ABA CLE | Chicago July 31 | Arbitration: Has It Fulfilled Its Promises?

Attending the 2009 ABA Annual Meeting? you might find the following event of interest:

Please join us for the 2009 ABA Annual Meeting at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago where the Section of Litigation’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee will present:

Arbitration: Has It Fulfilled Its Promises?
Friday, July 31, 2009, 2:00 – 3:30 pm

Moderator: Edward Mullins, Astigarra Davis Mullins & Grossman, P.A., Miami, Florida

Panelists will include:
• Lawrence Schaner, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill.
• Preston Pugh, Pugh, Jones, Johnson & Quandt, P.C., Chicago, Ill.
• Deepak Gupta, Public Citizen, Wash. D.C.

The panel will explore recent efforts to curtail arbitration in Congress and the courts and then includes a frank, candid discussion of whether arbitration is meeting its promises for litigants. Panelists include an experienced international arbitration practitioner, former in house counsel for GE, and a well-known consumer rights advocate.

Find out more about the ABA 2009 Annual Meeting here. The 2009 ABA Program Book is here and the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Program is here.