JAMS (organization)

JAMS
FormerlyJudicial Arbitration and Mediation Services
Company typePrivate, Multinational
IndustryAlternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Arbitration, Mediation
FounderHon. H. Warren Knight (Ret.)
Headquarters
Irvine, California
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Websitejamsadr.com

JAMS, formerly known as Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc.[1] is a United States–based for-profit organization of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services, including mediation and arbitration.[2][3] H. Warren Knight, a former California Superior Court judge, founded JAMS in 1979 in Santa Ana, California.[4] A 1994 merger with Endispute of Washington, D.C. made JAMS into the largest private arbitration and mediation service in the country.[5] It is one of the major arbitration administration organizations in the United States.[nb 1] As of 2017, JAMS has 27 resolution centers, including its headquarters in Irvine, California and centers in Toronto and London.[7] JAMS specializes in mediating and arbitrating complex, multi-party, business/commercial cases.

As of 2012, JAMS administers a few hundred consumer arbitration cases per year.[8]: 99  JAMS's Consumer Minimum Standards have been the subject of scholarly commentary.[9]: 1407–08 [3]: 305–06  A policy promulgated by JAMS in 2004 that would have allowed for class arbitrations, even if the arbitration agreement did not allow them, and the subsequent retraction of that policy, were also controversial.[10][11]

  1. ^ "About the JAMS Name". JAMS. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  2. ^ a b Berner, Robert; Grow, Brian (2008-06-04). "Banks vs. Consumers (Guess Who Wins)". Businessweek. Bloomberg. Archived from the original on August 9, 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b Drahozal, Christopher R.; Zyontz, Samantha (Winter 2012). "Private Regulation of Consumer Arbitration". Tennessee Law Review. 79 (2): 289–352.
  4. ^ "Hon H. Warren Knight (Ret.), Founder". JAMS. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  5. ^ Gomez, James M. (May 25, 1994). "Mediation Succeeds, There's No Argument: Negotiating: JAMS of Orange uses retired judges to help disputants settle cases out of court, saving fees, time, trouble". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  6. ^ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2013-12-12). "Arbitration Study Preliminary Results: Section 1028(a) Study Results To Date" (PDF). Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  7. ^ "JAMS Resolution Centers". JAMS. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  8. ^ Sternlight, Jean R. (2012). "Mandatory Binding Arbitration Clauses Prevent Consumers from Presenting Procedurally Difficult Claims" (PDF). Southwestern Law Review. 42: 87–129. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  9. ^ Kaplinsky, Alan S.; Levin, Mark J. (May 1999). "Consumer Financial Services Arbitration: Last Year's Trend Has Become this Year's Mainstay". The Business Lawyer. 54 (3): 1405–1418.
  10. ^ Kaplinsky, Alan S.; Levin, Mark J. (February 2006). "Is JAMS in a Jam Over Its Policy Regarding Class Action Waivers in Consumer Arbitration Agreements?". The Business Lawyer. 61 (2): 923–929.
  11. ^ Gilles, Myriam (December 2005). "Opting Out of Liability: The Forthcoming, Near-Total Demise of the Modern Class Action" (PDF). Michigan Law Review. 104: 373–430 [397]. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.


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