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Litigation

Nov. 22, 2008

'Never, Never Give Up'

Patience is the key to settling cases, Charles G. Bakaly Jr. has found.

By Rebecca U. Cho
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Charles G. Bakaly Jr. likes lists. He keeps one in front of him on his desk at JAMS - a small, rectangular paper scribbled with the names of his ongoing cases in black ink. It serves to remind him that follow-up is a necessity in settling cases.

"My strength as a mediator is my stick-to-it-iveness," Bakaly, a mediator and arbitrator in the Los Angeles office of the dispute resolution cente...

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