Law Practice,
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Sep. 30, 2021
'My Cousin Vinny' in Arbitration? (Part I: pre-hearing)
As we all know, the enduring appeal of watching Vinny trying to navigate his way around a courtroom in a murder trial is the highly entertaining way in which he demonstrates — and fails to demonstrate — some of the basic skills to becoming a good trial lawyer. It also raises the interesting issue of how Vinny’s skills — or from a larger perspective, trial skills in general — transfer to the arbitration arena.
Fred Bennett
Email: fredgbennettADR@outlook.com
1946-2022. Experienced international and domestic arbitrator and mediator, fellow with the College of Commercial Arbitrators, member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and the ICC Commission, former head of arbitration at Quinn Emanuel and Gibson Dunn.
My Mom (God rest her soul) has been vindicated. Growing up, I fiendishly resisted her endless attempts to convince me that "Perry Mason" was the best show on television, pointing out that if she would just attentively watch a single episode of "Super Chicken" or "Dudley Do-Right," she would see the light.
But Mom -- as always -- was right. Today, you can turn on cable and binge watch every episode, where the famous counselor extracts confe...
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