Alternative Dispute Resolution
Jun. 5, 2010
Dr. Mediation
If mediation is an arthroscopic procedure and trial is major surgery, Judge Patricia Collins is a doctor who's operated in both settings.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
If mediation is an arthroscopic procedure and trial is major surgery, Patricia Collins is a legal surgeon who's operated in both settings.
"I compare settlement to arthroscopic surgery," said Collins, a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judge and mediator and arbitrator at ADR Services. "It's painful but compared to trial, you recover sooner, and recover...
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