The Daily Journal and Zócalo Public Square recently profiled former Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye.
The Daily Journal piece is part of its ADR profile series. Cantil-Sakauye stressed the uncertainties of the court system as a reason to embrace mediation. “DBW — no case is a dead-bang winner,” she said, “Sometimes you win when you should lose, and you lose when you should win.” Because her position as president and CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California (see here) is time consuming, the former Chief Justice explained she is not doing what she called “mini-trial” arbitrations, but that could change in the future. “I love trials, I loved being a trial attorney, and I loved being a trial judge,” she said. Besides mediations, the Daily Journal reports Cantil-Sakauye has also done moot courts and appellate consultations.
The Zócalo interview is a lighter read. Cantil-Sakauye discloses her go-to karaoke song and the last book she read that she loved, and she talks about her daily 90-minute walks with her standard poodle Abe.
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