Thomas L. Halkowski served as a neutral evaluator for the U.S. International Trade Commission, prior to beginning his full-time mediation and arbitration practice, and earlier in his career was privileged to be nominated by President Obama to serve as a federal judge.  In his capacity as a neutral evaluator at the ITC, he assessed the merits of disputes and worked with multiple parties to help resolve a wide-variety of issues involving different technologies during section 337 investigations.

Mr. Halkowski concentrates his mediation practice on the resolution of commercial disputes, including intellectual property matters, contract disputes, unfair business practices and data security and data breaches.

Prior to beginning his mediation career, Mr. Halkowski was a trial attorney for 30+ years working in private practice as well as an attorney for the federal government.  He handled litigation involving a wide-variety of commercial disputes, including patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, trademark and copyright claims. He litigated many matters to a jury verdict and appeal, including preparing and presenting witnesses at trial in cases involving patents concerning medical devices, software, semiconductor fabrication tools, and chemical composition of products.  Mr. Halkowski also has in-depth experience litigating a variety of cases in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

For more information on Mr. Halkowski’s mediation practice, please contact Mike Weinzierl at 800.776.6060, x125 or mweinzierl@resolutesystems.com