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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Nov. 8, 2008

Mellow Motivator

No arm-twister, retired Judge Peter Stone coaxes parties into settlements.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - Peter Stone, the retired Santa Clara County judge who has worked as a mediator and arbitrator at JAMS for the past 11 years, is known for a love of settling cases and an ability to relate to the people who are locked in an emotional dispute.

"He coaxes them to consensus," said James McManis, a partner with McManis Faulkner in San Jose who has hired Stone to handle a number of mediations of bu...

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