JAG | Judicial Arbiter Group
“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often the real loser — in fees, and expenses, and waste of time.”
Abraham Lincoln
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Resolution through
Insight & Experience
As one of the oldest and most successful private judicial services in the country, JAG provides the legal and business communities with effective alternative dispute resolution methods.
JAG arbiters also conduct mock appellate arguments and review; serve in court-appointed functions such as receivers, liquidators, trustees, special masters and statutorily appointed judges; and conduct mock jury trials and focus groups.
The Arbiters
Composed exclusively of former trial and appellate judges, each of whom was a distinguished leader during service on the bench, JAG judges bring a commitment to case resolution based on a depth of knowledge and experience with litigants and the legal process.
Arbiter Spotlight
JAG welcomes Judge Emily Anderson to the team. Emily E. Anderson is the first woman to preside as the Chief Judge of the 17th Judicial District, serving Adams and Broomfield Counties. She has served as a district court judge since 2013, having previously been a magistrate in the 17th JD and Denver County Court. Read more>>
Our Mission
To provide quality, cost effective, efficient, and wide-ranging professional dispute resolution, litigation assistance, and education programs.
Dispute
Resolution
- Mediation
- Arbitration
- Neutral Case Evaluation
- Summary Jury Trials
- Private Judges
Litigation
Assistance
- Special Masters
- Discovery Masters
- Court-Appointed Receivers
- Jury Focus Groups
- Mock Jury Trials
Education
Outreach
- Trial presentations — Ethics, Evidence, Opening Statements, Closing Arguments
- ADR presentations — Effective Mediation Techniques, Persuasion in Arbitration, Bench Trials
The Judicial Arbiter Group plays an active role in the legal community and Continuing Legal Education (CLE). As leaders in the dispute resolution and litigation management fields, we strive to provide the community with up to date case law, useful articles and publications, and information about events hosted by JAG as well as the broader legal community.
JUDICIAL ARBITER GROUP
News & Updates
JAG ART QUEST Mini Retreat 2021
The Judicial Arbiter Group celebrated with a Mini Art Retreat on August 27-28 at the ART Hotel Denver.
Judge William G. “Bill” Meyer elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals
His election occurred in August 2021, by the vote of the membership of NADCP.
JAG Celebrates Judge Gary Jackson’s Induction into the National Bar Association’s Fred David Gray Hall of Fame
“It was because of his fortitude that encouraged me to be the leader, the lawyer, and the judge I am today.
I want to personally give my thanks to Fred Gray.”
Remembering State Supreme Court Justice Gregory Kellam Scott
A Colorado Matters interview with Ryan Warner and Judge Gary Jackson
The History of JAG
36 years of quality in all forms of dispute resolution services
JAG was founded in 1984 in Boulder, Colorado by former Chief District Judge Richard W. Dana and 20th Judicial District Administrator Jerry D. Lockwood, and expanded soon thereafter to include former Colorado Supreme Court Justice William Neighbors. In 2011 the leadership of JAG transitioned to former Judges William Meyer and Sanford Brook, who continue the tradition of quality in all forms of dispute resolution services. JAG now boasts a professional staff of twenty-six arbiters, all former trial and appellate judges representing several regions of the country, and has gained an international reputation for excellence over the past 36 years.
To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.
Judge John Marshall
Office
1601 Blake St, Ste 400, Denver, CO 80202
PHONE
1-800-ARBITER | 303-572-1919
FAX
303-571-1115
