Total Credits: 1 CLE, 1 Ethics
Rick and Renee will provide a summary of and explain recently issued decisions relating to arbitration. This year’s batch of cases involve the scope of parties subject to the Federal Arbitration Act and how courts are to handle matters when a Motion to Compel Arbitration is denied. Courts continued to discuss the separability doctrine, who decides the issue of arbitrability and unconscionability.
Panelists:
Richard Mahrle, Gammage & Burnham
Renee Gerstman, Gerstman Law
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Renee Gerstman is an attorney, mediator, arbitrator and neutral evaluator with over three decades of experience in business transactions, real estate, construction, corporate, contract, commercial and business litigation. Renee has arbitrated and mediated all types of disputes ranging from small consumer matters to large construction defect claims. Renee is on the American Arbitration Association's Roster of Commercial Neutrals, AAA Construction panel and Merger and Acquisition panel. She is also on the Arizona Association of Realtors roster of mediators, a FINRA mediator, arbitrator and chairperson and an arbitrator and mediator with New Era ADR a virtual mediation and arbitration platform. She has been listed as a Southwest Super Lawyer in alternative dispute resolution since 2017. Renee is a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, AV rated by Martindale Hubbel and a senior fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. She has been a member of the State Bar's Fee Arbitration Program since 1991 and chaired the Program from 2012-2014. She currently serves on the State Bar's Ethics Advisory Group and on the Executive Council of the State Bar of Arizona's Alternative Dispute Resolution Section.