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Law Practice,
Entertainment & Sports,
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Apr. 13, 2011

'Fairly’ or Not — Mediation Comes to Prime Time

New legal series makes mediation an accessible topic in today's world.

Michael H. Leb

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Leb Dispute Resolutions

Labor & Employment

Phone: (310) 284-8224

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Email: michael@lebdr.com

U Michigan Law School

THE NEUTRAL CORNER is a monthly column discussing recent cases or topics of interest from a neutral's perspective.

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Move over Grace Van Owen, Ally McBeal, Alicia Florrick and Patty Hewes. There's a new TV-lawyer in town and her name is Kate Reed. Except that Kate's actually a self-described "recovering lawyer" whose frustrations with the judicial system lead her to become a mediator. This is the premise of "Fairly Legal," a new prime-time, cable television series that just finished its first season. You can catch the reruns on USA Network.

Kate works at Reed and Reed, a San Francisco la...

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