By Joseph Carlisle In January 2021, I tried an arbitration case by Zoom.  While the five-day arbitration hearing went smoothly, with only a few hiccups, it required an extra amount of planning, preparation, and coordination.  All litigators know that, as the trial date nears, time is in short supply.  When trying a case by video conference during the tenth month of the COVID-19 pandemic, coordinating such crucial but seemingly mundane things as the delivery of exhibit binders to various witnesses’ homes and attending test runs of the video conference platform itself eats into preparation time.  It requires an extra layer of quality control to make sure all your exhibit…