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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Aug. 26, 2006

Neutral Provides 'Reality Check' to His Clients

SAN DIEGO - One spring afternoon in 1992, Thomas Gniatkowski was knee deep in an arbitration when his secretary burst into the room to announce an urgent call.

By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN DIEGO - One spring afternoon in 1992, Thomas Gniatkowski was knee deep in an arbitration when his secretary burst into the room to announce an urgent call.
      Gniatkowski picked up the phone and calmly agreed to hightail it to Los Angeles from his Oceanside office. A legal adviser to the California National Guard, Gniatkows...

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