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Jun. 11, 2021

A calming influence

Mediator Peter Weinberger treats settlements like a business issue.

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Peter L. Weinberger was in the middle of defending an affordable housing developer against tenants who said their apartment building was uninhabitable when he discovered he'd made a couple of big mistakes.

Fixing those mistakes eventually inspired him to become a mediator. The first mistake was getting angry at the plaintiffs for claiming his client had set the building on fire. It turned out the on site property manager ... (continued)

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