This seems like it was put together with a lot of care and thought, so I don't want to be a downer, but - I have some serious philosophical issues with the way

This seems like it was put together with a lot of care and thought, so I don't want to be a downer, but - I have some serious philosophical issues with the way this service is currently being presented. Arbitration is not judgement; and an arbitrator is not a court, not even a small-claims court. I mean: I think it's great that Judge.me is totally upfront about all the other details in their service, and they seem to be on the level as far as their legitimacy according to the New York Convention. What's more, this is really a very useful service - hiring a high-priced lawyer (international law is not a common specialty) for international arbitration over a small $1500 freelance gig seems silly and wasteful. Still - though I have some faith in the value of this product, and I even feel as though it's relatively reliable and would likely work in most cases for its clients, I sense that there are some problems lurking behind the service simply because of how it represents itself. What I'm envisioning is a situation where the company finds itself a party to some legal action; my feeling is that, no matter where you are in the world, actual judges themselves have very little sympathy or goodwill toward companies that represent themselves as courts. Again, sorry to be so negative about this; these are just my own feelings about it.