Litigation Resume of Steven Brower
Buchalter Nemer
18400 Von Karman,
8th Floor
Direct Dial: (714)
549-5150
E-mail: sbrower@buchalter.com
Admitted to
Practice of Law
All
First and Ninth
Pro Hac Vice
in Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, New York, Texas, Florida, Mississippi,
Missouri and Massachusetts
Professional Employment
Buchalter Nemer
Litigation
Shareholder (May 2007-Present) in the
Theodora Oringher Miller &
Richman PC (fka Stephan, Oringher,
Richman & Theodora and fka Ginsburg, Stephan, Oringher & Richman)
Litigation
partner (April 1993 – May 2007) in the
Katten Muchin Zavis & Weitzman
Litigation
partner (March 1991-March 1993) in the
Wyman Bautzer Kuchel & Silbert
Senior
litigation associate (January 1989-March 1991) in the
Wood Lucksinger & Epstein
Litigation
partner (1986-January 1989) and litigation associate (1983 to 1986) in the
Flame, Sanger, Grayson & Ginsburg
Litigation
associate (1980-1983) and law clerk (1977-1980).
Litigation
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Special Legal Experience
Arbitrator/Mediator
Arbitrator, CPR Institute for Dispute
Resolution, multiple domain name disputes under ICANN UDRP rules and Commercial
Litigation.
CPR Mediation Training, 24 hour course,
May, 2003
Former Arbitrator, American Arbitration
Association, special panel for Data Processing Specialists (the panel no longer
exists).
Served as a party-selected neutral on a
25 day, 3 member panel, for a computer software arbitration in
Served as the sole arbitrator on an
eight day computer arbitration in
Served as mediator in
Served as mediator in
Expert Witness
Expert witness on computer software
contracting before the AAA (1988).
Expert witness on insurance coverage
(written submission) for case before the federal court in
Expert witness on ethics for insurance coverage
counsel for an arbitration in
Judge Pro Tempore
Judge Pro Tempore, Orange County
Superior Court, Law & Motion (affirmed 3-0 on appeal, Clovery
v. DMV (1992) 1 Cal.App.4th 870)
Judge Pro Tempore,
Education
Degrees
UCLA, J.D., 1980
UCLA, A.B., Cum
Laude, 1976
Activities
UCLA Moot Court Honors Program
Computer
programmer for ASUCLA, Law Firm and Major Bank
UCLA Daily Bruin,
Reporter (Full-time for four years)
Organizations
American Bar Association
Section of Science & Technology
Council
Member, 2008 to present
Book
Publishing committee, Vice-Chair 2008-2009, Chair 2009 to present
Division
Co-Chair, Computers and E-Commerce, 2005- 2008
Chairman
of the Special Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2000-2003
Liaison
to Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2003-2008
Section on Alternative Dispute
Resolution
Co-Chair
of the Intellectual Property and Technology Committee (2004-2008)
Liaison
to the Section on Intellectual Property
Section of Litigation
Editor-in-Chief,
Computer & Internet Litigation Journal, 2000 to 2003, Associate Editor for
Performance Litigation 1995-2000
Taskforce
Member, Institute on Trial Practice, 2000-2001
Co-chair
(insurer side), Technology Insurance Sub-Committee of the Insurance Coverage
Committee, 2001 to 2007
Co-chair
(insured side), Bad Faith Sub-Committee of the Insurance Coverage Committee,
2008 to present
Risk and Insurance Management Society, 2009 to present
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Vice Chairman,
Attorney Client Relations Committee, 1982 to 1985
Computer Law Association, 1988 to 2003
Data Processing Background
Programmer, primarily on IBM systems,
1973-1982. Machines include IBM 360/91, 3033, System/34, System/38. Languages
include COBOL, RPG II, SPSS, and APL. Taught JCL. Worked for a major bank, a
law firm, and several different business units at UCLA. One of the first
"public" users of the Arpanet (later called the Internet). Continuing programming in various languages
for special projects through the present.
Certificate in Data Processing (high scorer)
Association of Data Processing Service Organizations,
1984 to 1990
Association of Computing Machinery, Member of
Personal Background
Born in