Wrongful Arbitration

King of the (S)Hill 2007 Top Annual Rankings

Since 2003, California law requires providers of consumer-related arbitration to disclose activities. The section of the California Code of Civil Procedure is 1281.96.

This list ranks the TOP 50 so-called 'neutral' arbitrators employed by the National Arbitration Forum. They are listed in order of their 'Hearing Volume'. The record analyzed for the WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 LIST FOR 2007 includes hearing rubber-stamped 'Arbitration Award' from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007.

Without any more fanfare- here is the list! Source: The National Arbitration Forum 1281.96 filings.


The winner - and King of the (s)Hill Arbitrator Annual Award for 2007 goes to Joseph Nardulli.

The WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 LIST FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2007 FOLLOWS:

Joseph Nardulli
Sally Williams
Steven Schneider
Venetta Tassopulos
Anita Shapiro
Coralie Kupfer
Robert Briggs
Victor Waid
Ronald Kahn
Urs Martin Lauchli
Adrienne Jennings
Jeffery Carlson
Joe Henderson
Robert McMillan
James Knotter
Kendall Reed
Patrick Huang
Jeff Ferentz
David Makous
Sheldon Michaels
Stephen Biersmith
Stephen Blumberg
Daniel Yamshon
Jonathan Krotinger
Lawrence Crispo
Jerome Posell
Alan Halkett
Robert Niemann
Guenter Cohn
Thomas Hogan
W. Wailes
Morton Orenstein
Douglas Noll
Mark Topper
Herbert Katz
Arthur Berggren
Robert Bosso
John Csia
R. Schoettler
David Haberbush
Erwin Shustak
George Lasezkay
Samuel Jackson
Stephanie Bolden
Steven Sauer
Richard Reinjohn
Elizabeth Moreno
L. Boden
John Rosenberg
Kenneth Yaeger

Since 2003, California law requires providers of consumer-related arbitration to disclose activities. The section of the California Code of Civil Procedure is 1281.96.

This list ranks the TOP 50 so-called 'neutral' arbitrators employed by the National Arbitration Forum. They are listed in order of their 'Hearing Volume'. The record analyzed for the WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 LIST FOR Q4 2007 includes hearing rubber-stamped 'Arbitration Award' from October 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007.

Without any more fanfare- here is the list! Source: The National Arbitration Forum 1281.96 filings.

King of the (s)Hill Arbitrator award for Q4 2007 goes to Steven Schneider!

The WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 LIST FOR Q4 2007 FOLLOWS:



Steven Schneider
Robert Briggs
Sally Williams
Jeffery Carlson
Urs Martin Lauchli
Joseph Nardulli
Venetta Tassopulos
James Knotter
Coralie Kupfer
Kendall Reed
Adrienne Jennings
David Makous
Joe Henderson
Ronald Kahn
Jerome Posell
Patrick Huang
Daniel Yamshon
Stephen Blumberg
Robert McMillan
Elizabeth Moreno
Victor Waid
Samuel Jackson
Erwin Shustak
Robert Niemann
Alan Halkett
John Csia
Michael Harrison
Robert Bosso
Anita Shapiro
Thomas Hogan
Jonathan Krotinger
Douglas Noll
David Haberbush
Herbert Katz
R. Schoettler
Guenter Cohn
John (Jay) McCauley
Howard Garfield
L. Boden
Mark Topper
George Lasezkay
Michael Breslauer
Sheldon Michaels
Steven Sauer
Sandra Shapiro
Douglas Haydel
Javed Ellahie
Robert Field
Richard Wharton
Bradley Webb

Widely reported, the City of San Francisco's City Attorney's office has filed suit against the NAF for unfair and unlawful business practices.

CLICK HERE FOR LEGAL SUIT IN PDF FORMAT

The response by the National Arbitration Forum is nothing short of astounding. Actions speak louder than words, and the NAF responded to the suit by finally filing their 1281.96 reports from Q2, Q3 and Q4 of 2007.

Followers of this sham tale will recall that after Public Citizen released their 75-odd page report alleging much of the same as the suit filed by San Francisco, the NAF stopped filing 1281.96 reports. This is a pattern of behavior; they did much the same after the Corbett Bill was initially passed. (they refused to file until suit was filed....looks pretty familiar....)

It has been some months since the initial study put out by Public Citizen. The report was spurred on, yet without any groundswell of public support, civil arbitration continues unabated, and unchallenged. Arbitrations performed by the National Arbitration Forum on behalf of major credit card issuers such as MBNA Card Services, and FIA Card Services continues unregulated nationwide. The only state that has successfully enacted legislation remotely like regulation is California, with their Corbett Bill-driven regulatory attempt of so-called 1281.96 reports.

It seems even this has no teeth. Since the Public Citizen report, the NAF has not posted a single additional quarterly report, as mandated by law.

How much longer will it be before all the other arbitration services decide they also, have no need to comply with the law?

King of the (S)Hill National Arbitration Forum Arbitrator for Q3 2007


Since 2003, California law requires providers of consumer-related arbitration to disclose activities. The section of the California Code of Civil Procedure is 1281.96.

This list ranks the TOP 50 so-called 'neutral' arbitrators employed by the National Arbitration Forum. They are listed in order of their 'Hearing Volume'. The record analyzed for the WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 LIST FOR Q3 2007 includes hearings rubber-stamped 'Arbitration Award' from July 1, 2007 to September 31, 2007.

Without any more fanfare- here is the list! Source: The National Arbitration Forum 1281.96 filings.

King of the (s)Hill Arbitrator award for Q3 2007 goes to Venetta Tassopulos

The WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 LIST FOR Q3 2007 FOLLOWS:



Venetta Tassopulos
Joseph Nardulli
Sally Williams
Joe Henderson
Robert Briggs
Adrienne Jennings
Ronald Kahn
Anita Shapiro
Coralie Kupfer
Victor Waid
Jeffery Carlson
Urs Martin Lauchli
Stephen Blumberg
David Makous
Steven Schneider
Robert McMillan
Patrick Huang
Kendall Reed
Stephen Biersmith
James Knotter
Jeff Ferentz
Jonathan Krotinger
Guenter Cohn
Thomas Klitgaard
W. Wailes
R. Schoettler
Morton Orenstein
Kenneth Yaeger
Daniel Yamshon
Gerald Vinnard
Thomas Hogan
Ronald Greenberg
John Rosenberg
Howard Gould
Jack Freedman
Fred Butler
John (Jay) McCauley
Robert Niemann
Paul DeCicco
Elizabeth Moreno
Michael Harrison
Sandra Shapiro
Steven Sauer
Mark Topper
Erwin Shustak
Valerie Higgins
Yolanda Jackson
Maurice Attie
Michael Breslauer
Richard Burstein