| Arbitrator & Referee - Member, National Panel of Neutrals (Commercial), American Arbitration Association (1966 - present); Advanced Arbitrator II Training (2002); Member of Large Complex Case Panel (2003 - present).
- Member of a three-neutral AAA Large Complex Case Panel which decided a high eight-figure claim of 9 years of mismanagement of a California-licensed gaming casino by the U.S. Government. Co-neutrals: California Supreme Court Justice (ret.) Armand Arabian and California Second Appellate District Justice (ret.) (dec. '05) Campbell Lucas (2003 - 04).
- Sole neutral arbitrator for AAA's Commercial Panel in a dispute between a computer software author and an international publisher (2002 - 03).
- Sole neutral arbitrator for AAA's Commercial Panel in a dispute between a medical management consulting organization and a medical service provider organization (2001 - 02).
- Sole neutral arbitrator, AAA's International Center for Dispute Resolution (NYC), in a $1.3 million contract dispute over extras for production by a U.S. special event production company of a one-day televised outdoor entertainment in the Middle East (2000 - 01).
- Party arbitrator in a healthcare insurance industry coverage dispute between a physicians and surgeons malpractice insurance trust and its physician insured. Neutral arbitrator: Richard Chernick; other party arbitrator: Raphael Cotkin (1997).
- Party-selected arbitrator in various commercial realty lease arbitration panels (late 1980s).
- Arbitrator on a three-neutrals AAA Commercial Panel in a 30-day trial of a $7,000,000 requirements contract dispute between a U.S. Navy prime contractor and its iron foundry subcontractor (1984 - 85).
- Arbitrator, Los Angeles County Bar Association mandatory fee arbitration program (1981 - 83).
- Referee, Los Angeles Superior Court Arbitration Program's Business Panel (1979 - 83).
- See below: 16 years' experience as a pro bono referee in the State Bar Court.
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