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Nov. 9, 2014

Paul D. Herbert

Judge Paul Herbert knows how to talk diametrically opposed parties into unlikely settlements.

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By Hadley Robinson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

OAKLAND - Several years back, Paul Herbert was litigating a commercial case in Contra Costa County involving a dispute over money after several people left an organization.

Stephen P. Brunner, a solo who had worked with Herbert before, was brought in to handle one of the defendants, and was shocked by the level of acrimony amongst the lawyers.

The judge had assigned a full-time discovery referee to re... (continued)

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