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 Q1 2006 includes hearings rubber-stamped 'Arbitration Award' from January 1, 2006 to March 31, 2006.
Without any more fanfare- here is the list! Source: The National Arbitration Forum 1281.96 filings.
The 2005 Annual King of the (s)Hill Arbitrator award goes to National Arbitration Forum Arbitrator Steven Schneider!!!
A special "Wrongful Arbitration Honorable Mention" goes to Orange County Superior Court Judge Steve Bromberg, #5 on the WRONGFUL ARBITRATION ANNUAL Top 50 List FOR 2005! (We wonder how many arbitration awards he gets to Confirm when he gets to the bench!)
The WRONGFUL ARBITRATION ANNUAL TOP 50 LIST FOR 2005 FOLLOWS:
Steven Schneider
Joseph Nardulli
Kendall Reed
Sheldon Michaels
Steven Bromberg
Joe Henderson
Stephen Blumberg
David Makous
James Knotter
Carol Medof
Urs Martin Lauchli
Victor Waid
Jonathan Krotinger
Ronald Kahn
Robert McMillan
Bradley Webb
Venetta Tassopulos
Stephen Biersmith
Anita Shapiro
Patrick Huang
Adrienne Jennings
Sally Williams
Jeffery Carlson
Coralie Kupfer
Colin Wied
Samuel Jackson
Eve Wagner
Robert Niemann
Howard Gould
Alan Halkett
Douglas Noll
John Carson
Robert Bosso
L. Boden
Arthur Berggren
Jeff Ferentz
Sandra Shapiro
George Lasezkay
Herbert Katz
Arnold Wuhrman
Thomas Hogan
Robert Briggs
John (Jay) McCauley
Mitchell Lathrop
Richard Wharton
Hadden Roth
Mark Topper
Michael Doland
Morton Orenstein
Mandel Himelstein