Recommendations For Arbitrator Selection These recommendations are based on suggestions made by practitioners at the many continuing education programs I have either chaired or been a panelist on and from my own experience in arbitrator selection when representing...
Selecting Arbitrators – Part 2
FINRA's Reclassification of Arbitrators Overview Who sits in judgment? What are their qualifications? How involved have they been in the securities industry? Since the 1980s, when securities arbitration changed from a voluntary to a mandatory process, practitioners,...
Selecting Arbitrators – Part 1
The best chance your client has to prevail in a FINRA securities arbitration is not necessarily dependent on the merits of the case but on the arbitrators selected by the parties to decide the case. Like the voir dire process of jury selection, there is an art to...