Arbitration Services

Mitchell Lathrop’s domestic and international arbitration practice has successfully handled over 100 cases in a dozen different countries. With unparalleled expertise and experience in the area of insurance and reinsurance, Mr. Lathrop has been involved in many high-profile cases. He is Martindale-Hubbell “A” rated, is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2006-present), is listed in Super Lawyers for both New York and San Diego and has received Best Lawyers’ 2012 San Diego Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year.

Mr. Lathrop analyzes proposed draft arbitration clauses an advises on pending or potential business decisions that pose arbitration and litigation risks. He develops strategies to resolve complex disputes such as those involving multiple parties, multiple claims and multiple jurisdictions.

Mr. Lathrop has handled arbitrations administered by all of the major arbitral institutions as well as ad hoc arbitrations, including proceedings before:

• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• American Arbitration Association
• International Centre for Dispute Resolution
• International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
• London Court of International Arbitration
• International Chamber of Commerce
• Association for International Arbitration
• Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society, U.S. (“ARIAS•US”)
• Swiss Arbitration Association

Mr. Lathrop is also qualified for arbitration panels in the following countries: Austria, Australia, Dubai, Japan and Malaysia.

Mediation Services

Mr. Lathrop offers litigants a highly effective mediation practice whose process centers on the evenhanded resolution of conflict in an impartial and productive way. The goal is to, as much as possible, contain costs and also the preservation of relationships.

The Four C’s
Neutrality in mediation is paramount, allowing the parties to present and discuss their unique circumstances in a cost-effective, convenient, comfortable and confidential environment, identifying their differences, and finding a mutually agreeable pathway toward reconciliation.

Mitchell Lathrop’s mediation practice offers a high degree of sophistication in its approach. Through Mr. Lathrop’s experience and expertise, he offers the means to build trust, reduce hostility and counter hardball attacks and, with his persistence, create the opportunity for settlement even when initial tempers are high and obstacles appear insurmountable.

Mr. Lathrop mediation practice has successfully handled over 100 cases, and he is Martindale-Hubbell “A” rated, is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2006-present), is listed in Super Lawyers for both New York and San Diego and has received Best Lawyers’ 2012 San Diego Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year.

Mr. Lathrop has handled mediations through or before the following organizations:

International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution

Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society, U.S. (“ARIAS•US”)

• Southern California Mediation Association
• International Mediation Institute
• Truce ADR

Recognitions

Some of the Recognitions Mr. Lathrop has received are:

Best Lawyers: 2012 San Diego Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year

Martindale-Hubbell “A” rated in both California and New York

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America: 2006-present

Listed in Super Lawyers for both New York City and San Diego

Member, American Board of Neutrals Association

Lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

His areas of focus are:

• Arbitration
• Civil Litigation
• Class Actions
• Complex Litigation
• Dispute Resolution
• Expert Testimony in Insurance
• Insurance
• International Law
• International Arbitration
• Lawyers Professional Responsibility Cases
• Litigation
• Mediation
• Reinsurance
• Securities

Admissions to Practice

Mr. Lathrop is admitted to practice law in the following jurisdictions and courts:

• California
• New York
• District of Columbia
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California, the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York, the Eastern District of Michigan, the Southern District of Texas and the District of Columbia
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
• U.S. Court of International Trade
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims
• U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Affairs
• Admitted pro hac vice for the handling of specific cases in Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia.
• Certified General Courts Martial trial and defense counsel under Article 27(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. ’827(b).
• Accredited attorney to practice before the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Organizations

Mr. Lathrop is a member of the following legal organizations:

• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
• American Bar Association
• San Diego County Bar Association
• New York City Bar Association
• District of Columbia Bar
• International Bar Association
• International Council for Commercial Arbitration
• Judge Advocates Association
• American Board of Neutrals Association
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• Federal Bar Association
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers
• Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
• Federal Bar Council
• New York Academy of Sciences
• Center for International Legal Studies
• International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR)
• London Court of International Arbitration
• The Institute for Transnational Arbitration
• Japan Commercial Arbitration Association
• Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (AIDA)
• AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society (ARIAS-US)
• Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage
• Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Run-Off Companies (AIRROC)