Expert on Resolving Legal Disputes Speaks on Saving Time and Money in Arbitrations

Sept. 20, 2011 - PRLog -- Lester Savit is one of a panel of arbitration experts who will be appearing at a key educational conference "Muscular Arbitration: Trimming the Fat Out of Arbitration" on Thursday, October 13, 2011. This event is co-sponsored by the American Arbitration Association and the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Similar conferences are being held nationwide to educate lawyers and arbitrators on how to maximize the time and money saved in arbitration proceedings.

“With our overburdened legal system facing reduced resources, arbitration’s potential to resolve disputes out of the courtroom more quickly and less expensively is increasingly important,” said Savit, a senior partner at Jones Day in Irvine and an American Arbitration Association arbitrator and mediator. “There are a number of ways which arbitration can accomplish cost savings including reducing the complexity of procedures, providing tighter time frames for things to occur and limiting the amount of discovery. The goal of this conference is to educate arbitrators and lawyers on how to maximize these efficiencies.”

“A particular area of interest for me is the cost-savings that can be achieved by managing discovery in arbitration proceedings. I will be addressing the philosophical bases and best practices in managing an arbitration to provide for the exchange of necessary information while reducing the burdens of discovery and potential for game-playing that is typical of courtroom litigation.”

Attendance at this conference is recommended for attorneys and arbitrators and continuing education credits are available.

“Muscular Arbitration: Trimming the Fat Out of Arbitration”
October 13, 2011
8:30 AM– 4:30 PM
Registration and Breakfast at 8:00 AM
University of California Irvine School of Law
401 East Peltason Drive
Irvine, CA 92697-8000
Register online at: www.aaauonline.org
Questions regarding the conference should be directed to Rebecca Nako at NakoR@adr.org or call 415.981.3901
This program is eligible for 6.75 hours of general MCLE credits including 1.25 hour of ethics credit.

About Lester Savit

Lester Savit is the founder of the Intellectual Property Practice of Jones Day in Irvine, California. He works closely with management at technology companies to develop legal solutions relating to inventions, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and good will. He has represented leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies including Abbott Laboratories, Affymetrix, Celgene, Johnson & Johnson, Merz Pharma as well as companies in the medical device, polymer, specialty chemical, semiconductor, electronics, and other industries.

He is an arbitrator and a mediator for the American Arbitration Association and a member of the National Panel of Patent Arbitrators. Savit also serves as on the Dean’s Advisory Committee of the Merage School of Business at UC Irvine and is Chair of the Merage School Corporate Partners Program Executive Steering Committee. He is also Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University School of Law specializing in biotechnology law.

Jones Day is a global law firm with more than 2,500 lawyers, and 37 locations throughout the world. Ranked among the world's best and most integrated law firms, and perennially ranked among the best in client services, Jones Day acts as principal outside counsel to, or provides significant legal representation for, more than half of the Fortune Global 500.