Common use of Selection of the Arbitrators Clause in Contracts

Selection of the Arbitrators. The arbitrators shall be selected as follows: JAMS shall give each party a list of 11 arbitrators drawn from its panel of employment dispute arbitrators from the state of Arkansas. Each party may strike all names on the list it deems unacceptable. If only three common names remain on the lists of both parties, those individuals shall be designated as the Arbitrators. If more than three common names remain on the lists of both parties, the parties shall strike names alternately from the list of common names until only three remain. The party who did not initiate the claim shall strike first. If no common name exists on the lists of both parties, JAMS shall furnish an additional list and the process shall be repeated. If the arbitrators have been selected after two lists have been distributed, then the parties shall strike alternately from a third list, with the party initiating the claim striking first, until only three names remain. Those persons shall be designated as the arbitrators. Striking decisions must be made and communicated to the other party and JAMS within 10 calendar days after the date of the transmittal communication relaying the arbitrators remaining for selection. In the event a party does not make a timely strike, the other party may select the arbitrators from the names remaining.