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Feb. 10, 2023

Neutral with 35 years as real estate litigator plays to his strengths

James Stoelker does his homework and doesn’t pound tables when working to resolve disputes.

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Neutral with 35 years as real estate litigator plays to his strengths

JAMS neutral James L. Stoelker isn’t a big fan of surprises.

“I’m not someone who likes to wing it. I never have been,” Stoelker said. “I’m horribly uncomfortable if I have to go into someplace and work on something unprepared.”

After 10 years as a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge, Stoelker stepped down from the bench in the spring of 2021, and has been focused on mediating, arbitrating and act... (continued)

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