Arbitration Style & Process

As a litigator for 40 plus years and an Arbitrator for 20 of them, I am mindful that at the heart of any arbitration is a client with difficult problems seeking a final resolution and a full and fair opportunity to efficiently present its case.

Given my years as a litigator, trying cases, billing clients and retaining experts, I understand how costly litigation and arbitration can be. To reduce costs and create efficiencies, I try to streamline the arbitration process whenever possible, create fulsome schedules at the outset of a case, limit discovery to only necessary items and ask for submissions only when necessary to advance the case in an expeditious manner.

Arbitration hearings are conducted in a manner that is not constrained by archaic rules of evidence or procedure: witnesses give fulsome testimony once – meaning both sides have an equal opportunity to question the witness about issues in the case. Daily arbitration hearings go as long as reasonably necessary to present the information within the number of days allotted. Hearings are conducted in-person or remotely, and most often, a combination of both forms.

I give careful consideration to the parties’ arguments and evidence in rendering an Award. It is important to clients and counsel, and I have a deep and abiding respect for their interests.