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Retired state appellate justice Richard D. Aldrich wrote the book on settlement conferences.
As a Ventura County Superior Court judge in the 1990s, Aldrich authored a booklet called the "Ventura County Multi-Door Courthouse" that served as a guide for judges on how to run settlement conferences and resolve cases.
In 1986, with some courts facing a five-year backlog, the California Legis... (continued)