Bio
David R. Herndon is a retired United States District Judge with 45 years of combined legal experience. Herndon spent 14 years as a trial lawyer and 27 years as a judge, plus over four years pre-JD in investigation, legal research, labor submission crafting and drafting settlement brochures. His expertise lies in trial strategy, complex litigation management and mediation.
Skills:
– Trial strategy
– Complex litigation strategy
– Mass tort management
– ESI discovery
– Mediation of complex litigation
– Neutral-based decision making
– Neutral-based settlement facilitation
– Multi-district litigation
Following retirement from the bench, his decades of experience in the trial lawyer and trial judge arena are transferable to the private sector for all aspects of complex litigation, mediation and arbitration. Over the course of his career, David Herndon engaged in hundreds of negotiated settlements as an advocate. He conducted, supervised and managed countless mediations and co-mediations as a neutral judicial officer. Herndon’s mediation experience includes mass tort, mass action, patents as well as personal injury suits and product liability cases.
David is a member of the mediation panel for Alaris ADR in St. Louis (ADR@alaris.us).
Education
Juris Doctorate, Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, IL, 1977
Bachelor’s Degree (BA), Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, 1974
Advanced Training/Certificates
Harvard Law School, “Mediating Disputes,” Executive training through the Program on Negotiation, Cambridge, MA, October 2018
American Arbitration Association, Mediator Essentials, New York, NY, October 2018
National Judicial College, Mediation Skills, Reno, NV, September 1997
Bar Licensure
Illinois 1977 (retired judge; inactive status)
Missouri 1980 (retired judge; inactive status)
Professional Associations
Federal Judges Association, 1998 – current; Board of Directors 2014 – 2018, Member of Security, Membership, Nominations 2014 – 2018, Co-chair Security Committee 2016-2018
Illinois Judges Association, 1991 – current
Madison County Bar Association, 1977 – current
Honors
Hall of Fame – 2019, International Association of Top Professionals, New York, NY
Judge of the Decade – 2018, International Association of Top Professionals, New York, NY
Judge of the Year – 2018, International Association of Top Professionals, New York, NY
Judge of the Year – 2017, International Association of Top Professionals, New York, NY
Lifetime Achievement Award – 2017, International Association of Top Professionals, New York
Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame – 2017
Alumni Hall of Fame – 2018, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Distinguished Alumnus – 2000, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Alumnus Achievement Award – 2000, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Community Service and Humanitarian Award – 1997, NAACP, Alton, IL Branch
Outstanding Alumnus of the Year – 1992, Southern Illinois University School of Law
Chairman’s Award – 1989, Illinois Democratic Party, Vincent DeMuzio, Chairman
Kentucky Colonel – 1984, from Governor Martha Layne Collins.
Arkansas Traveler – 1984, from Governor Bill Clinton.
Please contact Dave Herndon if you have questions or would like to discuss how he is able to assist you.
Hon. David R. Herndon
Herndon Resolution, LLC
P.O. Box 897
Edwardsville, IL 62025
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Phone: 618-973-0778