Daily Journal: Describe a past incident in your work as a judge or as a lawyer that you handled that has helped you in your work now as a neutral.
Rudy: While a litigator, I mediated one matter in which the plaintiff was offered a substantial amount of money, which he rejected. He proceeded to trial and received an award of less than 20 percent of the amount offered in mediation. In retrospect, I should have been more forceful with the client in encouraging him to set... (continued)