Eastern District of Kentucky
IN BRIEF
Process summary
ADR generally.
The Eastern District of Kentucky has not established a district-wide ADR program, but the court's CJRA advisory group has proposed that the court adopt ADR procedures. In the Lexington division, litigants are advised of the availability of a private for-fee mediation service. Use of this service is wholly voluntary. In the Covington division, litigants are advised of the availability of a voluntary nonbinding arbitration program administered by the state courts.
Judicial settlement conferences.
Each judge has his or her own procedures for settlement conferences.
Of note
Evaluation.
As one of the ten comparison districts established by the CJRA, the Eastern District of Kentucky is included in the RAND study of the pilot and comparison districts, which will be reported to Congress by the Judicial Conference in 1996.
For more information
William O. Bertelsman, Chief U.S. District Judge, 606-655-3800
Excerpted from
ADR and Settlement in the Federal District Courts: A Sourcebook for Judges & Lawyers, 1996,
a publication of the Federal Judicial Center and CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution