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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Dec. 6, 2006

Attorney Questions Judges' Impartiality in ADR Cases

LOS ANGELES - A lawyer representing a client who won the go-ahead to sue one of the nation's largest private dispute resolution firms plans to question the impartiality of a trial judge - and by extension every Los Angeles County Superior Court judge - in hearing the case, because of potential bias if she is considering employment by JAMS.

By Susan McRae
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - A lawyer representing a client who won the go-ahead to sue one of the nation's largest private dispute resolution firms plans to question the impartiality of a trial judge - and by extension every Los Angeles County Superior Court judge - in hearing the case, because of potential bias if she is considering employment by JAMS.
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