Arbitrator Profile
May 24, 2014
Byron J. Beam
In settling lawsuits, Beam, of Judicial Dispute Resolution in Costa Mesa, focuses on acknowledging the parties' emotions and letting people "vent."
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LAGUNA BEACH - As defense counsel for UC Irvine in the 1990s and 2000s, Byron J. Beam had to practice an unusual technique to settle about 150 lawsuits by distraught women in what became known as the UCI fertility scandal.
"I would always start out with an apology," he said.
Most of the plaintiffs were victims of a few doctors who allegedly stole the eggs of some women havin...
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