GUEST-POST | Key Mistakes Good Litigators Make in Arbitration | Omaha, Oct. 19, 2012

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Let me call your attention to an exciting-full day Arbitration seminar to be hosted by Creighton Law School on Friday, October 19, 2012.

I anticipate the attendees will be a mixture of practicing advocates as well as practicing arbitrators.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided, so the opportunity to network, enjoy camaraderie, and share skills and ideas, will be abundant.

The location is, admittedly, Omaha. Here are three things to be said about Omaha: it is centrally located; it has the most user-friendly airport in the world (7 minutes from the Law School); and its pleasant hotels will not make you feel gouged. Three of the five panelists will be traveling from elsewhere to be part of this.

For those interested in a rewarding “two-fer,” one of the panelists, Richard (“Collin”) Mangrum, author of Mangrum on Evidence, and the finest trainer on the topic of expert testimony presentation in the nation, will be doing an all-day seminar on that topic the previous day — October 18. His expected turn-out: about 100.

Please pass on the word to any who may be interested. I look forward to your coming.

Best regards,

Jay McCauley

John (Jay) McCauley, Esq., is a Resident Professor and Chair of the Arbitration Program at The Werner Institute at Creighton Law School. He has been a commercial arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association since 1998, where he serves on the Large Complex Case and Employment Panels. He has been appointed as an arbitrator in more than 130 cases, including multiple cases whose amount in controversy ranges from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dollars in dispute, and whose parties are represented by leading advocates throughout the nation. Jay is an honors graduate of Harvard Law School, a former litigation partner of a large, Los Angeles based, international law firm, a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators, and a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. He is on the editorial staff for the “Arbitration Hearing” chapter of the third edition of the College of Commercial Arbitrators Guide to Best Practices in Arbitration. He has been continuously listed for the past six years as a Southern California Super Lawyer and has been included The Best Lawyers in America for the field of ADR for several years. As an arbitrator, he follows the practice of adhering even-handedly to the ethos of the Rule of Law, in the more congenial and “user friendly” atmosphere of the arbitration hearing.