David Hayen - Santa Ana Business Lawyer Reviews & Ratings

David E. Hayen is an experienced civil litigator, specializing in complex commercial and insurance litigation, including contract disputes, intellectual property, including unfair competition, trade secrets and trademarks, and insurance bad faith. Mr. Hayen has also specialized in the arbitration and mediation of commercial, employment and insurance matters, serving as an arbitrator and mediator with The Center for ADR, the American Arbitration Association and Judicate West.. Mr. Hayen attended law school at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was a member of the UCLA Law Review. He graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in Economics, Business Administration and Philosophy.. For ten years, Mr. Hayen was Assistant General Counsel for Aramark Inc., where he assisted clients in various industries, including the magazine and publishing industry, the transportation, the uniform rental and food service industries. Mr. Hayen supervised litigation matters, negotiated and drafted trade secret, service mark and patent license agreements, drafted complex agreements for the purchase of computer hardware and software and represented Aramark before various governmental agencies.. Mr. Hayen is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association ("LACBA") and Century City Bar Associations ("CCBA"). For the CCBA, Mr. Hayen was the Founding Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and Chair from 1997–1999; and Chair of the Corporate Law Section from 1983-1986. For the LACBA, Mr. Hayen was a Founding Member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Executive Committee.. Selected Speaking Engagements: Continuing Education of the Bar panelist, "Contractual Arbitration" and "Judicial Arbitration." LACBA panelist, "Evaluating Cases for ADR-The State of the Art." CCBA Corporate Law Section, "Employee Termination." LACBA Real Property Section panelist, "Aftershocks-What Litigators and Real Estate Attorneys Need to Know About the Northridge Quake." LACBA Construction Litigation Section panelist, "“The Availability of Attorney’s Fees Under the AIA Form Contract." Panelist or Moderator for eighteen CCBA Corporate Law Section Programs, including, "The Art of Legal Negotiation" and "Negotiating and Enforcing Computer Contracts.". Bar Activities: Member of the State Bar Standing Committee On the Administration of Civil Justice, 1993-1995.. Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, CCBA, 1997–99, 1985–88.. Member, Board of Advisors, Institute for Corporate Counsel, 1984–86.. Member, CCBA Board of Governors 1983–86.. Delegate to the California State Bar Conference of Delegates, 1983–1986.. Recipient, Award for Service in the Mandatory Fee Arbitration Program, State Bar of California, 1984.. Mr. Hayen has also traveled extensively and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Ethnic Arts Society.