Factors & Conditions

Time

An arbitration can be concluded in as little as 30 days or as long a year to complete from the time the claim is filed until an award is rendered.  The turnaround time varies, and can be affected by many factors, including the number of parties and witnesses involved, the complexity of the issues, the volume of discovery and the schedules of the parties and arbitrators. The cost of an arbitration case varies and is depended on several factors. Including but not limited to the amount of the claim, the number of hearing sessions, number of discovery motions, and any postponements.

​Cases Heard

SW&L Arbitrator has expertise in most case areas and is available to hear all types of disputes in the following criteria::

For disputes with investors: Cases involving investors and an individual or entity registered with FINRA, such as cases between investors and brokers, between investors and brokerage firms, and between investors and brokers and brokerage firms; For disputes involving financial intuitions, banks, credit unions and financing companies and credit cards disputes.  

Small Businesses disputes where the business officers and/or owners has decided that the business can no longer continue under current conditions.

Employment Disputes: Employment arbitration is a growing field where employers and employee are electing to turn to an alternative dispute resolution programs to avoid a long and inefficient court process with little opportunity to control the outcome.

Civil Rights and Title VII, Discriminations:   Equal employment opportunity cannot be denied any person because of his/her racial group or perceived racial group, his/her race-linked characteristics (e.g., hair texture, color, facial features), or because of his/her marriage to or association with someone of a particular race or color. Title VII also prohibits employment decisions based on stereotypes and assumptions about abilities, traits, or the performance of individuals of certain racial groups. Title VII's prohibitions apply regardless of whether the discrimination is directed at Whites, Blacks, Asians, Latinos, Arabs, Native Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, multi-racial individuals, or persons of any other race, color, or ethnicity. Title VII prohibits not only intentional discrimination, but also neutral job policies that disproportionately affect persons of a certain race or color and that are not related to the job and the needs of the business. Employers should adopt "best practices" to reduce the likelihood of discrimination and to address impediments to equal employment opportunity.

Ø Recruiting, Hiring, and Advancement

Ø Retaliation

Ø Compensation and Other Employment Terms, conditions, and Privileges

Professional Sports:  Over the past decade increasingly emphasis has been placed on using alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to settle variety of sports disputes. Some disputes involve the sports industry or individual athletes, coaches, managers, owners, sponsors and franchises. For example, the American Arbitration Association each year administers hundreds of franchise, joint-venture, and partnership disputes. Some of these involve professional sports, such as disputes over partnership proceeds, termination of sports executives, the sale of a franchise, and payments under executive or partnership agreements.