Arbitration Database has grown significantly over the past few weeks. Here's what's changed and how to use it.

300,000 Cases Across Three Forums

We've added ADR Services as our third arbitration forum alongside AAA and JAMS. The database now contains over 300,000 consumer arbitration cases and 136,000 party records. If you practice in California, the addition of ADRS is especially relevant — ADRS operates exclusively in the state and handles a significant volume of consumer disputes.

Search Tools Built for Case Research

The search page has been redesigned around the kinds of lookups attorneys actually do.

Research an arbitrator before their appointment. Search by arbitrator name to see their full case history — how many cases they've handled, their disposition breakdown, and which consumer or employment attorneys have appeared before them.

Find attorneys who have gone up against a specific company. Search by business name to see which consumer or employment attorneys have filed against them, how many cases they've taken, and what outcomes they've achieved. If you're about to file against a company, this is the fastest way to find practitioners with direct experience against that defendant.

Research a company's arbitration history. Pull up a business to see how many consumer arbitrations have been filed against them, how often cases settle versus go to award, and what the typical outcomes look like. Useful for setting client expectations or deciding whether arbitration is the right path.

Multi-party search. You can now search for cases involving multiple parties at once. Select an attorney and a business together to see only the cases where they both appear — helpful for understanding how a particular attorney has fared against a specific company.

Sort by financials. Results can now be sorted by consumer award, business award, attorney fees, and more, so you can quickly surface the cases with the largest or smallest outcomes.

State-by-State Breakdowns

Every state now has its own page with top businesses, top consumer and employment attorneys, and disposition trends over the past five years. Every number links to a filtered search, so you can drill straight into the underlying cases. Start at States to find yours.

Accounts, Tags, and Saved Searches

You can create a free account with just an email — no passwords, just a magic link. With an account you can:

  • Tag and organize cases — save cases to custom tags like "Discovery examples," "Favorable awards," or "Similar claims" to build your own research folders
  • Save searches and get email alerts when new cases match your criteria
  • Leave comments on cases and party pages to share context with other practitioners
  • Keep private notes on any case or party, visible only to you

Stormy Daniels, Arbitration, and the Arbitrators We Track

Our old blog covered the Stormy Daniels forced arbitration saga — a case that put consumer arbitration clauses in the national spotlight. In 2018, Trump's attorney Michael Cohen used a private arbitration clause in an NDA to obtain an ex parte restraining order against Daniels, attempting to silence her before she could speak publicly. The case became a textbook example of how arbitration clauses can be weaponized: a secret proceeding, initiated without notice to one party, used to enforce a contract whose validity was itself in dispute.

Cohen eventually dropped the arbitration after public pressure, and the NDA dispute moved to open court. The broader legal fallout continued for years. In May 2024, Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to the hush money payments — the first criminal conviction of a U.S. president. He was sentenced in January 2025 to an unconditional discharge. The conviction is now on appeal in New York state court, with Trump simultaneously seeking to move the case into federal court on presidential immunity grounds.

The arbitrator in that original proceeding? A retired California judge working through a private ADR provider. That's exactly the kind of role our database now tracks. Jacqueline A. Connor, for instance, is a retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge who has arbitrated over 200 consumer cases through ADR Services — and her full case history is searchable here. When you're heading into an arbitration hearing, knowing your arbitrator's track record shouldn't require guesswork.

Supporting the Database

We've moved to direct donations through Stripe. If you find the database useful in your practice, a monthly contribution helps us keep the data current and the tools free. Donate here.