California Arbitration (CalArb)

This is just one of the worthwhile panels at the November 6 ADR Forum in San Francidco. Register now.

Congratulations to Charles Dick, a recipient of the 2026 Distinguished Service Award. With more than 50 years of trial experience and service to the San Diego legal community, Mr. Dick has shown what professionalism and civility look like in practice. We are honored to recognize him for the 2026 Distinguished Service Award. Help us celebrate Mr. Dick at the Joint Sections Awards Reception- Friday, Oct. 23, 5:15–6:15 PM at the Sheraton San Diego Resort during the CLA Annual Meeting: https://lnkd.in/gPuSNHDE Learn more about the 2026 ADR Award Recipients: https://lnkd.in/eR9tpBX2 #CaliforniaLawyers #Litigation #AlternativeDisputeResolution #ADR

Neutrality in international arbitration is not simply a matter of selecting a jurisdiction or an institution. Parties must also consider how that choice will be perceived—and whether it will remain workable—if political relationships, sanctions regimes or enforcement conditions change. Cedric Chao, FCIArb and the other panelists will bring several perspectives to that increasingly difficult question at GAR Live: North America. 

Tech List Spotlight: Sherman Kahn acts as an arbitrator and mediator and represents clients in international and domestic proceedings presenting complex technical and commercial issues. He also arbitrates technology issues ranging from life sciences to semiconductors to software to IT outsourcing and involving patent and trademark issues, research and development, collaboration, licensing and distribution. Sherman is a member of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution® (ICDR) Panel of Arbitrators, the AAA Roster of Commercial Arbitrators, the CPR Institute- International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution Distinguished Panel of Neutrals, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Panel of Arbitrators, the World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center’s List of Mediators and Arbitrators and the KCAB International Panel of arbitrators. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) and a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. He is also a member of the New York International Arbitration Club and the CPR Institute Arbitration Committee. He is co-chair of the Technology Committee of the New York International Arbitration Center. Sherman received his JD from the UC Berkeley School of Law in 1993. He is admitted in California, New York and Washington DC. To learn more, visit: https://lnkd.in/g_qRNmJ2 #Mediation #Arbitration #SVAMC #TechList

Please join CalArb and AAA-ICDR for this informative webinar on how innovation, technology, and AI are shaping the future of arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. CalArb President Marcus Salvato Quintanilla will moderate, and the panel will include AAA-ICDR directors Fernanda Flores and Joseph Padjune III.

I am delighted to participate in the IAKL London conference, where I will be moderating a panel about the remarkable success of Koreans in international arbitration, featuring Charline Yim from New York, Dr. Eun Young Park from Seoul, and Duncan Matthews KC from London. I look forward to meeting with old friends and to making new friends. What I love about both the IAKL and international arbitration is that they have enabled me to meet amazing people from around the world. And I am thrilled that we now have enough folks in Europe to hold our annual conference there. #iakl2026

CalArb welcomes its new slate of officers and board members. Thank you all for your dedication to CalArb, and congratulations to Daniel Kolkey for being named Chair Emeritous.

I’m looking forward to speaking at the USC-JAMS International Arbitration Symposium on September 10 and to joining this panel presented by California Arbitration (CalArb) alongside Marcus Salvato Quintanilla, Sally Harpole, Barbara Reeves and Nicolas Wiegand. Please join us for a full day of engaging programming and great conversations.