4/2's settlement program

Today's DJ has 4/2's PJ Ramirez in Law Day 2021: A Celebration of the Law and Lawyers, which discusses the court's settlement program and thanks (by name) the many volunteers who have made it a success:

• For the past 30 years, 1991 to the present, our volunteer attorney mediators have served as "peacemakers" on behalf of the Court of Appeal and the citizens of this state. For that, I am sincerely grateful, and I applaud them for their efforts, participation and dedication.
• Since its beginning, our all-volunteer attorney mediation program has grown considerably. Through the years, 155 attorneys have served our court, along with a number of retired superior court judges and appellate court justices. Between 1991 and 2020, the court has resolved and settled in excess of 1,400 cases by way of volunteer attorney mediation, resulting in an astonishing settlement rate of close to 45%. When added to the hard work of the opinion writing justices and court attorneys, we join our state-wide colleagues as a most productive and efficient Court of Appeal in California.

[See here too.]