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Aug. 26, 2022

Soft Touch

JAMS neutral Alan Perkins doesn’t believe haranguing litigants helps to resolve disputes.

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Retired judge Alan G. Perkins has noted a slight change in the way attorneys treat him as a private neutral.

“They’re not as quick to return phone calls,” said the former Sacramento County Superior Court judge. “Sometimes they will and sometimes they won’t. … Usually, as a judge, people would call you back no matter what – even if you didn’t really care if they called back that quickly. It’s a little bit of an adjustment, but it... (continued)

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