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Nov. 7, 2025

Firsthand Knowledge

After decades in the trenches, Sanford Jossen aims to be the mediator he always wanted.

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Firsthand Knowledge

Law School: University of San Diego SOL; San Diego CA

Law Offices of Sanford Jossen
Personal injury, sexual molestation, employment, business, insurance

Litigator Sanford Jossen worked with many mediators over his more than four decades representing clients, and not all of them were great.

"Unfortunately, I've had some terrible mediators," Jossen said. "And I've probably learned more from the terrible mediators than the good mediators."

It was often the unprepared mediators - who spent very little time speaking with his client - that irked Jossen the most.

"I've had... (continued)

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