For the past 10 years, master arbitrators Charlie Moxley and Edna Sussman – who are now joined as co-chairs by Skadden’s international arbitration expert, Lea Haber Kuck – have presented a widely acclaimed three-day training for Arbitrators through the New York State Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section.
Simeon H. Baum will join their spectacular smorgasbord of 44 other Faculty members who, collectively, have served as arbitrators or counsel in 100s, if not 1,000s, of arbitrations. His panel will address opportunities in the ADR field.
This training may be of interest for new arbitrators and seasoned arbitrators interested in taking their skills to the next level – and for litigators interested in learning how best to represent clients in arbitrations to take advantage of the advocacy opportunities available in arbitration.
The program is co-sponsored by Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law,
American Arbitration Association, International Centre for Dispute Resolution, College of Commercial Arbitrators and New York International Arbitration Center.
Topics and Skills:
- Selecting Arbitrators
- Conducting Conflicts Searches
- Conducting the Preliminary Hearing
- Conducting Hearings on Applications for Preliminary Injunctions and Other Interim Relief
- Determining the appropriate scope of discovery, including documents, electronic documents and depositions
- Determining the appropriate scope of motion practice
- Setting deadlines for discovery and motion practice
- Hearing discovery and substantive motions
- Addressing motions to disqualify counsel
- Special considerations for pro se parties
- Determining what non-party subpoenas to sign
- Running the hearing effectively
- Determining what evidence to admit and exclude
- Dealing with difficult arbitrators, counsel and parties
- Issues as to the authority or not of arbitrators to award sanctions
- Preparing awards, both standard and reasoned
- Handling requests to submit additional evidence after the closing of the hearing
- Deciding applications to amend awards
- Arbitration ethics, diversity, and inclusion
- Seeking vacatur of awards
- Cybersecurity in arbitration
- Building an ADR Practice, Opportunities in the Field
