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Judicial officials appoint both defense and plaintiff attorneys to serve in arbitration pools.
Both sides can remove attorneys from the pool to ensure an arbitrator is objective and fair. In the last five years, an average of 2,700 cases have been filed in King County each year. More than 97 percent of these cases were settled under King County's mandatory arbitration program. This bill has been endorsed by attorneys and judges statewide. Both the King and Pierce County bar associations have conducted studies that concluded modest amendments to the current system would best serve the public.