This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Arbitrator Profile

Dec. 20, 2008

A New Gig

One-time rock band member and plaintiffs' lawyer Robert M. Tessier changes his career path.

By Greg Katz
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Mediator Robert M. Tessier thinks of himself as a study in contrasts.

Tessier grew up in a blue-collar Los Angeles family but works in a white-collar field.

He attended liberal Loyola Marymount as an undergrad and went on to the conservative Pepperdine University School of Law.

Out of law school, he started doing defense work, then switched to the plaintiffs' side.

Those...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up