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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Aug. 8, 2009

Maintenance Man to Mediator

Mediator Joseph J. Carson started out as a paperboy, and also worked as a plumber, garbage collector and maintenance man before becoming a judge, where he presided over the courtroom he once cleaned as a janitor.

By Dhyana Levey
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - "Slow down and speak plain English."

That's what retired Alameda County Superior Court judge-turned-mediator-and-arbitrator Joseph J. Carson often tells the attorneys he works with.

Ask anyone who collaborates with the former judge on alternative dispute resolutions or has appeared before him in court, and they'll report that he also likes to declare, "I'm just a simple guy from Hay...

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