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Sep. 17, 2016

Mediator gets each party thinking of 'the other side'

Retired Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Hurl Johnson has developed a more personable style as a neutral, attorneys say.

By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Mediator Hurl W. Johnson III says his first name is an icebreaker. People sometimes ask if it's Scandinavian, but the real origin is the great American pastime.

"My great grandmother saw in the sports section of an old newspaper that someone hurled a no hitter. She named my grandfather Hurl and that's how I got it."

Appropriately, he describes his mediation p...

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