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Aug. 29, 2025

No Hard Feelings

Former justice Victoria Chaney has a knack for resolving difficult disputes

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No Hard Feelings

Career Highlights: California Courts of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District, Retired July 15, 2024.
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Before enrolling at Loyola Law School, now-retired appellate justice Victoria G. Chaney worked for several years as a registered nurse, and she's still using some of what she learned during her time in medicine to resolve disputes as a mediator.

"Nursing was helpful in that I learned how to work with people," Chaney said, noting that she focused for a time specifically on psychiatric patients. "I just sort of react naturally now to somebody who's... (continued)

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