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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Feb. 21, 2014

Louise A. LaMothe

A longtime neutral and a former business litigator, LaMothe is about to begin an unusual arrangment as a part-time U.S. magistrate judge while also preserving her private practice as a mediator and arbitrator.


By Paul Jones


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Louise LaMothe's legal career includes some notable highlights, from working to promote desegregation in Houston, Texas in the 1970s to investigating the Los Angeles Police Department after the beating of Rodney King in the early '90s. Recently, the Santa Barbara-based mediator and arbitrator added another item to that list when she was selected to be a part-time U.S. magistrate judge in the Central Distr...

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