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Arbitrator Profile

Jan. 24, 2009

Calming Influence

Mediator R. Elaine Leitner lets parties air their differences to find the roots of their disputes.

By Jonathan Vanian
Daily Journal Staff Writer

OAKLAND - It wasn't until 10 years as a litigator that R. Elaine Leitner decided to switch gears and move into mediation. For Leitner, the psychological aspect of mediations, involving the probing of a person to get to the root of a dispute, proves more satisfying than a life battling it out in the courtroom.

"You always find out afterward that there was some fact, usually not about the case, that real...

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