If you have chosen or have been ordered to Judicial Arbitration, the court will send you a list of judicial arbitrators and instructions for using the service. Arbitration is essentially a paid private trial, in other words, a method to resolve disputes without going to court.He is noted for serving as settlement judge in clergy abuse cases throughout the Bay Area and beyond, individually negotiating and resolving over 80 cases. Electronically in case files on the Alameda County Superior Court's case management systems, although some are also available on legal databases such as.