Jack Levin on Party Autonomy: Part 4 of an ADR Perspective

The steps to better ADR?

Whatever it takes, says New York-based neutral Jack Levin.

“Any process that is available or optional to the parties, which they can exercise their freedom to take, is worth considering,” declares Levin at the outset of Part 4 of his exclusive CPR You Tube Channel discussion about party autonomy in conflict resolution processes.

Part 4 of a projected six-part series is posted ahead of Levin’s appearance Wednesday with three other panelists in a CPR Institute Arbitration Committee online seminar, “Disclosure Duties of Arbitrators and Mediators - What's the Difference?” Registration for the July 8, noon Eastern presentation and discussion is available on CPR’s website here.

Early in the Part 4 video, Levin addresses the use of motions for reconsideration in arbitration and other safeguards like appellate arbitration. He suggests that parties and counsel agree on procedural devices that can assist them in ADR while disagreeing on the substantive issues that divide them.

This CPR YouTube Channel series is about party autonomy in ADR, and making it a centerpiece—not a byproduct—of mediation and arbitration. Ensuring that you maximize your ADR process control will yield better outcomes than in court, where party autonomy is incidental at best.

Stay tuned for the concluding parts of the series.

Jack Levin has 25 years of experience as an arbitrator and mediator. He has arbitrated more than 100 disputes, serving most frequently as sole arbitrator or panel chair, and has mediated hundreds more. His focus is commercial disputes but his experience covers many additional areas as varied as pharmaceutical patent licensing and electricity generation. He has experience designing and presiding over mixed mode processes, including med-arb. He manages and resolves high-conflict matters, including within families and among parties from all over the world.

He is also an actor, a profession in which presence and persuasion are equally essential. www.jplevin.com

Levin’s website can be found at www.levinadr.com. He is a longtime member of the Panels of Distinguished Neutrals maintained by CPR Dispute Resolution Services at https://drs.cpradr.org; CPR DRS is a wholly owned subsidiary of the CPR Institute, which publishes CPR Speaks. Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation editor Russ Bleemer hosts.

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