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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Jun. 13, 2015

Retired judge James Kleinberg keeps opposing sides away from each other as neutral

Former Santa Clara County complex court judge James Kleinberg calls it as he sees it.


By Banks Albach


Daily Journal Staff Writer


With tensions high and passions boiling, mediation between two feuding parties can
be difficult to manage. That is why former judge James P. Kleinberg, now a neutral
with JAMS, runs every session with one rule: don't put them in the same room.


"I do not do joint sessions, at least not yet," Kleinberg said. "In...

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