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Verdicts

Dec. 1, 2006

Law School? Who Needs It? Not This Mediator

Lee Jay Berman is not a lawyer. Never has been.

By Emma Dewald
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      Lee Jay Berman is not a lawyer. Never has been.
      But he is a mediator, and most years he resolves from 75 to 90 disputes.
      James L. Wraith, a name partner at Oakland law firm Selvin Wraith Halman, was a little hesitant to use a mediator who had never been to law school.
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