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Litigation

Sep. 19, 2008

Doll Diplomacy

A former ambassador is called in as a mediator to help toy makers settle their expensive differences.

By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer

RIVERSIDE - Pierre-Richard Prosper has helped guide a lot of high-stakes negotiations. His job as U.S. ambassador in charge of the secretary of state's Office of War Crimes Issues several years ago included forging agreements with foreign ministers on the return of their nationals held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Later, along with his duties as counsel at Arent Fox in Los Angeles, Prosper became an oft-...

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