Practices

Peter Brown has made alternate dispute resolution an important part of his legal practice. For over a decade he has served as an arbitrator and mediator. Mr. Brown currently serves on thePanel of Neutrals of the American Arbitration Association, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution and as a Distinguished Neutral for Federal Arbitration, Inc. (FedArb). In that capacity he has served as a Panel Chair, Panel member or sole arbitrator on over one hundred matters in the past ten years. He has been appointed to decide disputes relating to international patent licenses, social media services, data breaches, patent indemnities, software development agreements, medical devices and equipment, international telephone services agreements, toys, music licensing, manufacturing defect claims, software ownership, breach of contract claims, trade secret claims and employment issues. Mr. Brown has served as private mediator on a variety of disputes, including matters relating to municipal information technology implementations, trademark and domain name ownership, and implementations of software systems for financial services organizations. He is qualified as a mediator on the panel of the Southern District of New York.