Janice M Symchych

Hon. Janice M. Symchych (Former) is a veteran ADR professional and federal courts practitioner, with over three decades of legal and judicial experience. A former magistrate judge from 1985 to 1989, Ms. Symchych most recently served as Deputy General Counsel of Litigation at Medtronic, Inc. where she was responsible for company litigation worldwide, including intellectual property, multidistrict and class action, product liability, government enforcement actions and investigations, regulatory litigation, commercial, and employment litigation and advised on litigation risks. Her professional experience has been centered in the federal district and appellate courts across the spectrum of federal substantive areas.

Has mediated more than 1,000 cases both as a U.S. Magistrate Judge and private attorney practitioner, including the full panoply of federal subject matter jurisdiction

Has served both as trial special master in a major health care intellectual property case and arbitrator in multiple intellectual property and complex commercial civil cases

Has participated in arbitrations and mediations as a client with numerous outside counsel and mediators; has had a front seat view of a wide array of styles and techniques

Has first-chaired more than 100 jury trials, and knows what it takes to build a case and to get it to verdict

Has first chaired bet-the-company cases over the course of 15 years of outside counsel work, representing clients in nationwide class actions, qui tam matters, parallel proceedings, and complex commercial litigation

Has day-to-day large business company experience as senior executive and deputy general counsel of worldwide litigation for Fortune 200 company, communicating with Board, C-suite executives, and business stakeholders, as well as leading litigation strategy and hiring and coordination of outside counsel across the nation

Has made for a skilled mediator and arbitrator who has career-long and in depth experience as trial lawyer, federal judicial officer, and business client

Has conducted litigation business in dozens of federal district and appellate courts, including United States Supreme Court

Expert in litigation and global resolution of parallel proceedings