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May 9, 2009

Finding Closure Mediator Lets Clients Find Closure

Mill Valley-based mediator Charlotte M. Venner said she tries to help her clients reach closure in what can be the most difficult periods in their lives.

By Dhyana Levey
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - If you get thrown off a horse, you have to get back on, mediator Charlotte Venner is fond of telling her clients.

Venner, 52, takes her own advice literally as an avid equestrian. But the saying also comes into play when she advises litigants in personal injury and employment discrimination cases.

"I explain, 'All we can do is put this event in a box and move on with life,'" she sa...

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