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Apr. 10, 2026

For Timothy Reuben, mediation is persuasion -- just gentler

After four decades in trial practice, Timothy Reuben shifts to full-time neutral work, emphasizing pragmatic solutions and compromise.

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For Timothy Reuben, mediation is persuasion -- just gentler

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Longtime litigator Timothy D. Reuben is a firm believer in the art of persuasion, a skill he often made use of during four decades as a civil trial attorney and one he's turning to regularly these days while working to resolve disputes.

"Being a lawyer, you are definitely a persuader," Reuben said. "And I think being a mediator, to some extent, you are very much a persuader. But it is a gentler, calmer, more rational and more effective - hopefully - ... (continued)

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