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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Aug. 5, 2006

In Which a Private Eye Expounds on Mandatory Fee Arbitration

Focus Column - My name is Johnny Diamond. I'm a private eye. I've got four slugs in me. Two of them are lead. That morning, San Francisco had me chilled like a freshly shaken martini.

Focus Column

By Anthony E. Forrette



My name is Johnny Diamond. I'm a private eye. I've got four slugs in me. Two of them are lead. That morning, San Francisco had me chilled like a freshly shaken martini. Then she walked in my office and heated things up. Like 10-1 odds at Belmont, she was an attractive number.
      "Hello, my name is Anita Reffund," she said in a breathy tone. "Are you Mr. Diamond?"
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