My Practice Areas
Patent Mediation
COMMERCIAL MEDIATION
civil litigation mediation
312-291-4494
Kent Stevens has litigated complex international trade and intellectual property cases for thirty years – first for the Federal Government (United States International Trade Commission) and later at the Senior Partner/Of Counsel level for AM100 law firms and IP boutiques.
Commercial Mediation Services
Chicago-Based: Serving Nationwide
Kent Stevens practice is devoted exclusively to serving as a Chicago-based mediator -- building on a long and successful career as a trial attorney and lead settlement negotiator of global civil litigation.
Kent R. Stevens
Attorney at Law & Mediator
J.D., M.P.A., LL.M.
Since 2018, Mr. Stevens has been retained for mediations by counsel from 34 of the Am100 law firms; mediation parties have included more than a dozen Global Fortune 500 companies and other companies in diverse industries from Canada, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Peoples Republic of China, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, and Uruguay.
Since 2018, Mr. Stevens has conducted mediations in Chicago, Il, Washington, D.C., New York, New York, Los Angeles, California, and Orlando, Florida – addressing disputes in litigation before the United States District Courts and the United States International Trade Commission as well as multi-district and parallel litigation before the USPTO, EPO, and the court of the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Poland.
Mr. Stevens is a Mediation Panelist for the American Arbitration Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and the United States International Trade Commission.
Mr. Stevens has had a lifelong commitment to Alternative Dispute Resolution, conciliation, and settlement in a variety of contexts, from formal high-stakes litigation – particularly Section 337 and global IP litigation -- to intra-denominational church governance disputes, to restorative justice work with pre-release Federal prisoners, to refugee family interventions.