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 the FOURTH QUARTER OF 2008 includes hearing rubber-stamped 'Arbitration Award' from October 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008.
Without any more fanfare- here is the list! Source: The National Arbitration Forum 1281.96 filings.
The King of the (s)Hill Arbitrator Award for q4 2008 goes to National Arbitration Forum Arbitrator James Knotter!!!!
Rounding out the WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 FOR Q4 2008:
James Knotter
Victor Waid
Ronald Kahn
Steven Schneider
Urs Martin Lauchli
Joseph Nardulli
Adrienne Jennings
Coralie Kupfer
Daniel Yamshon
Robert McMillan
Anita Shapiro
Jerome Posell
Venetta Tassopulos
David Makous
Stephen Blumberg
Patrick Huang
Kendall Reed
John Carson
Robert Smith
John Rosenberg
Mandel Himelstein
Kenneth Yaeger
Maurice Lewitt
John Csia
Robert Niemann
Sally Williams
Stephanie Bolden
Elizabeth Moreno
Jeanne Zimmer
Lawrence Crispo
R. Schoettler
Rebecca Mocciaro
Joe Henderson
G. Dennis Halkides
Michael Harrison
Hadden Roth
Elizabeth Tippin
Nancy Beardsley
Eric Van Ginkel
Thomas Hogan
P. Kirwin
Guenter Cohn
Kenan Oldham
Thomas Marshall
Gerald Vinnard