CANCELLED Effective Advocacy and Management in Arbitration: Managing a Successful Arbitration

Thursday, May 1, 2025

8:30 AM to 5:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)

Hawthorne Inn

2421 Berlin Tpk., Berlin United States


Due to circumstances outside of our control, this program has been cancelled. Stay tuned for a webinar series on arbitration in the fall.

Presented by the CBA Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and the College of Commercial Arbitrators

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When your client has agreed to arbitrate a dispute, what can you as the advocate do to prepare and assure the economy, efficiency and clarity of presentation that arbitration promises and permits?  How does arbitration advocacy differ from courtroom advocacy?  This program will help you see through the arbitrator’s eyes the process, questions and range of answers that lead to better, more efficient, and successful arbitrations.  The program is designed for both basic and entry level advocacy training and also for those with seasoned experience in advocacy practice and arbitration matters.  

This one-day institute is programmed to help litigators to understand the process, practice and procedure of arbitration to become better equipped and able to secure their client’s needs.  This program is for Lawyers who anticipate needing to know, with more detail and specificity, the process of commercial arbitration from inception and filing through conclusion of the process.  

Registrants will receive a digital copy of the College of Commercial Arbitrators Guide to Best Practices in Commercial Arbitration, Fourth Edition.

You Will Learn

• How to commence an arbitration
• About the process pre-arbitration
• About selection of panel members
• About prehearing preparation
• About filing of the demand and claims
• About answers and counterclaims
• About reviewing the arbitration agreement
• About preparing for the prehearing conference
• About motions in arbitration
• About managing document exchange
• About prehearing exchange of witness lists and exhibits
• About handling subpoenas
• About time management and logistics
• About professionalism in the process

Who Should Attend

Lawyers who anticipate needing to know, with more detail and specificity, the process of commercial arbitration from inception and filing through conclusion of the process.  

Cost

(Includes breakfast, lunch, and electronic materials)

YLS and ADR Section Member $210
Member $240
Student $120

Non-Member $340

Financial hardship information is available upon request.

Speakers

Judge Heckman1 Hon. Carol E. Heckman (Ret.)
Lippes Mathias LLP, Buffalo, NY

Steven Certilman1 Steven A. Certilman
Certilman ADR, New York, NY

Roy Debarbieri Roy L. De Barbieri
Zangari Cohn Cuthbertson Duhl & Grello PC, New Haven

David Reif David A. Reif
Reif ADR, New Haven

lisa_romeo1 Lisa A. Romeo
American Arbitration Association, Boston, MA

Richard H. Silberberg1a Richard H. Silberberg
Silberberg Dispute Resolution LLC, New York, NY

Wiechman-Eric1 Eric W. Wiechmann
WiechmannADR, New Canaan

Moderator

David Reif1 David A. Reif
Reif ADR, New Haven


CLE Credit

CT: 7.5 CLE Credits (6.5 General; 1.0 Ethics)
NY: 8.5 CLE Credits (7.5 AOP; 1.0 Ethics)
 
The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for newly admitted and experienced attorneys CLE credits. 

Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, a fully interactive videoconference, or simultaneous transmission with synchronous interactivity. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml. 

If the seminar is recorded, all member registrants will receive complimentary access to the recording approximately six weeks after the program. 

Please note that refunds will not be granted once course materials have been sent.

Cancellations made less than 2 business days prior to event are non-refundable.
 



Contact

Member Service Center
Email: msc@ctbar.org
Phone: (844)469-2221