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Alternative Dispute Resolution

May 11, 2013

ADR Department closure: one door shuts, another opens

By the end of this month, the ADR Department of the Los Angeles County Superior Court will have closed its doors, officially, in virtually every courthouse in the county. By Floyd J. Siegal


By Floyd Siegal


By the end of this month, the ADR Department of the Los Angeles County Superior Court will have closed its doors, officially, in virtually every courthouse in the county. In reality, the doors have been closed, effectively, since mid-March, when the ADR Department - a victim of state-imposed budget cuts - made its final referral. Many lament the demise of the nation's largest court-annexed ADR department, and with good reason: the ADR Departme...

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