NAF National Arbitration Forum

A class action lawsuit has been filed in United States District Court for the Central District of California, by Millberg LLP.

The suit claims to represent a class of those using the National Arbitration Forum services from a period beginning in 2006. Defendants named are the National Arbitration Forum, both the LLC, and Inc. entities. All the known hedge fund entities identified by the Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson, are also named as defendants, as is Mann Bracken.

Read the complaint against the National Arbitration Forum and Mann Bracken here. (PDF format)

The National Arbitration Forum is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Yesterday, the office of Lori Swanson, Minnesota State Attorney General, announced via news release their lawsuit against the National Arbitration Forum. It's a remarkable shot from the top law enforcement officer of the NAF's home state.

The lawsuit filed in the Twin Cities can be READ HERE

Talk about juicy. They could only have been caught in their own back yard; a defector blew the whistle. And then, there's the shadowy Connecticut/New York hedge fund with a penchant for setting things up. Rounding the crew out was the enforcer law firms

King of the (S)Hill 2009 Q1 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 Q1 2009 includes hearing rubber-stamped 'Arbitration Award' from January 1, 2009 to March 31, 2009.

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

The King of the (s)Hill Arbitrator award FOR Q1 2009 goes to National Arbitration Forum Arbitrator Victor Waid! Rounding out the WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 FOR Q1 2009:

Victor Waid
Coralie Kupfer
Robert McMillan
Anita Shapiro
Ronald Kahn
Steven Schneider
Joseph Nardulli
Joe Henderson
Sally Williams
Adrienne Jennings
Venetta Tassopulos
Jerome Posell
Urs Martin Lauchli
Jeffery Carlson
Robert Briggs
James Knotter
Stephen Blumberg
Carol Medof
L. Boden
Valerie Higgins
Kendall Reed
Alan Halkett
Hadden Roth
Daniel Yamshon
Arthur Berggren
Michael White
Richard Wharton
John Csia
P. Kirwin
John Carson
Richard Burstein
Elizabeth Tippin
Stephanie Bolden
David Makous
Gerald Vinnard
Douglas Haydel
Kenan Oldham
George Lasezkay
Jonathan Krotinger
Thomas Marshall
Robert Niemann
W. Wailes
Ronald Greenberg
Elizabeth Moreno
Michael Doland

Victor Waid continues a frantic pace of arbitration awards against consumers from January 1, 2009, to March 31, 2009. More than $3.7 million in "Arbitration Awards" were awarded to banks by Mr. Waid in Q1 2009.

Is This Arbitration, or is this Wrongful Arbitration?



During January February, and March of 2009, Mr. Waid signed off on 330 'hearings' for the National Arbitration Forum. Chase Bank, and Bank of America or their proxies (stand-ins) accounted for the lion's share of these 'hearings'. 183 Chase Bank claims crossed Mr. Waid's gavel, and 115 claims from Bank of America or it's assignees/proxies were stamped "ARBITRATION AWARD".

A lucky two consumers managed Awards from Mr. Waid.

During this three-month period, Mr. Waid's 'AWARD' stamp came down to NINE DAYS. On six of those days, 49-50 "Awards" were signed off PER DAY. On each of those six days, the businesses using the National Arbitration Forum's claimed 'neutral' services got a cool half million dollars ($500,000 plus or minus) in "Arbitration Awards".


BACKGROUND
Victor L Waid is a licensed attorney. He is licensed by the State of California Bar. The State of California Bar website profile is located here. (CLICK) According to this profile, Mr. Waid's offices are located at:

2625 Fair Oaks Blvd., Suite 1, Sacramento, CA

Sacramento County is the California county name for his office location. Do you have an "Arbitration Award" granted by Mr. Waid? If so, were you notified of a hearing, and WHERE WAS IT TO TAKE PLACE? Are YOU in Sacramento County?


Continue reading "Victor Waid - KING OF THE (S)HILL ARBITRATOR..." »

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 the FOURTH QUARTER OF 2008 includes hearing rubber-stamped 'Arbitration Award' from October 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008.

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

The King of the (s)Hill Arbitrator Award for q4 2008 goes to National Arbitration Forum Arbitrator James Knotter!!!!

Rounding out the WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 FOR Q4 2008:

James Knotter
Victor Waid
Ronald Kahn
Steven Schneider
Urs Martin Lauchli
Joseph Nardulli
Adrienne Jennings
Coralie Kupfer
Daniel Yamshon
Robert McMillan
Anita Shapiro
Jerome Posell
Venetta Tassopulos
David Makous
Stephen Blumberg
Patrick Huang
Kendall Reed
John Carson
Robert Smith
John Rosenberg
Mandel Himelstein
Kenneth Yaeger
Maurice Lewitt
John Csia
Robert Niemann
Sally Williams
Stephanie Bolden
Elizabeth Moreno
Jeanne Zimmer
Lawrence Crispo
R. Schoettler
Rebecca Mocciaro
Joe Henderson
G. Dennis Halkides
Michael Harrison
Hadden Roth
Elizabeth Tippin
Nancy Beardsley
Eric Van Ginkel
Thomas Hogan
P. Kirwin
Guenter Cohn
Kenan Oldham
Thomas Marshall
Gerald Vinnard