Excellent question. Many times arbitration is not neutral, so it is good to agree to go with a company that has retired judges that act as arbitrators. Many times what happens in an arbitration/mediation company randomly chooses three arbiters, then you strike one arbiter, the other side strikes one arbiter, leaving you with the sole arbiter. Another way is to have three arbitrators to decide your case. You choose one arbiter, the other side chooses one arbiter and then the two arbiters choose the third.

Phil Harding Thank you! WOW that's pretty extensive, yet those do seem like the only ways of keeping neutrality. If I'm to follow what I read Arbitration's selling point is being a shorter process than regular court but that all sounds rather tedious. The average person isn't familiar with the process (I certainly didn't learn about it in Highschool or College) so it only serves well for those *thoroughly PREPARED*. I'm learning what I can about it now for employment purposes 😊. As of 2014 arbitration agreements are mandatory in my state. We only have 48 days to explicitly declare that we have declined the agreement otherwise we "agree" by default upon hire. Before I agreed or even disagreed I wanted to know all the pros and cons. You've been helpful.