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Dec. 19, 2025

Family Matters 

Experience defines retired judge Dianna Gould-Saltman's approach as a mediator

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Family Matters 

Career Highlights: Appointed to the bench in 2010, Dianna Gould-Saltman presided over family law matters, including trials of high-net-worth parties and complex child custody cases. Before taking the bench, she practiced family law for 25 years and became certified as a family law specialist in 1992.

Law School: Southwestern University School of Law

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Retired judge Dianna Gould-Saltman occasionally makes use of silence in her work as a private neutral.

"Sometimes people get to the point where they say - and it may be sincere, or it may be staging - 'That's it. That's my last and best offer. If they don't take this, I'm out of here,'" Gould-Saltman said about her mediations. "And I don't like allowing that emotion to drive the course. So, I will, perhaps, nod my head and si... (continued)

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