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Curriculum Vitae

Education:

  • Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1957-1960
  • Stanford University, B.A., Political Science, 1964
  • University of San Diego, School of Law, J.D., 1967

Professional Licenses:

  • Admitted to the Bar, California, 1968; U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1968

Legal Experience:

  • United States Attorney's Office, San Diego, legal intern, 1965
  • Miller and Evatt, legal intern, 1966-1967
  • Brundage, Hackler, Williams and Zellmann, associate, 1968-1970 (labor law)
  • Townsend and Moon, partner, 1970-1973 (domestic, criminal, corporate and probate)
  • Bourne, McDade, Fitzgerald, Moon and Cline, partner, 1976-78 (criminal and civil litigation, labor law, domestic, business and probate)
  • Law Offices of David B. Moon, Jr., sole practitioner, 1976-1978 (general civil litigation, construction law, real estate planning and development, general business law, criminal matters limited to felonies)

Judicial Experience:

  • Judge, San Diego Municipal Court, 1978-1982 (all departments, including Presiding Judge)
  • Assigned Judge, Court of Appeal, 4th District, Division One, 1982
  • Judge, San Diego Superior Court, 1983-2001 (all departments, including Supervising, Probate, and Independent Calendar assignments; committee assignments include Executive committee and alternative dispute resolution)
  • Independent Alternative Dispute Resolution practice, July 2001-to present. Provides mediation, arbitration, settlement conference, discovery referee and related services in all areas of law.

ADR Training:

  • Pepperdine College
    • Advanced Mediation 2004
    • Mediating the Litigated Case 2006
  • Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative 2007
  • Rapport International, Leadership One 2005
  • American Arbitration Association
    • Commercial Arbitration I 2002
    • Commercial Arbitration II 2003
  • Judicate West Neutrals Seminar 2008

National Judicial College:

  • Graduate, Civil Mediation Course, 1997
  • Instructor, Civil Mediation Course, 1999

Alternative Dispute Resolution Training:

  • AAA Chairing an Arbitration Panel: Managing Procedures, Process & Dynamics (ACE005), 2006; Mediating the Litigated Case, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2006; Advanced Mediation, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2005; AAA Commercial Arbitrator II Training: Advanced Case Management Issues, 2004; Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, Advanced Mediation Skills Forum, 2004; Arbitrator Update 2004; AAA Arbitrator I Training-Fundamentals of the Arbitration Process, 2004; California Judges Association, ADR Practice, 2001, 2000; Judicial Counsel, Administering Court ADR Programs, 2000; National Judges College, Civil Mediation, Reno, NV, 1999, 1997; California Center for Judicial Education and Research, ADR Workshop, 1997.

Professional Associations:

  • California Judges Association, committee member, various years relating to Programs, Education, Ethics, Criminal Law; American Inns of Court (North San Diego County Chapter, Founder and first President); Association of Business Trial Lawyers; San Diego County Bar Association; North County (San Diego) Bar Association; Association for Conflict Resolution.

Faculty/Lecturer/Instructor:

California Judicial Education and Research: Section/Discussion Leader, one-week induction course for new judges re: Evidence, Civil Practice, Probate, Adoptions

Continuing Education of the Bar: Evidence, Documentary and Demonstrative Evidence, Criminal Law Update, Criminal Law and Procedure, Ethics

California Judges Association: Ethics, Introduction to Computers

The Rutter Group: Probate

Continuing Legal Education: Eminent Domain

Right of Way Association: Eminent Domain, mock trials

San Diego Inn of Court: Civil Trials

Referral Organization:

  • Judge Moon is an Alternative Dispute Resolution provider. Judge Moon works exclusively through Judicate West; however he may be contacted directly at 858-759-6119 or by email. Counsel may reach Judicate West at 619-814-1966 and speak to Mark Kaufman or Megan Ko or visit www.judicatewest.org

Bar Activities:

  • Co-founder and first President, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Chapter, American Inns of Court (North County)
  • Moderator, Bridging the Gap Programs (for new attorneys), San Diego and Vista
  • Presenter/Speaker, various section, Bar Association of Northern San Diego County

 

 

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