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Litigation

Feb. 16, 2007

Even Mediations That Don't Settle Can Be Productive

Letter to the Editor - Greg W. Garrotto - I can appreciate the concern of Debra B. Self ("Pro Bono Panel Problems Discourage Settlement" Los Angeles Daily Journal, Feb.12).

LETER TO THE EDITOR

      I can appreciate the concern of Debra B. Self ("Pro Bono Panel Problems Discourage Settlement" Los Angeles Daily Journal, Feb. 12). As a pro-bono mediation/arbitration panel member of 15 years, I have experienced many of the same scenarios described by Self, and I applaud her for resolving 50 percent of the cases that she is sent. But, unlike the pay panels or private mediation, in the pro-bono mediations, ma...

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