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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Jan. 10, 2007

Mediation Project Spreads Skills to Stressed-Out Gulf Coast

LOS ANGELES - When Los Angeles mediator Laurel Kaufer saw the devastation of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast a year and a half ago, she had no idea it would offer a chance to fulfill her professional aspirations.

By Anne Marie Ruff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - When Los Angeles mediator Laurel Kaufer saw the devastation of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast a year and a half ago, she had no idea it would offer a chance to fulfill her professional aspirations.
      She just knew she had to do something.
      She started rounding up donations of food, cloth...

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