The retired judges who serve as ArbItRite's Neutrals, and the lawyers who assist them, are all experienced attorneys who have decided cases, represented clients, facilitated transactions, or resolved disputes involving Fortune 500 companies, as well as countless individuals, business entities and organizations of every description. They are the BEST in their field. As such, any attorney or jurist retained by ArbItRite for your case may at one time have decided a case in which you or your adversary were a party, or may even have represented you, or your adversary in some capacity. The attorneys and judges retained by ArbItRite are ordinarily affiliated with law firms, businesses, or organizations that may have current clients or interests adverse to your interests or goals. All ArbItRite Neutrals, and the attorneys who assist them, take a solemn oath, to render justice fully and fairly under the law regardless of the identity or any characteristic or attribute of the parties who submit their disputes to ArbItRite. In addition to that undertaking, ArbItRite has adopted procedures such asredactionto ensure that the identity of the parties appearing before our Neutrals is not known to them. If a party's identity is not known to the Arbitrator it cannot effect the decision-making process. See e.g.,Toroyan v Barrett, 495 F.Supp2d 346 (S.D.N.Y 20007). ArbItRite's confidential staff reviews all submissions to ensure that redaction is complete, and after an Opinion is rendered your Case Coordinator compiles the Arbitration Award (if requested) that can be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. As such justice can be rendered impartially, without favor, bias or prejudice of any kind, based upon the merits alone.
If you are unable to redact your documents your ArbItRite Coordinator will redact your documents for an additional fee .
ArbItRite's general policy of anonymity, and its specific requirement for redacted documents is designed to eliminate the possibility that one of our Neutrals will have a conflict of interest, or potential conflict of interest, e.g., because he or she may have represented one of the parties in the past. Anonymity ensures that since the judge who renders your decision will not know the identity of any party s/he cannot be biased by any facet of your identity be it, race, creed, origin, prior affiliation, or any other invidious factor, In the unlikely event that the identity of any party is inadvertently disclosed to, or otherwise discerned by one of our Neutrals, they have each agreed to recuse themselves immediately, and will be replaced by another equally qualified jurist at no cost to the parties or delay in proceedings. Accordingly, parties to ArbItRite proceedings waive any potential conflict of interest as part of theSubmission Agreement.