Services

Melissa Thompson provides arbitration, mediation and related dispute resolution services across a broad range of industry groups. She serves on the arbitration and mediation panels of the American Arbitration Association, and the American Health Law Association. She also serves as a private arbitrator and mediator, and provides dispute resolution consulting services.
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Subject-Matter Focus

  • Manufacturing

  • Technology

  • Licensing and Product Development

  • Life Sciences

  • Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices

  • Healthcare

  • Payor-provider

  • Privacy and data use

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Arbitration Experience

  • Sole arbitrator, chair, and panel arbitrator in US and International arbitrations

  • Large, complex commercial disputes

  • Claims/cross claims typically range from $150,000 to in excess of $100 million

  • Manufacturing and product development agreements

  • Technology and licensing

  • Life sciences (pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology)

  • Healthcare (managed care, payor-provider, reimbursement, fraud and abuse, physician contracts)

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Mediation Background

  • Commercial contracts

  • Technology and licensing

  • Manufacturing and product development

  • Life sciences

  • Healthcare

  • Managed care, payor-provider, reimubursement, fraud and abuse

  • Physician partnership and employment disputes

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Prior Advocate Experience

  • Mediation of intellectual property/patent claims with claims in excess of $100 million

  • Mediation of multiple product liability disputes, with amounts ranging from $1 million to over $100 million, including class actions and individual claimants

  • Settlements involving multiple recall-related claims with consumers on behalf of international manufacturer

  • Mediation of wrongful death and negligence claims, multiple disputes with amounts ranging from $1 million to $10 million

  • Mediation with US Department of Justice, in criminal case alleging manufacturing quality violations by international manufacturer

  • Negotiation and settlement of facility licensure termination actions with Massachusetts DMH

  • Settlements involving physician and practice participation agreement terminations with Massachusetts, Connecticut and Texas Medicaid

  • Mediation and settlement of provider termination actions with the US Department of Justice and CMS

  • Mediations representing medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers