Mediation Experience
David Lehman has more than forty years of civil trial experience representing individual and business clients in a wide array of substantive disputes. Certified as mediator by the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, he has served in the federal court's mediation program since 1994. In recognition of his skill and experience in the field of mediation, he is now regularly engaged by parties for private mediation services in civil matters. He also has served the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas as a Special Master for complex cases, and as a Court-appointed arbitrator to hear and decide matters under the Court's mandatory arbitration rules. Based on his reputation for fairness and sound judgment, adverse parties have also selected him to arbitrate private business disputes.
David Lehman's portfolio of completed mediations now numbers more than one hundred cases. For a summary list of subject matters, click here.
Mediation experience, by subject matter
Although each mediation case presents unique circumstances, David Lehman's completed mediations have covered a wide array of substantive areas. In that respect, they reflect the breadth of his litigation experience over the past forty years. By subject matter they include:
- Personal injury - auto and truck accidents
- Wrongful death - auto and truck accidents
- Personal injury and death claims in worksite accidents (covering a wide array of medical and causation issues)
- Products liability damage claims - personal injury and property damage
- Fire subrogation
- Premises liability
- Contract disputes - purchase and sale of businesses
- Contract disputes - failure of performance; rescission
- Contract dispute - supply contract price adjustment
- Contract disputes - real estate agreements; easement and option rights
- Franchise agreement disputes
- Underinsurance claims
- Business ownership and governance disputes
- Shareholder derivative claims against management/directors
- Insurance coverage - health policies, life policies, annuity contracts
- Medical practice professional disputes - governance, termination, compensation, restrictive covenants
- Legal practice professional disputes - windup and separation of practices
- Employer/employee disputes - wrongful termination claims; restrictive covenants
- Legal malpractice, including legal ethics issues
- Fraud and misrepresentation
- Employment related discrimination and harassment
- Estate related disputes - undue influence over elderly, impaired persons; breach of duty by fiduciary executor/ trustee
- Construction contract disputes - defective construction; costs to remedy defective work
- Payment and performance bond claims
- Design professional's liability for construction defects or failure
- Accountant liability and auditor liability
- Clergy and church liability for personal misconduct toward minors/parishioners
- Lender liability
- Appraiser professional liability
- Land development liability - interference with planning work; rights of neighbors for impacts on their property interest
- Access and right-of-way dispute
- Social service provider liability for deficient services
- Life insurance policy beneficiary claims
- Patent ownership and invention
- Trademark infringement