Jan M. Adler has a few idioms up his sleeve, furnished by loved ones, to explain what he’s like as a neutral: Cool as a cucumber (according to his father). A dog with a bone (says his wife). By Adler’s own estimation, he is also an optimist and an extrovert, and according to attorneys who have worked with the Judicate West neutral and former U.S. magistrate judge, all of the above rings true.
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