Sponsored by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Delaware State Bar Association 

3.0 Hours of CLE credit including 0.5 Hours in Enhanced Ethics for Delaware and Pennsylvania Attorneys

CLE is a HYBRID CLE.  You may register for this event as a live participant or by Zoom.  Even if you register as a live participant, you will receive a Zoom link by email immediately which you may disregard if not attending by Zoom. (Check spam folders if you do not.) If you are going to attend the live session, you will report to the venue and check in.  Only live attendees will receive live CLE credits after 12/31/2022.

Planning your Next Arbitration: Best Practices and Pitfalls 2021

9:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m.
Presentation of The 2021 Kimmel-Thynge Award
to David A. White, Esquire

Presented By:
Laura F. Browning, Esquire
Laura Forsythe Browning, Mediation & Arbitration
Chair of the ADR Section of the Delaware State Bar Association
Bernard G. Conaway, Esquire
Conaway-Legal LLC
Secretary of the ADR Section of the Delaware State Bar Association

Moderator:
Laura F. Browning, Esquire
Laura Forsythe Browning, Mediation & Arbitration
Chair of the ADR Section of the Delaware State Bar Association

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Choosing Your Next Arbitrator: Private Arbitrations vs. Administered Arbitrations

Panelists:
William D. Johnston, Esquire
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP
Brian M. Gottesman, Esquire
Gabell Beaver LLC
Bernard G. Conaway, Esquire
Conaway-Legal LLC
Jeffrey M. Weiner, Esquire
Law Offices of Jeffrey M. Weiner PA

10:00 a.m. -10: 30 a.m.
Determining What Issues are Arbitrable and the Scope of the Arbitrator’s Powers

Panelists:
Brian M. Gottesman, Esquire
Gabell Beaver LLC
William D. Johnston, Esquire
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP
Bernard G. Conaway, Esquire
Conaway-Legal LLC
Kathryn R. Fry, Esquire
Offit Kurman, Attorneys at Law

10:30 a.m. -10:45 a.m.
Break

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Best Practices & Pitfalls to Avoid When Drafting Your Next Arbitration Clause

Panelists:
Bernard G. Conaway, Esquire
Conaway-Legal LLC
William D. Johnston, Esquire
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP
Kathryn R. Fry, Esquire
Offit Kurman, Attorneys at Law
Brian M. Gottesman, Esquire
Gabell Beaver LLC

11:15 a.m. -12:15 p.m.
Case Law Update and Arbitration Trends

Panelists:
William D. Johnston, Esquire
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP
Brian M. Gottesman, Esquire
Gabell Beaver LLC
Bernard G. Conaway, Esquire
Conaway-Legal LLC

12:15 p.m.- 12:45 p.m.
Ethical Considerations in Arbitration

Panelists
David A. White, Esquire
Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Office of the Disciplinary Counsel
William D. Johnston, Esquire
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP
Brian M. Gottesman, Esquire
Gabell Beaver LLC
Bernard G. Conaway, Esquire
Conaway-Legal LLC

REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND RATES

This CLE will be conducted live and via Zoom. To register, visit www.dsba.org/cle and select this seminar, choosing whether you wish to attend live or by Zoom.  If registering for EITHER method, you will receive an email back from Zoom immediately providing you with the correct login information. If attending by zoom and you do not receive this email, contact DSBA via email: reception@dsba.org. The Supreme Court of the State of Delaware Commission on Continuing Legal Education cannot accept phone conferencing only. You must attend through a device that allows DSBA to obtain your Bar ID in order to receive CLE Credit. Your attendance will be automatically monitored beginning at the scheduled start time and will be completed when the CLE has ended. If you enter or leave the seminar after or before the scheduled star t /end time, you will receive credit only for the time you attended. Your
CLE credits will be submitted to the Delaware and Pennsylvania Commissions on CLE, as usual.

Naturally, if you attend the seminar live, you must sign in and we will use your attendance as the means for reporting the live credit.

* advertised price is for the standard member rate.

OUT OF STATE CLE CREDIT INFO

Those attendees who wish to receive CLE credit, other than from Delaware or Pennsylvania, should contact their individual State’s CLE Commission for credit. The Delaware State Bar Association can provide you with the Agenda (included in the Materials sent with your registration confirmation) and a Certificate of Attendance (upon completion of the webinar), which should meet the requirements of compliance.

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