Rule *1302 - Appointment of Arbitrators. Qualifications. Disqualification(a) The Director of the Arbitration Center shall maintain an Arbitrator List of attorneys who have been deemed to be qualified to sit as Arbitrators in the Compulsory Arbitration Program of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.(b) Minimum criteria for qualification includes membership of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, active practice of law for a minimum of one year subsequent to admission to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for panelists and five years for Chairpersons, maintenance of a principal office in Philadelphia County, attendance of a court-approved arbitration seminar and trial of a civil case in any forum in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Director of the Arbitration Program shall make available an Application for Initial Certification as Arbitration Panelist form, substantially in the form set forth hereunder, requiring the necessary information for determination of qualifications. See www.courts.phila.gov/forms for the current version of the Application for Initial Certification as Arbitration Panelist.
(c) Attorneys not currently enrolled on the Arbitration List may request to be included thereon by completing the Court supplied Application Form.(d) The Director of the Arbitration Center from the Court-approved Arbitration List panelists and chairperson for assignment.(e) Arbitrators no longer maintaining their principal office in Philadelphia County are required to promptly advise the Director of the Arbitration Center in writing.(f) The Director of the Arbitration Center may, from time to time, strike the name of an attorney from the Arbitrator List in accordance with this rule.(g) An issue concerning disqualification of an Arbitrator from a particular case shall first be raised with the Arbitration Panel and, if appropriate, with the Director of the Arbitration Center. Amended May 18, 1995, effective 7/17/1995. Amended May 15, 2014, effective 7/6/2014.