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California Neutrals

Dec. 3, 2009

Neutrals With Specialties Stand Out in Crowd

As the ADR market has become more saturated, lawyers and their clients who use these services have become more sophisticated in choosing a neutral with specific experience in the industry they represent.

By Susan McRae

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Lucie Barron, founder and president of ADR Services Inc., recently received a request for a mediator for a products liability case. But that wasn't all. The lawyer requesting the services wanted someone who was not only a skilled mediator knowledgeable in products liability issues, but who had significant experience with scuba divers or divemasters.

These days, Barron says, those ty...

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