Career Highlights: Named dean of Western State College of Law at Westcliff University; neutral, Signature Resolution; Associate Justice, Second District of the California Court of Appeal; Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court; deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County. After retiring from the bench, Dhanidina was a partner at Umberg Zipser in Irvine and Werksman Jackson and Quinn in Los Angeles and adjunct professor at various Southern California law schools.
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Raised by parents who immigrated to the U.S. from East Africa, retired appellate justice Halim Dhanidina knows a thing or two about standing out.
"Because of my background, I've developed a sense of profound empathy with people who are different," Dhanidina said, describing how that perspective plays a role in his approach as a mediator.
"So much of the mediation world is about trust, and trust, I think, ultimately stems from empathy," ... (continued)
