arbitrator

An arbitrator is "most often a lawyer who does this for a living," he said, who can "act like a judge and a jury".

The case went to arbitration and an arbitrator found in favor of the PR firm.

The 1975 case involved Dodgers pitcher Andy Messersmith and prompted arbitrator Peter Seitz to strike down the reserve clause, the restrictive contract language that had kept players under perpetual team control for nearly 100 years.

Gibson’s attorneys, Graham and Beverly L. Cohen, first argued that an arbitrator in the couple’s divorce case found that Gibson and Lee’s premarital agreement was valid but somehow invalidated a portion of it that dealt with attorneys’ fees.

Other frequent participants were Michael Diliberto, a veteran arbitrator who sat on 39 boards, and Sonia Amin, an immigration attorney based in Encino, who was part of 43.