AAA-ICDR Filing Considerations

The process for filing a case with the AAA-ICDR^® and preparing for a dispute remains the same.

Although each dispute is different, the typical AAA^® Commercial dispute takes approximately
258-288 days from Filing to receiving the Award. Please see below for the AAA Arbitration Roadmap for Commercial Disputes depicting the well-defined set of steps by which most commercial cases proceed from Filing and Initiation to Information Exchange & Preparation.

On average, it takes 222 days–or 75% of the process–to reach the hearing stage. The infographic below shows that the first four steps of the process happen without any face-to-face meetings.
So, a case filed in April most likely will not have a hearing until the middle of November.

It is important to note, however, that only about one-third of these cases filed with the AAA-ICDR will reach the hearing stage. Nearly two-thirds of disputes filed with us settle prior to the first hearing, many of which without accruing any arbitrator compensation.

The AAA-ICDR believes that settling disputes helps preserve the business relationship, in addition to lowering costs. And if a settlement is not in the offing, parties only will benefit from getting the process going. The third of the cases that do move on will not have missed a beat.

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Featured Panelists


Catharine Biggs Arrowood Parker Poe North Carolina United States	Hugh J. Bell, Jr. Henning Mediation & Arbitration Services, Inc. Georgia United States	Raymond G. Bender Independent Arbitrator & Mediator Washington D.C. United States	Fred G. Bennett Quinn Emanuel California United States

Marc Borello Independent Arbitrator & Mediator Roquefort les Pins France	Thomas Brewer Independent Arbitrator Washington United States	Gerry F. Doyle Doyle & Bachman Washington D.C. United States	Allen B. Green Dentons Washington D.C. United States

Hon. Faith S. Hochberg Judge Hochberg ADR New York United States	Kathryn J. Humphrey Dykema Michigan United States	Paul Klaas Independent Arbitrator & Mediator Minneapolis United States	Steve Koh Perkins Coie Washington United States

Sharon L. Larkin Larkin Ferrell Washington D.C. United States	Pamela Meredith Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger Washington D.C. United States	Elliot Polebaum Independent Arbitrator Washington D.C. United States	Kara M. Sacilotto Wiley Rein Washington D.C. United States

Lawrence Schaner Schaner Dispute Resolution Illinois United States	Lester Schiefelbein Independent Arbitrator & Mediator California United States	Milton “Skip” Smith Sherman & Howard Colorado United States	Stephen Smith Independent Arbitrator Colorado United States

Edna Sussman Sussman ADR New York United States	Wolf von Kumberg Independent Arbitrator & Mediator London United Kingdom	Kellye L. Walker Huntington Ingalls Industries Virginia United States	Richard Ziegler Jenner & Block New York United States

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Business Continuity. We have previously incorporated business continuity planning into our operations, and we have updated that planning on a continuing basis so that we can continue our work as seamlessly as possible under circumstances such as the spread of COVID-19.

Focus on security. We have implemented best practices, technologies and procedures to help protect data and technology resources. The protections implements apply to all case data and equipment stored and managed on the AAA-ICDR’s vast technology infrastructure.

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