Safeguarding Arbitration Processes: Part 5 with Jack Levin on Party Autonomy
Part 5 of our CPR YouTube Channel conversation with NYC arbitrator and mediator Jack Levin dives deep into arbitration safeguards: Tools that provide protections for parties that instill—or restore—faith in the use of arbitration as a fair and effective process.
Jack looks at the security points that can be perceived in having three arbitrators, an argument bucking trends toward the cost efficiency of sole-arbitrator tribunals.
He also discusses, among other things, having parties and their counsel review draft awards.
The point Jack makes in this episode, and throughout this series, is to be imaginative in the interests of the client to support and encourage party autonomy. Of course, if this is done, it must be done in a way that does not prejudice the arbitrator’s role or the perception of the arbitrator.
This CPR YouTube Channel series on party autonomy in ADR seeks to make 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 part six, here on CPR Speaks and YouTube, soon.
Jack Levin has 25 years of experience as an arbitrator and mediator. His website can be found at www.levinadr.com. 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.
Jack also is an actor, a profession in which presence and persuasion are equally essential. See www.jplevin.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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