Diego J. Peña - Fort Worth, Texas

About

Diego J. Peña currently serves as a complete-time arbitrator and mediator. He commenced his practice in San Antonio, Texas as a commercial and business litigator. As an lawyer for extra than 36 years, Mr. Peña has represented individuals, small to medium organizations and Fortune 500 companies in nation and federal courts. He has litigated instances involving patron disputes, contracts, non-public harm, wrongful death, coverage claims and disputes, federal and kingdom constitutional regulation claims, civil rights, exertions & employment claims, religious discrimination, sexual harassment and hostile paintings environment, actual property disputes, oil and gasoline disputes, environmental problems and banking topics. He has attempted greater than 50 cases to verdict/judgment and has argued or regarded in extra than 20 appellate cases before nation and federal appellate courts, together with the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and america Supreme Court.

In 1989, Mr. Peña joined the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Legal Department. For greater than 29 years, Mr. Peña in my opinion tried extra than eighty five notably specialised hard work arbitrations starting from contract interpretation and special interest grievances to simply purpose suspensions or dismissals.
He presently serves as an arbitrator on the American Arbitration Association Employment Panel and as a public arbitrator for FINRA › ›

Legal Issues

Employment Law

Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

Personal Injury

Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death

Energy, Oil & Gas Law

Utilities

Probate

Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests

Arbitration & Mediation

Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration

Costs

• Payment With Credit Card
• Retaines and Rates
  1. The rate for every day of listening to is $1,250. The price for look at time and writing the opinion is $1,250 consistent with day. Study time and writing the opinion is billed in half-day increments. One half of-day is three.five hours. 2. A cancellation/postponement charge of $1,250 per day may be charged for all scheduled listening to days if the hearing is canceled or postponed within 30 calendar days previous to the day of the listening to. (The day of the hearing isn't always counted.) three. There is not any travel price for hearings that take area inside the Dallas/Fort Worth place (Dallas, Tarrant, Denton and Collin Counties). If journey charges are incurred such fees can be charged break up the various events primarily based on prior association. Travel charges might be charged from the Arbitrator’s Fort Worth workplace cope with. 4. If the listening to is cancelled or postponed, the events are responsible for expenses charged by way of a motel for a cancellation beyond the closing date. 5.Willing to behavior seasoned bono arbitration or mediation on a case with the aid of case.

Certificates

Languages

• English: Spoken, Written

Accepted Jurisdictions

Experience

• 
  The Peña Arbitration & Mediation Group
  
• Assistant Vice President - Senior Legal Counsel
  Southwestern Bell Telephone Company/AT&T Communications
  1989
• Senior Associate
  Green & McReynolds
  1985
• Associate
  Martin & Drought
  1983

Educations

Video Call/Chat Support

• Zoom