Rule 13.02 - APPOINTMENT, QUALIFICATION AND COMPENSATION OF ARBITRATORS AND PROHIBITION FROM POST-HEARING CONTACT WITH ARBITRATORS (S. Ct. Rule 87)(a) Applicants shall be eligible for appointment as arbitrators by filing an application form with the Arbitration Administrator certifying that the applicant: (1) Has attended an approved mandatory arbitration training;(2) Has read and is informed of the Supreme Court Rules and the Act relating to mandatory arbitration;(3) Is presently licensed to practice law in Illinois and is in good standing;(4) Has engaged in the practice of law in Illinois for a minimum of one year, or is a retired judge pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 87(b); and (5) Resides in, practices in or maintain offices in the 18th Judicial Circuit, DuPage County, IL.(b) Those attorneys who certify that they have engaged in trial practice in Illinois for a minimum of five years, who are retired judges pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 87(b), or have heard twenty arbitration cases may apply to serve as chairs. The Supervising Judge shall review applications.(c) The Arbitration Administrator shall maintain a database of qualified arbitrators who shall be assigned to serve on a rotating basis. The Arbitration Administrator shall also maintain a list of those persons who have indicated on their applications a willingness to serve on an emergency basis. Emergency arbitrators shall also serve on a rotating basis.(d) Each panel will consist of three arbitrators, one of which is chair-qualified. In cases where the ad damnum is in excess of $15,000, the Arbitration Administrator shall endeavor to provide two chair-qualified panelists. Where the ad damnum is in excess of $30,000, the Arbitration Administrator shall endeavor to provide to two chair-qualified panelists, one of which is chair-qualified in the area of that case designation. In certain circumstances the parties may stipulate using the prescribed form to a two-arbitrator panel. In no instance shall a hearing proceed with only one arbitrator.(e) Only one member or associate of a firm, office, or association of attorneys shall be appointed to the panel. Upon assignment to a case, an arbitrator shall notify the Arbitration Administer of any conflict and withdraw from the case if any grounds for disqualification appear to exist pursuant to the Illinois Code of Judicial Conduct.(f) The Arbitration Administrator shall notify the arbitrators of the day they are scheduled to serve as a panelist at least sixty (60) days prior to the hearing date. Those arbitrators who habitually cancel their dates may be deleted from the program.(g) The Supervising Judge and the Arbitration Administrator may from time to time review the eligibility of each attorney to serve as arbitrators.(h) Each arbitrator shall take an oath of office in conformity with the form provided in Supreme Court Rule 94 in advance of the hearing.(i) Upon completion of each day's arbitration hearings, arbitrators shall file a voucher with the Arbitration Administrator for submission to the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts for payment. (j) An arbitrator may not be contacted, nor publicly comment, nor respond to questions regarding a particular arbitration case heard by that arbitrator during the pendency of that case.Ill. R. Cir. Ct. Dupage Cnty. 13.02