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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Apr. 11, 2009

Right Place, Right Time

Richard H. Chernick, JAMS vice president and managing director of its arbitration practice, attributes much of his success to serendipity.

By Mindy Farabee
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Richard H. Chernick, vice president and managing director of arbitration practice at alternative dispute resolution giant JAMS, keeps more than 2,000 bottles of wine stowed in his personal wine cellar. Three years ago, he broke out one of his most prized bottles, a 1945 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Bordeaux, for the occasion of his 60th birthday.

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