Jonathan Pedersen, an SMS co-founder, is a seasoned litigator experienced in representing clients in a wide variety of subject areas and is an alternative dispute resolution innovator. He has served as lead counsel in several mass casualty and class action litigation and posesses extensive practice experience in areas of medical malpractice, insurance, and professional ethics. As a court-appointed special master, Mr. Pedersen developed and implemented an alternative dispute resolution system which successfully resolved thousands of individual first-party insurance property claims at a rate 0f 97%. In his mediation practice, Mr. Pedersen’s experience guides efficient identification of the material facts and substantive legal issues that will likely determine the outcome of their case at trial at the onset of the engagement, and his direct communication skills and tenacious focus guides the parties through seemingly intractable impasses towards a mutally satisfactory agreement.