Tagged: appearance of prejudice

Article III of the U. S. Constitution “preserves the independence of judges in their decision making process.”

Source: Burkeley N. Riggs and Tamera D. Westerberg, Judicial Independence: An Historical Perspective The Independence of Judges Is…Requisite to Guard the Constitution and the Rights of the Individuals…74 Denv. U. L. Rev. 337, 338 (1997) (citing Roger Handberg, Judicial Accountability and Independence: Balancing Incompatibles?, 48 U. Miami L. Rev. 127, 130 (1994) (stating that “[J]udicial independence refers to the notion that judges may have physical and emotional space to render impartial decisions, without fear of retribution (either formal or informal) for unpopular, yet sound, decisions.”))

I just found a letter written by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR) opposing the Arbitration Fairness Act. Guess who was and/or still is on the Board of Directors for the CPR???

The same individual who upheld William Morris’ arbitration agreements in manifest disregard of both the law and public policy and then continued to entertain William Morris’ argument that I breached their arbitration agreement by trying to effectuate the public policy goals of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (and additional federal, state and local antidiscrimination laws) in a public forum due to discovering that the company had been engaging in an intentional and egregious 110+ year pattern and [continuing] practice of discrimination against qualified African Americans in employment, as well as all other areas of its business? That’s right! “Judge” Timothy K. Lewis! smh.

I wonder how many “black” people serve on the board of directors for this organization that most people have probably never heard of…

Arbitrator Gregory did the same thing — most likely due to pressures from the AAA — but this is just further demonstration (e.g. he adamantly refused to read any of our pleadings prior to our first conference call, he submitted a notarized letter stating that he did not know any of the family members of the parties when he worked with the wife of one of the attorneys I’m litigating the case against…a wife who just so happens to be an executive at the American Arbitration Association, etc.) to support that Lewis was never impartial.

Click here to read the letter: https://www.cpradr.org/Portals/0/Resources/ArbitrationFairnessActof2009Letter.pdf.