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Jun. 14, 2024

Chiefly Experienced

Retired chief justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye applies experience and practicality to mediation.

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Appeals, class actions, personal injury, employment, insurance

Former Chief Justice of California Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye hasn't forgotten an acronym she and her colleagues at the Sacramento County District Attorney's office used to describe cases in the 1980s.

"DBW - no case is a dead-bang winner," Cantil-Sakauye said. "You might have the best case in the world, and all your evidence is textbook admissible, but you may still not win. You may still get terrible rulings. You may still have y... (continued)

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