National Federal Roster

The Honorable Robert C. Bonner is widely respected for a long and distinguished career as both a jurist and as a private litigator. He has been actively engaged in the practice of law for more than 40 years and spent over half of his legal career in private law practice at two prominent law firms where he represented clients in high stakes civil litigation and represented corporations and individuals in federal criminal and regulatory investigations...

The Honorable Edward N. Cahn has spent most of his legal career as a member of the judiciary. With more than 30 years of experience on the bench, he began his service as a jurist in 1975 where he was appointed United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by President Gerald Ford, after which he was elevated to Chief United States District Judge from 1993 to 1998...

The Honorable Dennis M. Cavanaugh’s remarkable legal career includes 21 years as a jurist on the Federal Court. In 2000, he was appointed United States District Judge for the U.S. District Court of New Jersey by President Bill Clinton where he served with distinction for the next 14 years until his retirement in 2014. Judge Cavanaugh had the opportunity to manage thousands of cases and conferences, assist in settlement and presided over
trials of every type of civil and criminal matter that arose before the Federal Court...

The Honorable Melanie L. Cyganowski’s career includes a 14-year term as a Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of New York where she served with distinction until her retirement in 2007. Upon leaving the bench, Judge Cyganowski re-entered the private sector as a partner for one of the nation’s premiere insolvency firms, specializing in the representation of stakeholders in connection with insolvency disputes...

The Honorable Stanwood R. Duval, Jr. was a United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, for more than 22 years until his retirement in 2017. He presided over a range of cases including maritime litigation, contract disputes, large scale insurance coverage disputes, commercial litigation, employment law issues including Title VII, FLSA, ADEA, ADA, civil rights, ERISA, product liability, and the interpretation of collective bargaining agreements...

The Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa has had a long and distinguished career in the judiciary. He was nominated to the Federal Circuit in 1996 by President Bill Clinton, confirmed by the United States Senate in 1997 where he served for 15 years until his retirement in 2012. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Gajarsa was a well-recognized litigator who practiced corporate law, intellectual property, environmental law, securities law and general litigation with various law firms as a partner or principal officer in Washington D.C...

For 25 years, he served as U.S. District Court Judge in the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri where he presided over, ruled on and was involved in hundreds of cases that encompassed virtually every aspect of federal law and issues associated with complex business litigation...

Having served on the Connecticut bench for more than 23 years and a devoted practitioner of law for nearly 27 years, the Honorable Alan H. Nevas has developed an impeccable reputation for his judicial temperament, legal acumen, and superior settlement skills...

After an illustrious legal career in public service as United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas District in the Laredo, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, and Houston Divisions, Judge Robert O’Conor, Jr. is applying his vast experience and knowledge to alternative dispute resolution by handling mediations and arbitrations for NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)...

The Honorable Andrew J. Peck served with distinction for 23 years as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of New York, including a term as Chief Magistrate Judge from 2004 to 2005. During his tenure as a Magistrate Judge, he issued more than 1,500 published opinions and settled hundreds of cases...

The Honorable Shira A. Scheindlin was appointed by President Bill Clinton as a Federal Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and served with distinction for 22 years. She presided over settlements, motions, discovery and trials – both civil and criminal. She also sat by designation on the Second and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals during her time as a jurist...

The Honorable Oliver W. Wanger’s distinguished legal career includes more than three decades of service on the California bench, with twenty of those years spent as United States District Judge, Eastern District of California. Prior to his time on the District Court bench, he served as a Pro Tem Trial and Settlement Judge to the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno for 5 years (1986 – 1991)...