Before the heating, during the hearing, and following the hearing -- here is your essential guide to achieving winning results in arbitration. The author, a former labor attorney and employee relations executive, explains the most effective techniques you can use to: - determine what needs to be proven- assemble the evidence- select the arbitrator- present the case in chief- deal with objections- handle adverse witnesses- draft posthearing briefs- and moreYou get step-by-step analysis and advice on formal arbitration procedures, plus guidance on how to adapt your presentation to the arbitrator's individual style.On-point examples throughout the text -- plus sample statements and arguments, forms, checklists, a reading list, and more -- will save you valuable time and streamline your preparation.

"A guidebook for preparing and presenting a case to an arbitrator or board of arbitration"--

A Publication of the American Arbitration Association and the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, Cornell University Arbitration advocates uniformly place great emphasis on case preparation. Case Preparation and Presentation: A Guide for Arbitration Advocates and Arbitrators can be used to help prepare parties and their advocates in a wide range of arbitration cases including labor, employment and commercial arbitrations and will provide lawyers and non-lawyers alike with the focus and direction to maximize their chances of obtaining a good result in arbitration. In this book readers will find coverage on the following topics: • Developing a case theory and case theme • Commencing the arbitration process • Selecting an arbitrator and scheduling the hearing • Evaluating and presenting evidence • Preparing for the arbitration hearing • Conducting the arbitration hearing • Making and responding to objections • Examination and cross-examination of witnesses

For more than two decades, this volume has assisted parties, representatives, & decision makers by revealing the methods arbitrators use to solve the practical & procedural problems they encounter. Packed with information, the Fourth Edition guides you by documenting & analyzing arbitrators' pertinent rulings--& by discussing the courts' actions in judicial review. You get complete coverage of key topics including: * submission of a case to arbitration * suits to compel or to stay arbitration * selection of the arbitrator * challenges to arbitrability * the hearing, evidence, rules of evidence, witnesses, contract interpretation, & burden of proof * remedies awarded by arbitrators * due process considerations, fair representation obligations, standard of review, & vacation * arbitration & the enforcement of statutory rights * arbitration in the non-collective bargaining setting.

This treatise contains a broad array of developments in labor-management dispute resolution.