Alternative Dispute Resolution
Nov. 8, 2014
Junior lawyers pursuing jobs as neutrals
While traditionally, neutrals have been retired judges or former senior partners from private firms, a new crop of mediators and arbitrators is emerging: lawyers who want to spend the bulk - not just the end - of their careers in ADR.
Special to the Daily Journal
Michael Dickstein was in his early 30s when he became a full-time mediator. Early in his career as a neutral, he walked into the negotiation room and one of the parties asked, "Do you know when the mediator will arrive?"
While traditionally, alternative dispute resolution neutrals have been retired judges or former senior partners from private firms, a new crop of mediators and arbitrator...
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