Understanding the Arbitral Decision-Making Model and What Advocates Can Do to Protect the Award

Loryn Riggiola, Partner, Zetlin & De Chiara LLP,  joins a panel on June 10, 2021, 1:30-2:30 entitled Understand the Arbitral Decision-Making Model and What Advocates Can Do to Protect the Award.

The two-day AAA Virtual Construction Conference (June9-10) will focus on the growing complexities of construction projects and trends going into the new decade. 

This panel will discuss the differing arbitral decision-making philosophies and recent challenges to arbitral awards. The application of law, equity, fairness, and justness can serve as a means by which an arbitrator can reach a decision. Each model has its own unique characteristics, and understanding these approaches and their limits is key to avoiding improper or frustrating outcomes in arbitration. Along with the arbitrator, advocates have a role to play in the rendering of an enforceable award, and all participants should have an appreciation for the nature of recent challenges to arbitral awards. The panel will also offer practical tips for drafting arbitration agreements, conducting discovery, and the presentation of evidence to assist arbitrators in making enforceable awards.

Faculty:
Edmund Amorosi, Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC; Tysons Corner, VA
Joseph A. Barra, Robinson & Cole LLP; Boston, MA
R. Carson Fisk, Andrews Myers P.C.; Austin, TX
Loryn P. Riggiola, Zetlin & De Chiara LLP; New York, NY
Moderator: Thomas Ventrone, Vice President, Case Management Center, International Centre for Dispute Resolution.

To register, click here.