ARBITRATION & MEDIATION
Thomas J. Brewer serves as an arbitrator, mediator and dispute resolution neutral in international and domestic disputes. Previously a trial lawyer representing clients in commercial disputes, he has more than twenty years of experience serving as an arbitrator, mediator and court-appointed special master in commercial, construction, intellectual property, international and other types of business disputes. Since 2000 he has limited his practice to providing alternative dispute resolution services.
Mr. Brewer has served as an arbitrator and mediator in more than a thousand business disputes involving a wide variety of parties and issues. The cases have ranged in size and complexity from eight- and nine-figure contract, intellectual property, licensing, international, energy and construction disputes, to a broad range of other disputes involving breach-of-contract; breach-of-warranty; business purchase and sale; unfair competition and other business torts; employment termination and discrimination; health care; insurance; professional liability; telecommunications; valuation and many other types of issues.
He is a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, a charter member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, and has been listed as a "Washington Super Lawyer" (2000-2011) and in the Lawdragon "500 Leading Judges in America."
Mr. Brewer received his B.A. from Dartmouth College and his J.D. from the Harvard Law School. He also received a B.A. in jurisprudence from Oxford University, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He is based in Seattle, Washington.