ROBERT KINGSLEY HULL

FEES AND EXPENSES FOR COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION 

Hearing and Conference Time: My per diem charge is $2,100 ($350/hour) for hearings and conferences. Outside upstate New York, hearing and conference fee is $2,700 ($450/hour).

Cancellation or Postponement: I do not charge a cancellation or postponement fee as long as I receive notice of the cancellation or postponement before the scheduled hearing date (or, if earlier, before I leave Penn Yan to travel to the hearing location). In the absence of such notice, the day reserved for hearing must be paid for in full. Unless a cancellation/postponement fee is due, a docketing fee (see below) will be charged.

Study and Writing Time: My charges also apply to the actual time I spend reviewing the record and preparing my opinion and Award.

Travel Time: I do not charge for travel time when total actual travel time is less than two (2) hours. Travel time beyond two hours/day: $250/hour.

Docketing Fee : While no cancellation fee (see above) is charged if the hearing is cancelled before the date scheduled, in the absence of such a fee a $1,000 docketing fee is charged for administrative time in all cases in which no opinion and award was issued, whether or not a hearing date was scheduled.

Expenses: In addition to paying the fees set forth above, the parties reimburse the transportation, lodging and meal expenses I incur while at the hearing and in traveling to and from it. (If I drive, I charge mileage at the current IRS-approved rate.)

I do not charge any office expenses (e.g., telephone, copying, postage, secretarial) to the parties.

If you require any additional information, please call or write my office.