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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Apr. 23, 2016

Creativity, humor inform ADR neutral

Former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James A. Steele has only been on the job for 18 months, but said he has stayed busy, mediating about 160 cases. He handles primarily trust and estate work.

By Justin Kloczko
Daily Journal Staff Writer

It was an unconventional approach, but it worked.

Retired Judge James A. Steele got his first taste of mediating a case prior to joining ADR Services Inc. in 2014 and prior to his tenure on the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench. While an attorney at his own firm, Steele & Persoff, Steele represented a company whose Japanese parent corporation wanted to sue his cl...

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