Local Civil Rules of Court

CIVIL RULE 5 RULES GOVERNING ALL TYPES OF ADR EXCEPT JUDICIAL ARBITRATION

A. OVERVIEW
B. COURT-APPROVED ADR PROVIDERS

A. OVERVIEW

(1) The ADR Administrator has a list of court-approved ADR providers and information about their qualifications, the services they provide, and the fees they charge.

(2) The parties may choose any ADR provider they wish, including a provider who is not on the list of court- approved ADR providers.

(3) The ADR provider need not be an attorney.

(4) All participants in the ADR process must participate in good faith.

(5) In conducting a session, the ADR provider must require the attendance of persons with full authority to resolve the dispute. The provider may not permit a telephone appearance unless good cause was shown in a timely manner before the session.

(6) Unless the ADR provider’s fees and expenses have been fixed by the Court, the parties and the provider must agree on the fees and expenses. The fees and expenses of the ADR provider must be borne by the parties equally, unless they agree otherwise.

B. COURT-APPROVED ADR PROVIDERS

(1) Court approved ADR providers must be available to accept at least one pro bono or modest means case per year.

(2) When an ADR provider is added to the list of court-approved ADR providers, the ADR Administrator will send the following documents to the provider:

a. An ADR Attendance Form;

b. An ADR Provider’s Statement;

c. An ADR Evaluation, to be filled out separately by the parties and their counsel.

(3) At the conclusion of the ADR process, the provider must give copies of the ADR Evaluation to the parties and their counsel. Within the next 10 days, the provider must complete the ADR Attendance Form and the ADR Provider’s Statement and send them to the ADR Administrator.

(Eff. 7/01/02)

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