
Two weeks before the date set for the merits hearing the attorney for one of the parties emails the Tribunal and states that he has been directed to appear for trial by the administrative judge of the County and therefore wants an adjournment to a later date. There are other attorneys in that office who have been working on the arbitration, but the attorney who emails you states that the client insists that he be the one to be lead counsel for the arbitration. The adversary counsel insists that the Tribunal not adjourn the hearing. What would you do?
What are your thoughts?