Chairing an Arbitration - Chapter 17 - AAA Handbook on Arbitration Practice - Second Edition
Michael J. Bayard is a full-time construction arbitrator, mediator and project neutral. He chairs the AAA's Construction Advisory Subcommittee for the Los Angeles Region and teaches a graduate course in construction management at the University of Southern California, where he is an adjunct professor. He was recently named to the AAA's National Construction Master Arbitrator Roster.
Judith Ittig serves on the AAA's commercial arbitrator panel, the ICDR's commercial
arbitrator panel, and the AAA's Construction Mega Project Panel. Mrs. Ittig, an attorney
at Ittig & Ittig, P.C. based in Washington, DC, is a Fellow of the American College of
Construction Lawyers, a Chartered Arbitrator/Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators (London), and a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators.
AAA Handbook on Arbitration Practice - Second Edition
CHAPTER 17
The panel chair is the leader and the voice of the panel. However, the