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Law Practice,
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Oct. 28, 2021

'My Cousin Vinny' in Arbitration? (Part II: discovery and hearing)

My September column focused on how the extraordinarily funny litigation antics of six-weeks-since-passing-the-bar Vinny might play in the pre-hearing procedures of an arbitration. This column puts Vinny’s performance under the arbitration microscope with regard to arbitration discovery.

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.

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My September column (Part 1) focused on how the extraordinarily funny litigation antics of six-weeks-since-passing-the-bar Vinny, in the famous movie bearing his name ("My Cousin Vinny"), might play in an arbitration -- more specifically, with the pre-hearing procedures of an arbitration. This column (Part II) puts Vinny's performance under the arbitration micr...

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