THE COURTS
Title 255—LOCAL COURT RULES
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
Administrative Order 2023-17; Amending Local Rule N1302. Selection and Compensation of Arbitrators; No.: C-48-CV-2023-07187
[53 Pa.B. 6045]
[Saturday, September 30, 2023]
Administrative Order And Now, this 18th day of September, 2023, it is Ordered and Decreed that Northampton County Rule of Civil Procedure N1302 is hereby Amended, with the amended rule as follows hereto.
It is further Directed that the Court Administrator of Northampton County shall comply with all publishing requirements set forth in Pa.R.J.A. 103(d)(5)-(6), such as: distributing two (2) certified copies of this Order to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin; filing one (1) certified copy of the Order with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts; publishing a copy of this Order on the Court's website; and incorporating these procedures into the complete set of Northampton County Local Rules no later than thirty (30) days following publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
These amendments shall become effective Monday, October 30, 2023, thirty (30) days from when publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin occurs.
By the Court
CRAIG A. DALLY,
President JudgeRule N1302. Selection and Compensation of Arbitrators.
a) The Court Administrator or Deputy Court Administrator shall maintain a list of potential arbitrators and shall select three arbitrators for each action. One of these three arbitrators shall be designated as the chairperson.
1) To qualify as a chairperson, an arbitrator must have been a member of the bar of this Court for at least five years.
2) Attorneys who wish to serve as an arbitrator shall inform the Court administrator.
b) If an attorney seeks to be replaced as an arbitrator in a hearing after the attorney was selected by the Court Administrator or Deputy Court Administrator, the attorney shall notify the Court Administrator in writing at least forty-eight hours before the scheduled arbitration hearing.
1) If an attorney fails to provide this notice and fails to serve as an arbitrator during their assigned hearing, the attorney's name will be removed from the list of potential arbitrators.
2) Once removed from the list, an attorney must notify the President Judge in writing that the attorney is available as an arbitrator if the attorney seeks to remain on the list.
c) When the Court Administrator or Deputy Court Administrator appoints an attorney for an arbitration action, the Court Administrator shall send to each attorney of record and to each appointed arbitrator a copy of the notice of appointment by first-class mail or email. If any party to the action is unrepresented, the Court Administrator shall send the copy to the party directly by first-class mail or email.
d) The arbitrators' compensation shall be set forth in a fee schedule which will be maintained by the Court Administrator.
1) The current fee schedule provides that the chairperson shall be paid $300 and the two arbitrators shall each be paid $250.
2) If an award is entered by the arbitrators pursuant to an agreed upon settlement of the parties before the hearing, each member of the Board shall receive as compensation an amount set forth by the fee schedule.
3) If more than one hearing is necessary, the chairperson may petition the Court for additional compensation for the chairperson and for the arbitrators.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 23-1321. Filed for public inspection September 29, 2023, 9:00 a.m.]
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