After 30 years as a litigator, NAFUSA board member Charles J. Stevens has joined JAMS, the largest private alternative dispute resolution (ADR) provider in the world, as a full time mediator/arbitrator. Stevens has had an extensive ADR practice for years. He served as a court appointed mediator in federal cases for the Eastern District of California’s Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program for 20 years. He has been retained as mediator in a variety of cases for 15 years. He is an adjunct professor for mediation class at the University of California Davis Law School.

Stevens served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, 1993-1997. He was a partner at DLA Piper, and national co-chair of its government investigations group, 2011-2012. He graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law.