Jerry Kurland always wanted to become a mediator. Even as far back in college “as student body president at UCLA, I was able to utilize my skills in bringing together very diverse interests in order to resolve difficult problems. As a lawyer, I trained as a mediator and volunteered in many settlement programs.” While working as in-house counsel at a large real estate development company, Kurland built up a part-time mediation practice. “When JAMS and Endispute merged, I became one of the first attorney-mediators in the new company. From there, I built a practice largely around my history in the real estate and construction communities.”

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