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Arbitrator Profile

Sep. 26, 2009

A Cooling Presence for Hot Tempers

Lawyers say Jon M. Mayeda is good at calming people in heated adversarial situations and helping them ditch emotional baggage.

By Susan McRae
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Jon M. Mayeda had been sitting on the Los Angeles County bench for a quarter century, when he suddenly had what he describes as his "aha moment."

He remembers it was at the end of a very long day of presiding over a busy law and motion calendar. He was looking down at the calendar as he called the last case. There was no response.

He looked up, and there was no one in the courtroom. ...

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