Remote Proceedings: Strategies and Pitfalls
Thursday August 6, 4 – 5:30 pm ET
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Chair: Tina Cicchetti, BBA, LLB, Independent Arbitrator, Vancouver Arbitration Chambers
Stephanie Cohen, BA, JD, FCIArb, Independent Arbitrator
Jonathan Lisus, LLB, Partner, Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP
Sarah Mohamed, BA, JD, Director of Legal Innovation at Arbitration Place
- Addressing objections and fairness issues
- Institutional rules and responses.
- Statutory standards and ad hoc arbitration.
- Comparing platforms.
- Addressing security issues.
- Evolving technology.
- Technical competence: counsel and arbitrators.
- Use of third party service providers.
- Witness participation.
- The arbitration record.
Tina Cicchetti, BBA, LLB, Independent Arbitrator, Vancouver Arbitration Chambers
Tina is a leading Canadian arbitration practitioner based in Dallas, Texas. Tina practices as an independent Resident Neutral at Vancouver Arbitration Chambers (VAC) and is also a Member Arbitrator at Arbitration Place in Toronto. She has served as sole arbitrator and tribunal chair in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations and is on the rosters of the ICDR, BCICAC, JCAA and a CPR Distinguished Neutral.
Tina is active in the arbitration community. She is the Chair of the International Arbitration Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (ICC Canada), a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, a board member of the Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society (WCCAS), a former President and a current Advisory Board member of the Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners (YCAP), a member of the California International Arbitration Council’s Board (CIAC), and a member of the ICDR Canadian Advisory Committee. She is a member of the ITA Board of Reporters (Canada) and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Canadian Journal of Commercial Arbitration.
Stephanie Cohen, BA, JD, FCIArb, Independent Arbitrator
Stephanie is a Canadian international arbitrator based in New York City. She is admitted to practice law in both New York and Ontario, Canada, and is a member of arbitrator rosters for the ICDR and the AAA, as well as a CPR Distinguished Neutral. She has practiced exclusively as an arbitrator since 2012, serving as tribunal chair, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator, and emergency arbitrator in matters governed by ICC, ICDR, AAA, UNCITRAL and Society of Maritime Arbitrators rules. Previously, Stephanie was Counsel in the international arbitration and commercial litigation practice groups at White & Case LLP in New York. Stephanie is recognized by Who’s Who Legal – Future Leaders as a “top arbitrator” with an “excellent reputation universally,” and is ranked as an arbitrator in Chambers Global and Chambers USA. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Vice Chair of its New York Branch, Co-Chair of New York Arbitration Week 2020, a member of the ICCA-NYC Bar-CPR Working Group on Cybersecurity, and of the ICC Commission. For more information, please visit www.cohenarbitration.com.
Jonathan Lisus, LLB, Partner, Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP
Clients trust Jonathan to handle their most difficult and complex problems. He has earned a reputation as “one of the best litigators in the country” (Chambers Canada), “an extremely creative and brilliant lawyer”, a “hard hitting litigator” (Chambers Global, Chambers Canada), and "a real dynamo, who can pretty much try anything." (Benchmark Litigation)
Jonathan is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is a Member at Large of the Chief Justice of Ontario’s Advisory Committee on Professionalism, appointed by the Chief Justice and the Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Jonathan is recognized in Band-1 Litigation by Chambers Canada and has the highest possible ratings from Martindale Hubbell, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation and L’expert. Recently, Jonathan was named Canada's 2020 Trial Lawyer of the Year by Benchmark Litigation.
Jonathan’s practice focuses on complex commercial and constitutional litigation. He has tried in excess of 75 cases to judgement in areas including medical malpractice, financial services, franchise, professional liability, infrastructure, shareholder and oppression disputes and criminal law. He has argued over 40 appeals including in the Supreme Court of Canada. He maintains a broad trial and appellate practice in the Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada and regularly appears as Special Counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
Sarah Mohamed, BA, JD, Director of Legal Innovation at Arbitration Place
Sarah is the Director of Legal Innovation at Arbitration Place, where she oversees the development and delivery of Arbitration Place Virtual (APV), a technology-driven service offering, providing neutral legal technology specialists who manage and facilitate virtual hearings and virtual proceedings on behalf of parties and adjudicators, using the technology-based solutions created by Arbitration Place. APV is currently leading the charge for the transition to completely remote-based dispute resolution offerings during COVID-19.
Sarah has extensive expertise in legal technology product development and legal technology consulting. Before joining Arbitration Place, Sarah worked as a Senior Consultant with the artificial intelligence (AI) practice of a major international consulting firm, where she worked as the Product Owner and Subject Matter Expert for the development of the AI component of a legal contract management software, while also managing support for clients using the technology.
In addition to this experience, Sarah worked as a Legal Knowledge Engineering Associate for another leading contract review legal technology company, and as an Assistant Project Manager in eDiscovery legal consulting (involving the use of technology, AI, and document management optimization in the delivery of legal services) for various prominent companies. Prior to focusing on the development of legal technology (and the delivery of technology-based legal services) developing and delivering legal technology, Sarah worked at a premier international law firm, as well in boutique legal practice, focusing on litigation as well as commercial matters.
Sarah is a former practicing lawyer and graduated with a J.D. degree from Osgoode Hall Law School.
Professional Development Accreditation:
- ADRIC designation holders earn 3 Continuing Education & Engagement (CEE) points
- CPD accreditation received to date for this webinar (pending from other Law Societies across Canada):
- Law Society of British Columbia: 1.5 hours
- Law Society of New Brunswick: 1.5 hours
- Law Society of Ontario: This program contains 1 hour and 30 minutes of Professionalism Content.
- Law Society of Saskatchewan: 1.5 hours
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