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Arbitration

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Companies often resolve contract disputes via binding arbitration. The process is conducted directly through a private arbitrator or through an organization such as the American Arbitration Association (AAA). Arbitration is generally faster but usually not cheaper than litigation--but it is a confidential proceeding. Privacy is many times the motivating factor for both sides. And the money result of a winning arbitration is enforceable in court if the prevailing party must enforce an arbitration decision.

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Denny Esford has served as an arbitrator in the Circuit Court of Cook County since 2013. Denny has particular experience in the manufacturing industry, drawing on his 17 years of prior career experience in engineering, technical sales (CMTSE) and management at Fortune 500 companies GM, Square D and United Technologies. Denny is also a former Senior Editor of the highly respected international industry trade journal Cutting Tool Engineering.