{"id":27448,"date":"2022-02-17T18:52:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/?page_id=27448"},"modified":"2022-02-17T18:52:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:52:07","slug":"17-neutrals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/17-neutrals\/","title":{"rendered":"Neutrals Used at the ODRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Neutrals Used at the ODRA<\/h2><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>In practically every matter before the ODRA, the ODRA Director appoints an administrative judge\u00a0to serve as the ADR neutral.\u00a0 In this role, the\u00a0appointed judge\u00a0advises the parties on the use of ADR, helps the parties draft an ADR Agreement, and offers his or her services to serve as mediator, facilitor, or other\u00a0neutral role.\u00a0\u00a0The appointed judge is precluded from\u00a0serving as the adjudicator if the ADR process does not produce a resolution.\u00a0 14 CFR 17.29(b).<\/p>\n<p>The ODRA\u00a0also allows the parties to engage a compensated neutral in addition\u00a0to the ODRA’s own\u00a0appointed ADR neutral.\u00a0\u00a0By regulatory definition, a compensated neutral refers to:<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>. . . an impartial third party chosen by the parties to act as a facilitator, mediator, or arbitrator functioning to resolve the protest or contract dispute under the auspices of the ODRA.\u00a0 The parties pay equally for the services of a compensated neutral, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.\u00a0 An ODRA [dispute resolution officer] or neutral cannot be a compensated neutral.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>14 CFR 17.3(g).\u00a0 Parties\u00a0using a compensated neutral must address in their ADR agreement “how the cost of the neutral’s services will be reimbursed.”\u00a0 14 CFR 17.37(d)(2).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The use of compensated neutrals is rare.\u00a0\u00a0The most likely explanation lies in the\u00a0obvious facts that the\u00a0ODRA’s administrative judges\u00a0are well-versed in the\u00a0FAA’s unique acquisition system,\u00a0and they\u00a0come without additional costs to the parties.\u00a0 Use of compensated neutrals, however, may be appropriate when the parties perceive a conflict of interest, believe that certain technical expertise would be helpful, or perhaps desire a neutral with whom they are familiar.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27194,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27448\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}