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Arbitrator Profile

Nov. 13, 2010

A Practical Approach

Neutral Sheila P. Sonenshine gets parties on the same page, even those whose cases have dragged on for years.


By Susan McRae


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - As a family law attorney, Sheila P. Sonenshine became expert in settling disputes short of trial.


As presiding judge of Orange County Superior Court's family law department, she did the same for its case settlement program.


And as a justice in Division Three of the Fourth Appellate District, she launched the first ever settlement program for appellate cases, a program so suc...

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