LOS ANGELES -- In the vast majority of cases Judge Zaven V. Sinanian has presided over, the parties ended up taking the alternative route to an "antagonistic" or "adversarial" trial: a negotiated settlement.
"When they come to me I want them to think of this department as an oasis of peace," said Sinanian, who oversees the Los Angeles Superior Court's Judicial Mandatory Settlement Program.
"I always a... (continued)
