Common use of Selection of Neutral Clause in Contracts

Selection of Neutral. Mediation hearings and arbitration hearings shall be conducted before a single neutral selected using the processes specified in the American Arbitration Association’s Commercial Mediation Rules and Commercial Arbitration Rules, respectively. In the case of mediation, the Parties will submit a Request for Mediation to the American Arbitration Association and the Association will choose and appoint a mediator to assist the Parties. In the case of arbitration, the Parties will use the AAA’s listing process pursuant to which the AAA administrator will provide each Party with a list of proposed arbitrators. Each Party will then strike any names they deem to be unacceptable, number the remaining names in order of preference, and return the list to the Association. The AAA will ask arbitrators to serve from among those names remaining on the list, in the designated order of mutual preference.

Selection of Neutral. Mediation hearings and arbitration hearings shall be conducted before a single neutral selected using the processes specified in the American Arbitration Association’s Commercial Mediation Rules and Commercial Arbitration Rules, respectively. In the case of mediation, the Parties parties will submit a Request for Mediation to the American Arbitration Association and the Association will choose and appoint a mediator to assist the Partiesparties. In the case of arbitration, the Parties parties will use the AAA’s listing process pursuant to which the AAA administrator will provide each Party party with a list of proposed arbitrators. Each Party party will then strike any names they deem to be unacceptable, number the remaining names in order of preference, and return the list to the Association. The AAA will ask arbitrators to serve from among those names remaining on the list, in the designated order of mutual preference.