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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Oct. 2, 2010

Mediator Diffuses Bombs

His first year as a mediator, Herman Papa discovered an effective, if a bit unconventional, tool for calming a dispute: a chair.

By Amy Yarbrough

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - His first year as a mediator, Herman Papa discovered an effective, if a bit unconventional, tool for calming a dispute: a chair.

Papa, who divides his time between his own company and Judicate West in San Francisco, was mediating a dispute involving the dissolution of a real estate contract. Things got surprisingly heated, the parties refused to calm down and the situa...

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