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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Apr. 5, 2008

Varied Careers Enrich S.F. Mediator's Expertise

San Francisco mediator Robert M. Smith has traveled many professional roads throughout his career. His variety of experience has enabled him to resolve very different disputes over the last 16 years.

By Jill Redhage
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 1 of Verdicts & Settlements

      SAN FRANCISCO - The dispute wasn't resolved, but at 5 p.m. Harvey Stein packed up his briefcase and walked out of the room.
      "We had been slugging it out for eight hours," the sole practitioner from Oakland said of a mediation he attended 12 years ago under San Francis...

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