Both Steven Neuner and Joanne Ventura are mediators with years of experience and extensive training. Both serve on the mediation panel for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. Joanne Ventura serves the Superior Court of New Jersey as a family law mediator and Steven Neuner serves that court as a civil mediator and foreclosure mediator.

What exactly is arbitration dispute resolution?

Arbitration is a formal process - similar to litigation - but where the hearing is in private in front of a nominated third party, the arbitrator, who makes a binding decision. The arbitrator is not a court judge but rather an industry-specific expert or otherwise well-qualified individual who both parties agree is suitable for resolving their dispute.

Arbitration is a legally based process that involves much of the procedure and type of argument that occurs in a court trial. However, arbitration is private. Like a court trial, it is concerned much more with fair treatment of the parties involved than achieving a precise legal agreement.

Advantages of arbitration:

The parties can choose who is to be their arbitrator, meaning they can choose a person with the particular expertise involved in their dispute
The process is private and confidential to the parties and the arbitrator
An arbitration may be held anywhere that is convenient, at any suitable time.
Arbitration is flexible. Its procedure can be tailored to a particular dispute to make the best use of time whilst still ensuring a proper consideration of the matters in dispute
An arbitrator's award can be enforced over all other dispute resolution methods (except litigation and arbitration) just like a court judgment, provided it follows a properly written arbitration agreement. Further, it can be enforced in another country, if that country is one of 140 that have adopted the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Awards.

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