Colorado and Federal Arbitration Law and Practice
March 2017
Colorado and Federal Arbitration Law and Practice
What You Will Learn:
- Learn to competently represent a client in a private arbitration matter.
- Learn the best practices for moving cases to and through arbitration hearings through the use of hypothetical vignettes that bring the process to life.
- Acquire information from experienced arbitrators bringing decades of experience.
Colorado and Federal Arbitration Law and Practice focuses on the law of conventional, tried-and-true alternative dispute resolution processes that usually will resolve disputes economically, justly, speedily, and efficiently.
Agenda:
8:30 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Welcome
9:10 am
Introduction to Arbitration
- Program purpose
- Nature of “commercial” or “private” arbitration, and how it differs from “judicial” or “court-annexed” arbitration
- Introduction of the program hypothetical
9:30 am
Overview of United States Arbitration Statutes, and Why they Matter
- Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”)
- Uniform Arbitration Act (“UAA”)
- Revised Uniform Arbitration Act (“RUAA”)
- Significance of which arbitration act applies to your case or dispute
9:40 am
Pros and Cons of Private Arbitration
10:00 am
Pros and Cons of “Administered” versus “Ad hoc” or “Non-Administered” Arbitrations
10:10 am
Networking Break
10:20 am
Commencing an Arbitration Proceeding – Practical “How Tos,” Tips, and Suggestions
- How to prepare a claimant’s Demand for Arbitration
- How to prepare a respondent’s Answering Statement
- Strategies for minimizing administrative fees and costs
- Arbitrators’ disclosure duties and obligations
- Arbitration discovery strategies, tactics, and opportunities
11:20 am
Drafting Good Arbitration Clauses
11:50 am
Lunch (on your own)
1:00 pm
Common Arbitration Vignettes, Scenarios, and Situations
- Motions to Compel and/or Stay Arbitration
- Dismissal of the lawsuit when its claims are subject to arbitration?
- Enforceability of arbitration clause in agreement allegedly procured by fraudulent misrepresentations?
- What happens when some claims in a lawsuit are subject to private arbitration and others are not?
- Practical things to consider when bringing or opposing a Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay a Lawsuit
- Consolidation of separate commercial arbitration proceedings?
- Availability of an injunction as “interim” or “emergency” relief in private arbitration?
- Availability of provisional remedies (e.g., garnishment, attachment, or replevin) or the appointment of a receiver in private arbitration?
- Waiver of right to arbitrate upon seeking provisional remedy?
2:30 pm
Networking Break
2:40 pm
Common Arbitration Vignettes, Scenarios, and Situations (Continued)
- Issuance of discovery Subpoena Duces Tecum in arbitration?
- Dispositive motions – Can a party summarily dispose of an arbitration matter by a motion to dismiss or a motion for summary judgment?
- What happens when a party to an arbitration doesn’t pay its arbitration fees, costs, or expenses or the arbitrator’s fees?
- Common evidentiary issues and situations at the arbitration hearing
- Amending claims and asserting new claims
- Determination and award of attorneys’ fees
- Post-award court confirmation proceedings
4:10 pm
Arbitration Procedural Points
4:40 pm
Adjourn
Presented by Robert E. Benson, Esq., L. Tyrone "Ty" Holt, Esq., and Mark E. Lassiter, Esq.
Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $588.00 |
| CBA Member | $539.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Partner | $269.00 |
| CLE Basic Pass Holder | $199.00 |
| CLE ELITE Pass Holder | $199.00 |
- General Credits: 7.00
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Sponsor Information
- Call-out: Each attendee receives a copy of the new edition of "Colorado and Federal Arbitration Law and Practice" by Robert E. Benson!