Expand Your Practice: Arbitration Do’s and Don'ts

• Know what arbitration is and how it fits into the dispute resolution process.
• Identify which role you are filling in an arbitration.
• Understand the responsibilities of an expert witness in arbitration.
• Understand the responsibilities of the consulting expert in arbitration.
• Know what disclosures should be made before being retained and during the arbitration.
• Recognize appropriate and inappropriate (ex parte) communication.
• Know how to start the arbitration process and how to conduct hearings.
• Know how to decide what evidence is admissible.
• Know how to prepare the final award.
• Recognize the reasons for having an award vacated.
• Understand why appraisers make good arbitrators.
• Understand the liability risks of being an arbitrator.

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