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Oct. 17, 2013

Ellen S. James

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JAMS San Francisco Specialties: employment, catastrophic personal injury, business

Ellen S. James


James has been busy with a variety of cases, including mediating 20 settlements between Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and those affected by the 2010 explosion of a natural gas pipeline in San Bruno.


The accident killed eight people, and left others with serious injuries and psychological damage. Her biggest challenge was "appreciating the horror that each family went through and trying to translate that into numbers," James said.


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