Government
Jun. 25, 2013
Attorneys frustrated by court cutbacks of settlement officers, mediation services
Many attorneys and litigants have experienced frustrations, including settling on unfavorable terms, as superior courts pare back their alternative dispute resolution services and delay settlement conferences - sometimes indefinitely.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Lisa J. Leebove has a bone to pick with San Francisco County Superior Court. The San Francisco-based attorney recently defended a breach of contract case that went nearly four years without a settlement conference.
"It was in a black hole of judicial oversight. It just disappeared into the abyss," she said. "I never heard from anybody about it."
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