Ryan Abbott '05, M.D.

Ryan Abbott '05, Esq., M.D., has joined the panel JAMS, the largest provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services worldwide. Abbott will serve in London and Los Angeles as an international mediator, arbitrator and special master in a variety of disputes, including business/commercial, education/schools, health care, insurance, intellectual property, international, personal injury/torts, pharmaceutical/mass torts and professional liability. He is a licensed and board-certified physician and patent attorney in the U.S. (California and New York), as well as a solicitor (non-practicing) in England and Wales.

Abbott joins JAMS after serving as partner at a litigation firm, general counsel of a mid-stage biotechnology company and of counsel at a firm specializing in transactional matters and intellectual property litigation for life science companies. In these capacities, he has been outside and inside counsel for both claimants and respondents. He has also worked as an expert for the European Commission, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

In addition to serving as a JAMS neutral, Abbott is a WIPO mediator and arbitrator, a CEDR-accredited mediator and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb). He is also a professor of law and health sciences at the University of Surrey School of Law and adjunct assistant professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Abbott graduated summa cum laude from UCLA and earned a Master of Traditional Oriental Medicine, summa cum laude, at Emperor’s College before receiving a J.D. from Yale Law School and an M.D. from UC San Diego School of Medicine.