Thursday, Jan 13th
8 a.m PST| 11 a.m EST
Offered by Will Work For Food and moderated by Jeff Kichaven (www.JeffKichaven.com ) and Jean Lawler (www.LawlerADR.com)
This worldwide conversation will be like nothing else. Join in! Share, learn, have fun.
Please consider donating to Mr. Gothelf and Mr. Zaino’s preferred food bank,
San Francisco - Marin Food Bank.
Our special guests this week will be Aaron Gothelf & Jeffrey T. Zaino, presenting:
Being a Mediator/Arbitrator on an ADR Provider's Panel
AAA Regional Vice Presidents Aaron Gothelf and Jeffrey Zaino will discuss what it's like being a Mediator/Arbitrator on an ADR Provider's Panel. They will be discussing critical topics like:
How to get onto the AAA panel?
How do Panelists get cases?
How Panelists can market their practices?
Social media and disclosure policies.
Current trends in domestic arbitration.
Aaron Gothelf, Esq. is Vice President of the American Arbitration Association’s Commercial Division for the Pacific Region, overseeing California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. He serves as the National Chair of AAA’s Entertainment Dispute Resolution Advisory Council, and the Western U.S. Chair for AAA’s Healthcare Dispute Resolution Advisory Council. Prior to joining AAA, Aaron was the Northern California Regional Director for Judicate West, a leading provider of mediation and arbitration services in California.
Aaron currently serves as Vice Chair of the ABA’s Forum on the Entertainment & Sports Industries, Motion Pictures, Television, Cable and Radio Division. Educational Programming Officer of the ABA’s Dispute Resolution Section. Co-Chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco's (BASF) Barristers Club Social Events & Networking Committee. Is a member of the Barristers Club Annual Meeting Committee, and is on the Advisory Board for the USC Gould School of Law Institute on Entertainment Law and Business. He holds a BA and MA from the University of Southern California, a J.D. from the City University of New York School of Law, and a Mediation Certificate from the Bar Association of San Francisco. Aaron was a 2019 recipient of BASF’s Barrister of the Year Award.
Jeffrey T. Zaino, Esq. is the Vice President of the Commercial Division of the American Arbitration Association in New York. He oversees administration of the large, complex commercial caseload, user outreach, and panel of commercial neutrals in New York. He joined the Association in 1990. Mr. Zaino is dedicated to promoting ADR methods and services.
His professional affiliations include the American Bar Association (Dispute Resolution and Business Law Sections), Connecticut Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, New York State Bar Association (Dispute Resolution Section - Executive Committee Member and Chair of the Blog Committee; Commercial & Federal Litigation Section, Chair of the Arbitration and ADR Committee), New York City Bar Association (Member of the Arbitration Committee and Affiliate Member of the ADR Committee), Board of Advisors of the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, New York Law School ADR Advisory Committee, American Bankruptcy Institute, and Westchester County Bar Association.
He has also written and published extensively on the topics of election reform and ADR, including several podcasts with the ABA, TalksOnLaw, and Corporate Counsel Business, and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and Bloomberg to discuss national election reform efforts and the Help America Vote Act. He was deemed a 2018 Alternative Dispute Resolution Champion by the National Law Journal and received awards for his ADR work from the National Academy of Arbitrators, Region 2 and Long Island Labor and Employment Relations Association.