Arbitrator Rosemary Townley, who represents herself as "neutral" but I feel is far from it. In my opinion, she works hard to market herself appaer as an "accomplished" and competent arbitrator. According to her bio, she has not worked in the private sector in thirty years and has no appreciation in my opinion for what an average employee endures with their employer. She has no empathy for individual employees I believe because they are not going to be in arbitraiton again- only the big companies will, when they arbitrate against the next employee victim. The employer- not the employee- pays for the arbitration.
Corporations have arbitration clauses in their agreements- and this arbitrator knows where her "bread is buttered"..... companies often take their employees to arbitration because it is allegedly confidential and employees can't have the opportunity to make public the horrifc practices of their employers. Arbitrator Townley I believe takes full advantage of that. She has awarded in my opionin ridiculously high amounts of money to employers so that they get their money's worth when they arbitrate against their employees. If an employer doesn't benefit from arbitration- why would those clauses even be in employee agreements?
It feels like Arbitrator Townley is above the law. She enjoys the immunity of a Judge, even though she is not one, and it is virtually impossible to overturn her unless you can prove fraud- but she has been in the business a long time, and she knows the system and how to work it to her advantage. It is my belief that she is out to line her own pockets.
In my opinion, Arbirator Townley is extremely incompetent and she should not be an arbitrator. She failed in my opinion to reveal SIGNIFICANT conlficts of interest in my case. What sickens me is if I had decided to appeal my case- I would have been remanded back to Arbitration, so Arbitrator Townley makes money for the American Arbitration Association once again. She gets her fees from the corporation- so even if an individual can't pay her insanely high awards against them and can't afford to appeal to court or are forced into bankruptcy- the arbiration customarily gets paid by the big companies, regardless. In my case I did not believe that she got the law right or even understood my case. She had no knowledge but I believe she twisted the facts to fit her biased and self serving opinion, as far as I could tell from my lawyer. She already knows in my opinion who she is siding with before your arbitration begins.
Unethical, prejudicial and bias Arbitrator Rosemary Townley in my opinion
I agree with the above review. Arbitrator Rosemary Townley has been found in at least one arbitration to be "fundamentally unfair" by a Judge and was overturned on appeal. It is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to overturn arbitrator awards- yet hers was overturned, that is how crazy it was. I don't know how she can live with herself, with her "fundamentally unfair" judgments that she awards against individuals and in favor of big corporations that pay her and the American Arbitration Association outrageous legal fees.
Rosemary Townley is not neutral. She is on several positions of influence in teaching classes for the American Arbitration Association (AAA), she writes BOOKS and treatises for the AAA- they are her ONLY source of income. Who pays AAA? The wealthy corporations that mandate arbitration clauses in their agreements! The AAA will never ever ever find Rosemary Townley bias or unethical because it would create scandal to have your star employee (neutral arbitrator? think again) be found having a conflict of interest.If you lose big with one of Townley's outrageous and "fundamentally unfair" awards, be prepared to spend more money to appeal her decisions because that is where you will be if you are not on the side of the deep pockets in arbitration.... been there.
Rosemary Angela Townley Reviews
Arbitrator Rosemary Townley, who represents herself as "neutral" but I feel is far from it. In my opinion, she works hard to market herself appaer as an "accomplished" and competent arbitrator. According to her bio, she has not worked in the private sector in thirty years and has no appreciation in my opinion for what an average employee endures with their employer. She has no empathy for individual employees I believe because they are not going to be in arbitraiton again- only the big companies will, when they arbitrate against the next employee victim. The employer- not the employee- pays for the arbitration.
Corporations have arbitration clauses in their agreements- and this arbitrator knows where her "bread is buttered"..... companies often take their employees to arbitration because it is allegedly confidential and employees can't have the opportunity to make public the horrifc practices of their employers. Arbitrator Townley I believe takes full advantage of that. She has awarded in my opionin ridiculously high amounts of money to employers so that they get their money's worth when they arbitrate against their employees. If an employer doesn't benefit from arbitration- why would those clauses even be in employee agreements?
It feels like Arbitrator Townley is above the law. She enjoys the immunity of a Judge, even though she is not one, and it is virtually impossible to overturn her unless you can prove fraud- but she has been in the business a long time, and she knows the system and how to work it to her advantage. It is my belief that she is out to line her own pockets.
In my opinion, Arbirator Townley is extremely incompetent and she should not be an arbitrator. She failed in my opinion to reveal SIGNIFICANT conlficts of interest in my case. What sickens me is if I had decided to appeal my case- I would have been remanded back to Arbitration, so Arbitrator Townley makes money for the American Arbitration Association once again. She gets her fees from the corporation- so even if an individual can't pay her insanely high awards against them and can't afford to appeal to court or are forced into bankruptcy- the arbiration customarily gets paid by the big companies, regardless. In my case I did not believe that she got the law right or even understood my case. She had no knowledge but I believe she twisted the facts to fit her biased and self serving opinion, as far as I could tell from my lawyer. She already knows in my opinion who she is siding with before your arbitration begins.
Unethical, prejudicial and bias Arbitrator Rosemary Townley in my opinion
I agree with the above review. Arbitrator Rosemary Townley has been found in at least one arbitration to be "fundamentally unfair" by a Judge and was overturned on appeal. It is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to overturn arbitrator awards- yet hers was overturned, that is how crazy it was. I don't know how she can live with herself, with her "fundamentally unfair" judgments that she awards against individuals and in favor of big corporations that pay her and the American Arbitration Association outrageous legal fees.
Rosemary Townley is not neutral. She is on several positions of influence in teaching classes for the American Arbitration Association (AAA), she writes BOOKS and treatises for the AAA- they are her ONLY source of income. Who pays AAA? The wealthy corporations that mandate arbitration clauses in their agreements! The AAA will never ever ever find Rosemary Townley bias or unethical because it would create scandal to have your star employee (neutral arbitrator? think again) be found having a conflict of interest.If you lose big with one of Townley's outrageous and "fundamentally unfair" awards, be prepared to spend more money to appeal her decisions because that is where you will be if you are not on the side of the deep pockets in arbitration.... been there.