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Alternative Dispute Resolution

May 4, 2013

Everett A. Hewlett

With lots of experienced former judges, commissioners and lawyers to fill the role of neutral, one has to stand out to succeed. Commissioner Everett A. Hewlett Jr., hoped his expertise in discovery could help him carve out a niche.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Retiring to become a private judge was not Commissioner Everett A. Hewlett Jr.'s idea when he took the bench. But when he was laid off in a round of cutbacks at San Francisco County Superior Court, he opted for private dispute resolution.


It wasn't an easy task to get started. Hewlett calls the market for private judges "mature," and that's not a jab at the age of many neutrals...

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