Commercial Arbitration Training for Arbitrators and Counsel

The training program will be conducted by seasoned arbitrators, counsel, arbitration administrators, and academics, focusing on Best Practices, from the perspectives of arbitrators and counsel, for conducting commercial arbitrations in an economical, expeditious and fair manner, enabling parties to achieve the promise of commercial arbitration.

In addition, there will be sessions on managing an arbitration from the preliminary conference through the hearing and award, the program will include presentations on the law of arbitration, the ethical rules relating to service as an arbitrator, e-discovery, award writing, international arbitration, mental heuristics relevant to arbitral decision-making, and the development of an arbitration practice.

The training program will be provided by commercial arbitrators Charles J. Moxley, Jr. and Edna Sussman and by arbitration counsel Lea Haber Kuck of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and will include presentations by Jeffrey T. Zaino, Vice President, American Arbitration Association, and Luis M. Martinez, Vice President, International Centre for Dispute Resolution. 

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