Dispute Resolution Section Fall Meeting 2022

Dispute Resolution Section Fall Meeting Agenda 2022

Thinking Outside the Box: Meeting Today's Dispute Resolution Challenges

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Live and in person in NYC at the AAA Offices

Virtual Option Available

9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., Reception to follow

MCLE credits: 4.0 Skills, 2.0 Ethics

Fireside Chat with Keynote Speaker Kenneth Feinberg, Esq.: Live and in Person

Perspectives from a master mediator on the state and future of mediation

With Section Chair Noah Hanft, Esq.

9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

I. Arbitration, Mediation and Mixed Modes: Seeking Workable Solutions - Med/Arb-Arb/Med – Theory and Practice

Panel Discussion-Part I: The Processes

10:30 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. (50 min.)  

1.0 Skills

Speakers:

Professor Thomas Stipanowich-Keynote Speaker

Peter Pettibone, Esq. 

Amal Bouchenaki, Esq.

Moderated by Loretta Gastwirth, Esq. and Mohamed Sweify, Esq.

11:20 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (10 min.) Break

Panel Discussion-Part II: Ethical Considerations of Switching Hats

11:30 to 12:05 a.m. (35 min.) 

0.5 Ethics

Speakers:

Professor Jacqueline Nolan-Hanley

Professor Lela Love

Moderated by Loretta Gastwirth, Esq. and Mohamed Sweify, Esq.

12:05 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch (55 min.)

II.  Handling Arbitrator Misbehavior: Perspectives from Co-Arbitrators, Counsel and Institutions - A Roundtable Discussion

1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. (75 min.)

1.0 Skills; 0.5 Ethics

Speakers:

Jeff Zaino, Esq.

Chiann Bao, Esq.

Andrew Behrman, Esq.

Angela Foster, Esq.

Moderated by Rachel Gupta, Esq.

III.  Best Mediation Practices

Roundtable Discussion-Part I: Timing of Mediation: Conduct it Sooner or Later? The Experts Discuss

2:15 p.m. to 3:05 p.m. (50 min.)

1.0 Skills 

Speakers:

Loretta Gastwirth, Esq.

Carmen Rodriguez, Esq.

Jen Lupo, Esq.

Lauren Jones, Esq.

Lisa Denig, Esq.

Moderated by Loretta Gastwirth, Esq. and Erica Levine Powers, Esq.

3:05 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. (10 min.) Break

Roundtable Discussion-Part II: The Mediator’s Toolbox: Practical and Ethical Considerations to Break Impasse

3:15 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. (50 min.)

0.5 Skills; 0.5 Ethics

a. Bracketing

b. The Mediator’s Proposal

Speakers:

Theo Cheng, Esq.

Noah Hanft, Esq.

Melissa Yang, Esq.

Moderated by Section Chair-Elect Jeff Anderson, Esq.

IV. Fireside Chat with Colin Bruce, Ph.D.—Special Envoy, Humanitarian and Development Affairs-International Committee of the Red Cross: Live and in Person

With Section Vice-Chair Jill Pilgrim, Esq.

4:05 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. (70 min.)

0.5 Skills; 0.5 Ethics

5:15 p.m. Reception