Unique Aspects of Arbitrator Selection, Neutrality, Disqualification and Ex-parte Communications in Insurance Arbitrations

Intended audience – anyone – NYSBA member or not – who might engage in insurance related arbitration – members of multiple sections: Dispute Resolution Section; Commercial & Federal Litigation Section; Corporate Counsel; Trial Lawyers.  

Complimentary Informational Hybrid Program. Once you add the program to your cart, you can choose in-person or virtual attendance.

Program title and Description:

Arbitrator Selection, Neutrality and In-Hearing Conduct in Insurance Arbitrations

Insurance coverage arbitrations have some unique aspects: in most cases each side (the policyholder and the insurer) chooses an arbitrator and the two arbitrators, with party participation, choose the Chair. The degree of neutrality of the wings varies from matter to matter and different providers have different rules and procedures governing this process. How the party appointed wings conduct themselves during the course of the arbitration and their interaction both to appoint a Chair and later with the neutral Chair during the arbitration, is a topic we will discuss. We will also look at a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling dealing with this topic. Our panel includes a former in-house counsel, arbitrators and arbitration providers. The program will be followed by a Networking Reception.

Panelists: 

Mark Bunim, Esq., Case Closure, LLC, AAA Arbitrator and Co-Chair of the NYSBA Insurance Dispute Committee of the Dispute Resolution Section

Noah Hanft, Immediate Past Chair, NYSBA Dispute Resolution Section, Former In-House General Counsel

Lisa Romeo, Esq., Assistant Vice President American Arbitration Assn, AAA Insurance Industry Advisory Committee Co-Chair

Andrew Nadolna, Esq., Insurance Arbitrator, JAMS

Jeffrey Zaino, Esq., Vice President, American Arbitration Association

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