Jonathan W. Fitch
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Jonathan W. Fitch is the CEO and a director of the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center.
The Best Lawyers in America named Mr. Fitch as the 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” for Arbitration in Boston and also as the 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation-Trusts and Estates in Boston. He was previously recognized as a “Lawyer of the Year” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Newspaper (2009) and by The Best Lawyers in America (2021) and twice named as a “Top 100 Massachusetts Super Lawyer.” Regularly listed as a Best Lawyer in America in the areas of Arbitration, Commercial Litigation and Litigation-Trusts and Estates. Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Mr. Fitch is graduate of Boston College Law School (J.D.), Yale School of Management (M.P.P.M.) and Williams College (B.A.). He frequently speaks on international and domestic arbitration and management topics at law schools, the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and at SVAMC and AAA-ICDR arbitration programs. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Boston Chapter of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators North America Branch. He is a founding director of the Boston International Arbitration Council. Mr. Fitch is a director of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and the Co-chair of its Education Committee.
Speaker, "Pharma and Life Sciences Disputes," Fifth Annual Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution Conference, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, 2023; Moderator, "The Arbitration of Cybersecurity Breach Disputes: Focus on Lawyers," Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center Webinar, 2021; Speaker, "Positioning Complex Intellectual Property Disputes for Successful ADR Resolution," Boston Bar Association Webinar, 2021; Speaker, "Top 10 Things Practitioners Should Know About International Arbitration," Boston Bar Association Webinar, 2021; Speaker, "Use and Limitations of Discovery in Arbitration," Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Webinar, 2020; Moderator, "Data, Privacy, and Cyber Security Issues in International Arbitration," Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center/Orrick Webinar, 2020; Moderator, "Ensuring Efficiency in Complex Technology Arbitrations," Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center/AAA-ICDR/FoleyHoag Webinar, 2020; Faculty, "Arbitrating Domestic & International Life Science Disputes," AAA-ICDR, Philadelphia and Boston programs, 2019.
Jonathan W. Fitch is managing partner of Fitch Law Partners LLP, a Boston based, 25 lawyer litigation boutique recognized as a Best Law Firm in America by U.S. News and World Report.