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Dec. 1, 2023

The Human Element

Retired judge David De Alba's compassion helps parties see benefits of a deal, lawyers say

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The Human Element
Judicate West
Malcolm Maclachlan / Daily Journal David De Alba

​​Retired judge David F. De Alba, now a Judicate West neutral, spent more than two decades working for the California attorney general’s office, but when he started there back in 1979, he wasn’t planning to stay long.

“It was a job, and I needed a job,” De Alba said. “But I was not enamored with the prospect of being a civil servant. … I never dreamed I was going to be there 22 years.”

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