1. Healthcare

AHLA
Health Care Arbitration
The Westin New Orleans Canal Place
April 22-23, 2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
7:00 am
Registration and Breakfast
8:00 am
Welcome and Introductions
Geoff Drucker
8:15 am
Agreements to Arbitrate
Michael Jordan
9:15 am
Process for Selecting an Arbitrator | Arbitrator Ethics and Disclosures
A.J. Krouse
10:15 am
Break
10:30 am
Group Exercise on Ethics
11:30 am
Arbitrator Authority and Responsibilities
Elise Brennan
12:15 pm
Networking Lunch
1:30 pm
Pre-Hearing Process—Preliminary Hearing
Elise Brennan
2:15 pm
Pre-Hearing Process—Discovery | Subpoenas |Motions | Interim Relief |Mediation
Rebekah Plowman
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Managing Electronic Discovery in Arbitration
A.J. Krouse
4:30 pm
Group Exercise on Arbitrator Authority and Preliminary Hearings
5:45 pm
Question and Answer Session
6:00 pm
End of Day One
Thursday, April 23, 2015
7:00 am
Breakfast
8:00 am
Arbitration Hearings
Arbitration Training Team
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Group Exercise on Arbitration Hearings
11:30 am
Awards
A.J. Krouse
12:15 pm
Networking Lunch
12:45 pm
Post-Hearing Issues
Rebekah Plowman
1:30 pm
Group Exercise on Awards
2:00 pm
Special Concerns--Pro Se Parties | Class Actions |Employment Cases | Consumer Cases
AHLA Rules and Process| Revised Uniform Arbitration Act
Arbitration Training Team
3:00 pm
Recent Developments/Current Trends in Healthcare Arbitration
Arbitration Training Team
4:00 pm
Question and Answer Session
4:15 pm
Close of Health Care Arbitration Course
Faculty List
Program Planning Committee
Health Care Arbitration
Michael Jordan (Chair)
Principal
Jordan Resolutions LLC
Cleveland, OH
Elise Brennan
Conner & Winters LLP
Tulsa, OK
Melinda Jayson
Melinda G Jayson PC
Dallas, TX
Michael Jordan (Chair)
Principal
Jordan Resolutions LLC
Cleveland, OH
A.J. Krouse
Frilot LLC
New Orleans, LA
A.J. Krouse
Frilot LLC
New Orleans, LA
William Jordan
Alston & Bird LLP
Atlanta, GA
Rebekah Plowman
Jones Day
Atlanta, GA
Geoff Drucker (Staff Liaison)
Senior Manager, Dispute Resolution
American Health Lawyers Assn.
Washington, DC