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Arbitrator Profile

Aug. 5, 2006

Jazz Maven Is Known for Being a Good Listener

SAN FRANCISCO - Mediation lets people be human, according to Michael J. Berger, a longtime San Francisco trial attorney-turned-administrative law judge who has been doing alternative dispute resolution since 1998.

By Anna Oberthur
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - Mediation lets people be human, according to Michael J. Berger, a longtime San Francisco trial attorney-turned-administrative law judge who has been doing alternative dispute resolution since 1998.
      "I like the fact that you can eliminate the posturing that people have to do in the courtroom," Berger said.
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