Former US magistrate judge Jay Gandhi joins JAMS in LA

Former U.S. Magistrate Judge Jay C. Gandhi has joined the JAMS panel in Los Angeles.

“Mediation and ADR overall has been sort of my passion while on the bench and off, and there’s no better platform for doing that than JAMS,” Gandhi said Friday.

Peacemaking, “sort of quelling the fighting,” is a driving force for his passion, he said. “My batteries get recharged by meeting new and different people.”

Gandhi spent eight years as a U.S. magistrate judge in the Central District of California. Before taking the bench, he was a partner at Paul Hastings LLP for 12 years, litigating high-profile commercial cases. The variety of work at JAMS will mirror the work he did as a litigator, he said.

Similarly, Gandhi established a record as a magistrate judge for settling complex, high-profile cases.

“There’s a certain fulfillment that comes from creatively tackling conflict and forging a peaceful solution, and navigating the terrain to get there,” he said.

Gandhi received his law degree from the University of Southern California, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He clerked for Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt on the federal court in the Southern District of Texas.

“Judge Gandhi is well-known for his exceptional mediation skills, and his track record of settled cases is impressive,” Chris Poole, JAMS president and CEO, said in a news release. “His diligence, sophistication, and ‘call it as you see it’ attitude is a winning formula for resolving cases, and we are privileged to have him on our roster.”