LMAR 3.1
                                QUALIFICATIONS


    (a)  Minimum Qualifications.  An arbitrator must be a member of the
Washington State Bar Association who has been admitted to the Bar for a minimum
of five (5) years, or who is a retired Washington State Judge or Commissioner.
By stipulation the parties to a case may agree to an arbitrator not on the
Cowlitz County arbitration panel if the arbitrator so chosen is a duly
qualified member of an arbitration panel established under Local Mandatory
Arbitration Rules of another county in the state of Washington.  The parties
may stipulate to a non- lawyer arbitrator upon approval of a judge.

   (b)  Application.  A person desiring to serve as an arbitrator shall
complete an application on a form prescribed by the court.  The form shall
contain a list of areas of law subject to arbitration whereby the applicant
marks the area he/she is willing to be considered as an arbitrator.  A copy of
said application will be available upon request by any party considering the
person as an arbitrator and will be mailed to a requesting party at the party's
own expense.  The oath of office on the form prescribed by the court must be
completed and filed prior to an appointed applicant being placed on the
arbitration panel.

   (c)  Refusal, Disqualification.  The appointment of an arbitrator is subject
to the right of that person to refuse to serve.  An arbitrator must notify the
court administration immediately if refusing to serve or if any cause exists
for the arbitrator's disqualification from the case upon any of the grounds of
interest, relationship, bias or prejudice set forth in CJC Cannon (3) governing
the disqualification of judges.


[Adopted effective September 1, 2011; Amended effective September 1, 2012.]