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May 30, 2025

Free Association

Retired San Mateo County Judge Robert D. Foiles has embraced a looser, more personal style in his second act as a JAMS mediator and arbitrator.

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Working as a JAMS private neutral has given retired judge Robert D. Foiles an opportunity to loosen up a little.

"The nice thing about being a mediator is you're not as buttoned up as a judge," Foiles said with a chuckle. "As a judge, you always have to stay in character. Even if you're doing a settlement conference, these are folks you're going to see on a trial or something else in the not-so-distant future, so you're buttoned up, you&... (continued)

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