LOS ANGELES — When things go according to plan, former Judge Carla M. Woehrle said mediation can offer the best kind of justice wronged parties can get— the kind they achieve for themselves.
A U.S. magistrate judge for nearly 20 years, Woehrle said she knows all too well the rulings a bench officer makes can be constrained by the evidence admitted, the jury instructions given, or some other facet of the case. That sometim... (continued)