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Feb. 24, 2023

‘Help me help you’

Mediator Susan Lopez-Giss tells feuding families she must know their issues to be effective.

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‘Help me help you’
ADR Services Inc.

In her work as an ADR Services Inc. neutral, retired family law judge Susan Lopez-Giss often makes use of that other famous line from the film “Jerry Maguire.”

“Help me help you,” she said with a chuckle. “Most of the attorneys who appear in front of me genuinely want to help their clients resolve their issues. … And the more information they give me with respect to issues, the more information they give me with respect to fina... (continued)

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