Bob Felts
"The opportunity to have a life-changing experience" inspires retired lawyer's work
Excerpt: As an attorney with more than three decades in his profession including 21 years with the Tulare County Counsel's Office Bob Felts knows the court system well.
Now 79 and mostly retired, Felts is part of a renewed local effort to find nonpunitive solutions for cases involving young offenders.
The outside-the-courtroom initiative is being launched by the Sequoia Community Mediation Center, a six-year-old program that focuses on resolving conflict through negotiated solutions. It's an offshoot of the Samaritan Center in Visalia.
