Los Angeles County (Van Nuys)
VAN NUYS — Judge Valerie F. Salkin uses the teleconferencing program Zoom as a window to finding common ground during settlement conferences.
For example, if the app shows a university degree on the wall in one of the parties’ homes Salkin explained, “If I see that the plaintiff is from Michigan I go, ‘Oh, I went to Michigan. On one occasion there was a party who had a big Thomas McKnight painting in the background. I sai... (continued)