Go to the Neutral Evaluator Panel List. The parties select a neutral who works with them to customize an appropriate dispute resolution process to meet their particular needs. Special Master sessions can include elements of mediation, arbitration, litigation, and neutral evaluation. Special Master processes can include such things as settlement conferences with a member of our Settlement Master panel, Discovery Referees to assist in resolving discovery disputes in complex cases, Judges Pro Tem to serve as an adjudicator, Private Judges for private mini-trials, or any custom process the parties want to design. Go to Special Master Panel List.
Judges find that many litigants are willing to try an early settlement mechanism if one is provided.
There is consensus among the judges that CADRe s options should be guided by its users - the litigants. After the initial Case Management Conference at the court s discretion the attorneys and the other involved parties may be required to contact the CADRe office for an informational conference to discuss appropriate dispute resolution options for their case. In other cases, the decision to select a CADRe process will be left to the parties. In these cases, the parties will compensate the neutral at the neutral s published market rates. Under the current timing guidelines the parties have 10 days to agree on a CADRe process, select a neutral from the CADRe panel lists , contact the neutral, set the date for the CADRe process, and return the CADRe Stipulation form to the CADRe office.