An unreasonable party refuses to meet its obligations, and, while your claim is significant, the costs of enforcing your rights are too great and a final decision is years away.
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Representatives & ArbitratorsJFA appoints the arbitrator and, upon request, will refer a licensed attorney for each party, who will provide legal representation for that party for the fee set in accordance with the JFA system of fees and costs. JFA arbitrators are all attorneys with no common institutional ties, whose sole goal is a timely and just resolution of the dispute. |
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Type & Size of ClaimsJFA resolves common commercial disputes involving claims greater than $20,000 and less than $500,000, which represent the range of claims for which the costs of suit can make enforcing or protecting legitimate rights far too expensive. |
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SettlementJFA actively encourages settlement. Each party must make an offer of settlement. If a party acts unreasonably and refuses to settle, it may pay the entire JFA cost of the proceedings. |
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Protection of legal rightsWhile JFA proceedings are far more efficient and cost effective than litigation there is no institutional bias in JFA or JFA Arbitrators, Consumers and Employee Parties to, and Non-Drafting Parties to form agreements containing, the agreement to arbitrate, have a unilateral right to elect to resolve the dispute in Court instead of having JFA resolve it. |
There is a real need for a much less costly, timely and still, just system for resolving legal disputes.