Remote arbitration hearing

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Today I’m conducting my first remote arbitration hearing. I had tried to persuade several others to hold remote hearings, but they all declined, preferring to postpone. I finally stopped asking. Then I got word that one company and union wanted to have a remote hearing.

It makes total sense. The lawyers are in two different states, and I’m in a third. Considering the two lawyers, the arbitrator, and the location where the grievance arose, we’re looking at four locations separated by 800 miles. The only losers will be the airlines and the hotels.

Although I have spent a lot of time preparing and practicing, doing something like this gives me the jitters. Wish me luck.

By the way, you can read my Protocol for Remote Hearings here.

And here is a video on Remote Arbitration Hearings: https://youtu.be/Fyx_ZU62yN0