Arbitration
Reasoned awards from a trial-tested arbitrator.
AAA Commercial Panel (2024) and Consumer Panel (since 2021), with deep experience in clickwrap and browsewrap, Magnuson-Moss, FCRA and state equivalents, and AI/Cyber matters. Matters often involve Delaware law. Available as sole arbitrator or panel member.
Subject Matter
Where this practice concentrates.
Commercial Contract Disputes
Breach, interpretation, and enforcement of complex commercial agreements; indemnity and warranty disputes.
Consumer Contracts
Clickwrap and browsewrap enforceability, terms of service, subscription and refund disputes.
Magnuson-Moss & Warranty
Federal and state warranty matters, including lemon-law and warranty-of-merchantability disputes.
FCRA & Credit Reporting
Fair Credit Reporting Act and state-equivalent disputes between consumers, furnishers, and bureaus.
AI & Cyber
AI-enabled product disputes, data-handling and security failures, and emerging-technology contract conflicts.
General Commercial
Distribution, professional services, technology licensing, and other business-to-business disputes.
How It Runs
A predictable arbitration timeline.
Parties get a clear roadmap at the preliminary hearing and a firm schedule for the award. Motions are heard promptly; discovery is proportional; the hearing record is complete.
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Initial conflict check and engagement letter
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Preliminary hearing: scheduling order, discovery scope, motion practice
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Disciplined pre-hearing management — exhibits, witness lists, briefing
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Hearing virtually (or in person when the parties prefer)
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Reasoned award delivered on a defined schedule
Appointments
Routes to engagement.
- AAA appointment from the Commercial or Consumer panel
- Party-selected sole arbitrator in ad hoc proceedings
- Party-appointed arbitrator on three-member panels
- Contractual designation in dispute-resolution clauses