Rule 10.783. ADR program administration

(a) ADR program administrator The presiding judge in each trial court must designate the clerk or executive officer, or another court employee who is knowledgeable about ADR processes, to serve as ADR program administrator. The duties of the ADR program administrator must include:

(1) Developing informational material concerning the court’s ADR programs;

(2) Educating attorneys and litigants about the court’s ADR programs;

(3) Supervising the development and maintenance of any panels of ADR neutrals maintained by the court; and

(4) Gathering statistical and other evaluative information concerning the court’s ADR programs.

**** Chapter 9 renumbered effective January 1, 2008; adopted as Chapter 3 effective July 1, 1998; previously renumbered as Chapter 8 effective January 1, 2007.

(b) ADR committee

(1) Membership in courts with 18 or more authorized judges

(A) The presiding judge or a judge designated by the presiding judge;

(B) One or more other judges designated by the presiding judge;

(C) The ADR program administrator;

(D) Two or more active members of the State Bar chosen by the presiding judge as representatives of those attorneys who regularly represent parties in general civil cases before the court, including an equal number of attorneys who represent plaintiffs and who represent defendants in these cases;

(E) One or more members of the court’s panel of arbitrators chosen by the presiding judge; and

(F) If the court makes available to litigants a list of any ADR neutrals other than arbitrators, one or more neutrals chosen by the presiding judge from that list.

(2) Additional members

(3) ADR committee in other courts

(4) Term of membership

(5) Responsibilities of ADR committee

Committee Notes

(Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2007; previously amended effective January 1, 2004.

(Subd (b) amended effective January 1, 2007; previously adopted effective January 1, 2004.)