  • ERISA
  • Family Businesses
  • Franchise
  • Health Care
  • Industrial
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Internet
  • Labor/Unions
  • Land Use/Planning
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Lemon Law
  • Libel & Slander
  • Local Govt./Municipalities
  • Media & Communications
  • Medical Devices
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mining
  • Mortgage Foreclosure
  • Native American
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • Nursing Homes
  • Partnerships
  • Pensions
  • Personal Injury
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Police
  • Postal
  • Premises Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Professional Malpractice
  • Professional Negligence
  • Property Damage
  • Public Policy
  • Railroad & Trucking
  • Real Estate
  • Religious Institutions
  • Securities
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Shareholder Disputes
  • Software
  • Taxation
  • Technology
  • Telecommunications
  • Title Disputes
  • Torts
  • Trademarks/Patents
  • Transportation
  • Unfair Competition
  • Utilities
  • Wage & Hour/FMLA
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Wrongful Death

Education

  • University of Arizona College of Law, J.D. with High Distinction, 1987
  • Arizona Law Review, Note and Case Note Editor: Order of the Coif
  • Elected Class Commencement Speaker
  • University of Arizona, B.A., 1984
  • Chair, Arizona Students Association
  • Member, Bobcats Senior Honorary
  • Brown University, 1977-79

Memberships & Affiliations

Chair, Ninth Circuit Magistrate Judges Executive Board, 2010-12

Member and Newsletter Editor, Ninth Circuit IT Committee, 2012-18

Assistant United States Attorney, 1996-2001

President, Federal Bar Association, Phoenix Chapter, 1999-2000

Founding Partner, Osborn Maledon PA, 1995-97

Associste then Partner, Meyer, Hendricks, Victor, Osborn & Maledon, PC, 1989-2005

Judicial Clerk, U.S. District Judge William D. Browning, 1987-89


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