David W Ichel

Practice Areas

David is known for successfully mediating (and arbitrating) complex commercial disputes of every nature based on his more than 37 years prior experience as a litigation partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (New York), his many years now as a full time mediator and arbitrator, his intense "digging in" to learn every case and his innate enjoyment of working with people. As one counsel put it, " he is very commercially savvy, experienced, and he comes in very prepared." Another put it this way: " He's patient, credible, organized and persuasive, and that goes a long way to making mediation productive."

He is a member of the mediation and arbitration panels of AAA, ICDR, CPR, FedArb, ICC/USCIB and ARIAS-US and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).

Types of disputes he has mediated and arbitrated include U.S. and international:

• Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Venture and Investor disputes

• Pharmaceutical development and other disputes

• Licensing, Trademarks, Tradenames, Patents, Sports cases

• Professional accounting firm, law firm and consulting firm cases

• Securities, Bond Indenture, Financial Services cases

• Insurance: property/casualty, health and life coverage, marketing and third party management disputes

• Hospital / Health care provider coverage disputes

• Class actions

• Distribution/ Supply Agreement disputes

• Executive Employment, Restrictive Covenants, Discrimination

• Consulting, Management Services

• Energy facility contract disputes

• Contract and business fraud disputes of every nature

• Product Liability

• Real estate and air rights cases

• Construction disputes

• Loan underwriting agreements and mortgaged backed securities

• Court Appointed Special Master/ Neutral for discovery disputes and settlement

His website is www.x-dispute.com

Career

Full time Mediator, Arbitrator & Special Master at X-Dispute LLC (2016-present)

Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (Litigation) (1978-2015)

Adjunct Professor: Complex and Large Scale Litigation at Duke Law School (2011-present) and University of Miami Law School (2018-2020)

Professional Memberships

American Law Institute (1992-present); Duke Law Board of Visitors (2005-present; Chair 2009-14); Judicature Editorial Board (2016-2020);

Mobilization for Justice Inc. (Board, 1994-2018; Chair 2000-02; Emeritus, 2018-); Advisory

Boards: Bolch Judicial Institute (2020-present, Chair 2025-), University of Miami Class Action & Complex Litigation

Forum (2018-present); Member: Miami International Arbitration Society (2018-present); Federal Bar Council

(1982-present); New York City Bar Ass’n (1979-present). Instructor level scuba diver.