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Law Practice

Dec. 1, 2007

Never a Stickler for Rules, Arbitrator Nets Results

Arbitrator Ann Kough is willing to sidestep certain formalities if there's a cheaper and easier way to get something done.

By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Five months pregnant, alone in her West Los Angeles house, former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ann Kough woke at 5 a.m. There was a tiny crackling noise coming through the heating vent.
      She thought: The roof is on fire.
      "It had probably been smoldering for awhile," Kough said. "...

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