Since 2003, California law requires providers of consumer-related arbitration to disclose activities. The section of the California Code of Civil Procedure is 1281.96.
This list ranks the TOP 50 so-called 'neutral' arbitrators employed by the National Arbitration Forum. They are listed in order of their 'Hearing Volume'. The record analyzed for the WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 LIST FOR 2008 includes hearing rubber-stamped 'Arbitration Award' from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008.
Without any more fanfare- here is the list! Source: The National Arbitration Forum 1281.96 filings.
The Winner of the King of the (s)Hill Arbitrator Annual Award for 2008 goes to National Arbitration Forum arbitrator Victor Waid!!!!!
Rounding out the WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 LIST FOR 2008:
Victor Waid
James Knotter
Steven Schneider
Urs Martin Lauchli
Coralie Kupfer
Joseph Nardulli
Ronald Kahn
Anita Shapiro
Sally Williams
Venetta Tassopulos
Adrienne Jennings
Joe Henderson
Yolanda Jackson
Arnold Wuhrman
Robert McMillan
David Makous
Sheldon Michaels
Robert Briggs
Paul DeCicco
Daniel Yamshon
Patrick Huang
Jerome Posell
Jeffery Carlson
Kendall Reed
Michael Timpane
Stephen Blumberg
Jonathan Krotinger
Lawrence Crispo
Jeffrey Paris
Douglas Noll
Carol Medof
Elizabeth Moreno
Robert Niemann
Maurice Lewitt
John Carson
Robert Smith
W. Wailes
Michael White
Arthur Berggren
Fred Butler
Richard Wharton
R. Schoettler
John Rosenberg
Douglas Haydel
Guenter Cohn
Richard Burstein
L. Boden
Kenneth Yaeger
David Haberbush
George Lasezkay