USC-JAMS Arbitration Institute Judith O. Hollinger ADR Program Second Annual Advanced Arbitration Institute July 26–29, 2017 • USC Gould School of Law Co-Directors: Richard Chernick and Barbara A. Reeves USC Gould and JAMS are pleased to invite you to our Second Annual Advanced Arbitration Institute. Our July 26–29, 2017 program offers newer arbitrators and arbitration advocates the opportunity to learn best practices in complex commercial and consumer arbitrations from the perspectives of both the advocate and the arbitrator. The faculty is composed of highly experienced and respected arbitrators and advocates who will conduct interactive sessions intended to improve your knowledge of arbitration law and procedure and your skill in handling the difficult and sometimes subtle issues that arise in arbitration. Practical exercises address the development of written orders, awards and other documents and present additional opportunities for participants to perform as arbitrators and advocates and receive expert feedback. As take-aways, each learning module includes useful forms, outlines, examples of actual orders, case materials, comprehensive references to applicable statutes, rules and case law. JAMS, a State Bar of California-approved MCLE Provider, certifies that this actively qualifies for Minimum Continuing Legal Education Credit as follows: Day 1 – 6.25 hours; Day 2 – 6.75 hours, Day 3 – 6.75 hours; Day 4 – 5.25 hours (No ethics credit granted) Register Today http://gould.usc.edu/events/arbitration-institute/ General Admission: $2450.00 ($2950.00 after June 30, 2017) JAMS Professionals/Hollinger Sponsors: $1950.00 ($2450.00 after June 30, 2017) Active Judges: $1950.00 Government & Non-profit: $1950.00 Student & Faculty (USC Gould LLM in ADR and MDR students only & USC Gould ADR faculty only): Free Student & Faculty (USC Gould LLM in ADR and MDR students only & USC Gould ADR faculty only) with Lunch: $50.00 Become a sponsor, and support the Judith O. Hollinger ADR Program By becoming a sponsor, you will support the training activities and the larger educational mission of the Judge Judith O. Hollinger Program. You will also receive discounted rates for partners and associates, as well as networking and branding opportunities in the ADR community. For more information, contact [email protected]. A Special Thanks to our Hollinger Program Sponsors Program Schedule WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Registration 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM From Commencement to Preliminary Conference The law of arbitration; arbitrability; arbitration clause drafting; compelling and resisting arbitration; selecting arbitrators and party arbitrator practice. Moderator: Richard Chernick Speakers: Richard Mainland, Jeff Benz, David Huebner, Deborah Saxe and Jules Kabat 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Reception for Faculty and Attendees THURSDAY, JULY 27 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Managing the Arbitration The preliminary conference; provisional and emergency relief; classwide arbitration; information exchange and discovery; e-discovery; summoning third parties; motions (with interactive exercise) and the final status conference; prehearing briefs. Moderator: Barbara Reeves Speakers: Jack Zebrowski, Bruce Friedman, Malcolm Heinicke and Rebecca Callahan and a lunch presentation on issues in international arbitration by Nathan O'Malley FRIDAY, JULY 28 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Managing the Hearing Managing and presenting evidence; opening statements; setting the physical space; logistics; conducting the hearing; witnesses; expert witnesses; documents; controlling the hearing; argument and briefing; fees and costs. Moderator: Barbara Reeves Speakers: Zela Claiborne, Kathy Dickson, Peter Collisson and Fred Bennett and an expert witness demonstration (Experts: Gerald Knapton and Andre Jardini; Counsel: John Wilson and William Donovan and a lunch program on decision-making by Richard Birke SATURDAY, JULY 29 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Awards, Award Writing and Review of Awards (including an award writing exercise). Moderator: Richard Chernick Speakers: John (Jay) McCauley and Jules Kabat Accommodations The USC Radisson Hotel is across the street from the university. A limited number of rooms are available at the rate of $189.00++/night for one or more nights over the conference timeframe. Please indicate that you are a part of the USC ADR Conference/July 2017 in order to request a room at this rate. Radisson Los Angeles Midtown at USC 3540 South Figueroa Street • Los Angeles, CA 90007 • 213.748.4141 USC visitors may prefer to stay in accommodations Downtown (a 10-minute drive from USC) or near the Los Angeles International Airport (a 30 minute drive from USC). Please visit the Los Angeles Convention and Visitor’s Bureau (Discover Los Angeles) for local hotels. Directions and Parking Attendees will have non-hosted parking at Parking Structure X on the USC University Park Campus. The current charge is $12/day. Directions to USC and the parking garage: From downtown Los Angeles, take the 110 Freeway South. Exit at Exposition Blvd. Turn right on Exposition, and then right on Figueroa. (If you are traveling northbound on the 110 Freeway, exit at Exposition and then turn left on Exposition and right on Figueroa). You will see the campus on the left side of the street. Within half a block you will see a street on the left called USC McCarthy Way and a sign for Parking Structure X and Entrance 3. Turn into that driveway (it will be labeled USC McCarthy Way) and stop at the kiosk. Public Transportation The Exposition light rail line travels past USC Gould, stopping at the USC/Expo Park Station. More information can be obtained here (PDF). USC operates a shuttle to and from Union Station (UPC to Union Station). More information can be obtained by visiting USC Transportation. Program Speakers Richard Chernick Co-Director Barbara A. Reeves Co-Director Richard Chernick is vice president Barbara A. Reeves has been a full- and managing director of JAMS’ time neutral with JAMS since 2006, Arbitration Practice. He has conducted following 30 years as a litigator and hundreds of complex arbitrations and corporate counsel. Ms. Reeves is a mediations before major administering fellow with the Chartered Institute institutions, both domestic and of Arbitrators and the College of international. He is a former chair of Commercial Arbitrators, and a former the Dispute Resolution Section of the President of the Association of American Bar Association and the Business Trial Lawyers (Los Angeles founding president of the College of Chapter). Her practice focuses on Commercial Arbitrators. He served as commercial, health care, insurance the ABA’s s advisor to the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act. He teaches coverage, employment, entertainment, intellectual property, arbitration at USC Gould School of Law and currently serves as chair technology, construction, and public law. She is an adjunct professor of the school’s Board of Councilors. at USC Gould School of Law. Fred G. Bennett Jeffrey Benz Fred G. Bennett is a senior partner at Jeffrey Benz, Esq., FCIArb, CEDS, is Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, a nationally recognized expert in the and serves as Global Vice Chair resolution of complex and multi-party and U.S. Chair of its international matters. Mr. Benz has served as a and domestic arbitration practice, neutral in several hundred large and with over 35 years’ experience complex arbitrations and mediations in international and domestic employing various rules and before arbitrations. As advocate, he has the major administering institutions, arbitrated as lead counsel numerous both nationally and internationally. Mr. international cases to award. He has Benz has been outside counsel (both served as arbitrator in many diverse transactional and litigation), inside international and domestic arbitration disputes, under a wide array counsel, and client, and he brings this well-rounded perspective of country-specific rules and international rules. He is a member of on dispute resolution to serving as a neutral. Mr. Benz is available the ICC Commission, with assignments at international, national and for arbitrations, mediations, fact finding, early neutral evaluation, regional levels. He received ILO’s Client Choice Award as outstanding and serving as special master or discovery referee nationwide and U.S. practitioner in arbitration in 2010 and 2014, has been included worldwide. He is a Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS) through the in “Best Lawyers in America”, “Who’s Who in Arbitration”, and is Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists. consistently selected as a “Super Lawyer of Southern California”. Richard Birke Rebecca Callahan Richard Birke is the Executive Rebecca Callahan is on the mediation Director of the JAMS Institute—the and arbitration panels of the American teaching and training arm of JAMS. Arbitration Association, and also In that capacity, Birke leads a team serves as a court-appointed referee of educators and professionals handling discovery, accounting and committed to providing JAMS with valuation disputes. Her experience exceptional internal training, starting covers a broad spectrum of industries with new panelists and continuing and subject matters. Rebecca with the nation’s most experienced received her JD from Cal Berkeley neutrals. Prior to joining JAMS, Birke (Boalt Hall) and her BA from USC. She was a trial lawyer in the greater earned an LL.M. in Dispute Resolution Boston area, a graduate student at Harvard Law, Associate Director from Pepperdine University School of Law / Straus Institute,