Arbitration agreements and the process of arbitrating disputes are often much maligned by lawyers. There are cries of "You'll be relinquishing your right to a fair trial by a judge; you can't do that!" or "You'll be putting your fate in the hands of an anonymous and random adjudicator" or "You'll be abandoning your right to appeal". As a litigator of more than 20 years, it is my view that none of these are valid reasons for dismissing arbitration as a reasonable alternative