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Arbitrator Profile

Feb. 20, 2010

Heraclitean Mediator

Douglas E. Swager, a recently retired appellate justice who now works as a neutral, likens his mediation style to his hobby of fly-fishing.

By Dhyana Levey

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Douglas E. Swager, a recently retired appellate justice who now works as a neutral, likens his mediation style to his hobby of fly-fishing.

Every day - just like every stream - is different, so you have to determine what you think is best based on the knowledge you already have, he said. But litigants can be as unpredictable as the great outdoors, so a mediator must be ...

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