Commercial Mediation Services
Chicago-Based: Serving Nationwide
My Practice Areas
Patent Mediation
COMMERCIAL MEDIATION
civil litigation mediation
Kent R. Stevens
Attorney at Law & Mediator
J.D., M.P.A., LL.M.
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 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.
312-291-4494
Since 2018, Mr. Stevens has mediated cases with parties from North and South America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East – including parties from the Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Israel, Uruguay, and including ten Fortune 500 companies as parties and twelve Am100 law firms as lead counsel.
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 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.