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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Sep. 28, 2013

Laurie Quigley Saldana

Saldana is one of a handful of women mediators in the Central Valley. She is a self-described pragmatist, whipping out lines like, "A plaintiff's case is never as good as the day it walks in your door."


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


FRESNO - A faulty tire blew out on a Ford Explorer, leading to the deaths of a former police chief and his granddaughter. It was an inflection point in the legal career of Laurie Quigley Saldana, who represented the grieving family against two powerful companies.


Saldana was on her way to opening statements in the 2002 trial - the first in California related to the nationwide recall of Bridgestone/Fire...

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