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Oct. 20, 2017

Sacramento neutral uses humble roots to his advantage

Gary S. Davis, a JAMS mediator and arbitrator, learned the art of understatement early in his career.

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Gary S. Davis

SACRAMENTO — Gary S. Davis tried more than 150 cases as an attorney. But the most important one happened very early in his career.

In 1970, his younger brother Darrell was run over by a car in Redwood City. The accident left him a paraplegic. The driver — an insurance company executive on the job — claimed Darrell “dashed out between cars.”

“This was back in the days when contributor... (continued)

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