Decision to Litigate or Arbitrate

Howard S. Suskin | Jenner & Block LLP.

Howard S. Suskin is a partner in Jenner & Block LLP’s litigation department.

• Substantial first-chair experience representing individuals and business entities in civil and criminal securities matters
• Co-chair of Jenner & Block LLP’s class action and securities litigation practices
• Members of the Leading Lawyers Network have consistently recognized his work in several areas, including class actions, commercial litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and securities and venture financing law
• Been named one of the Best Lawyers in America for commercial litigation and recognized by Chambers for achievement in Securities Litigation
• Illinois Super Lawyer named him a Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyer ten times
• He is on the faculty of Practicing Law Institute; and has lectured extensively; instructed legal writing at the University of Michigan Law School; and has published numerous treatises and articles on issues relating to arbitrations, class actions and securities law, including serving as editor and co-writer of the West Publishing Illinois Civil Litigation Guide, Moore’s Federal Civil Motion Practice and Pretrial Civil Litigation, the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education Treatise on Class Actions, and the ABA’s Annual Survey of State Class Action Litigation
• J.D. degree, with honors, University of Michigan Law School; graduate, with distinction, elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Northwestern University

I. Selecting the Forum | 12:00pm – 12:05pm

II. Selecting the Arbitrator | 12:05pm – 12:10pm

III. Differences in Arbitration and Judicial Pleadings | 12:10pm – 12:20pm

IV. Differences in Arbitration and Judicial Motion Practice | 12:20pm – 12:30pm

V. Different Scopes of Discovery in Arbitration and Court | 12:30pm – 12:40pm

VI. How Arbitration Hearings Differ from Trials | 12:40pm – 12:50pm

VII. How Rights of Appeal Differ in Arbitration and Judicial Proceedings | 12:50pm – 1:00pm