Arbitration

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Arbitration is a form of alternative dispute resolution by which the determination of a dispute is entrusted to one or more independent third parties rather than the court. While an arbitrator is bound to apply the law accurately, he may adopt a form of procedure that appears to him to be appropriate and is not bound by exclusionary rules of evidence. In Scotland, the arbitrator is known as an arbiter. Small claims in England are run as arbitration proceedings. 

Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006

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Hon. Edmund Ponce de Leon (ret.) is

appointed to hear arbitration cases

in the Circuit Court of Cook County,

Law Division, including the Commercial

Section. 

 

He is a member of the Law Division's

Mandatory Arbitration for all Law Division

cases and Commercial section matters. He 

has been hearing commercial cases since 2016.  He currently also has been found qualified to hear all other Law Division cases, including Personal Injury, Tort, Breach of Contract.

 

He is also available to arbitrate any private cases.

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