THE expertise of a well-known negotiator of multibillion-dollar cases in the United States is being put to test now that he is part of the celebrated issue involving Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao.
BusinessMirror gathered from sources that former San Francisco Superior Court Judge Daniel Weinstein, named one of the Power Mediators of 2007 in the United States, is currently in-charge of the mediation process that has been going on for about a week now.
Weinstein works for JAMS, a well-known resolution expert whose know-how is to provide the best possible resolution to its clients? disputes.
Weinstein is considered as one of America?s preeminent mediators of complex civil disputes and a pioneer in the development of mediation. His expertise includes designing and resolving complex, multiparty, high-stakes cases.
Some of the cases Weinstein successfully interceded were those of Enron, Qwest, Providian, Homestore and other major New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ firms.
Also part of his successful r?sum? were disputes that involved Apple Computer, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Motorola and Hewlett Packard and actions concerning price-fixing allegations against multinational oil and cosmetic industry companies and major financial institutions.
In 1998, Weinstein was named US representative to the Bosnian Privatization Commission, overseeing the transfer of $15 billion of state-owned assets to citizen of Bosnia.
Weinstein is a cum laude at the Harvard Law School in 1965 and a BA cum laude at the Stanford University in 1962.
A Professor of Mediation Advocacy in Stanford University, Weinstein is said to be at the tail end of a lingering dispute between boxing?s celebrated promoters Top Rank Inc. and Golden Boy Promotions (GBP).