General Education

University of Chicago                                                             Chicago, IL

Lafayette College                                                                     Easton, PA

AB, Biology                                                                                                    1972

Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa.

Mediation Education

Mediation Training & Consultation Institute                Chicago, IL

Forty hour Divorce and Custody Mediation Training                                        2009

Pepperdine University School of Law                                Malibu, CA

Mediating Complex Construction Disputes, 18 hour course                              2005

DePaul University College of Law                                      Chicago, IL

Forty hour Mediation Certificate Course                                                          2005

Center for Conflict Resolution                                         Chicago, IL

Forty hour Mediation Certificate Course                                                          2002

ADR Rosters

International Mediation Institute                              2010 - present

Certified Mediator

American Arbitration Association                               2007 - Present

Mediator                                                                                                                

Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division 2007 - Present     

Certified Mediator

Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division             2004 - Present

Court-Annexed Major Case Mediation Program                                

Certified Mediator

Center for Conflict Resolution                                   2003 - Present     

Certified Mediator

Circuit Court of Cook County                                       2003 - Present     

Certified Arbitrator

Employment

DePaul University College of law                                2006 - present

Adjunct Professor

Teach Mediation law school courses.

Center for Dispute Resolution                                     2006 - present

DePaul University College of law                                                          

Faculty Member

Teach 40 hour Mediation Certificate Training course.  Developed skills training and simulations for Certificate course.  

Center for Conflict Resolution                                   2005 - present

Lead Trainer and Coach

Develop content and lead training of volunteer mediators in the Cook County Foreclosure Mediation Program.  Coach judges, lawyers, law students, and general public in simulations as part of CCR Basic Mediation certificate course and participate in evaluation of trainees as CCR mediators.

Chicago Mediation LLC                                                       2004 - Present

Partner                                                                                                                  

Founder and sole practitioner of mediation firm.

Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School                                  1998 - 2001

Facilities Manager                                                                                                 

Elementary school administrator with responsibility for design, construction and start-up of 20,000 square foot addition to the school.  Also managed all facility issues and assisted head of school with general administrative issues.

Sachnoff Weaver & Rubenstein                                             1977 - 1985

Attorney                                                                                                                

Shareholder (beginning September, 1981) practicing real estate law.  Extensive experience in condominium conversions and complex commercial real estate transactions.  Contributor to Chicago Sun Times condominium column.

Volunteer Positions

Center for Conflict Resolution                                   2002 - present

Certified Mediator

Mediate cases in Circuit Court of Cook County Municipal, Chancery, Law, Probate and Domestic Relations Divisions, as well as community cases.

Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School                          2002 - present

Board of Trustees                                                                                 

Past Chair, Finance Committee and past Treasurer.  Coordinated design and construction of one acre play field adjacent to school in 2005-2006.

Chicago Architecture Foundation                               2003 - Present

Docent, Docent at Large to Docent Council. Tour Director, Member of Board of Trustees

 Professional Organizations

Association of Attorney-mediators                                         2010 - Present

Association for Conflict Resolution - Chicago Chapter 2002 - Present

Member and Co-Chair, Professional Development Committee (2003 -2005)

Organized professional development programs on ethics and styles of mediation.

Chicago Bar Association                                                                2002 - Present

Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee

American Bar Association                                                            2002 - Present

Dispute Resolution Section

Association for Conflict Resolution                                    2002 - Present

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Speaker, "Conflict & Communication in Today's Tense Environment," Community Association Institute Annual Conference, January, 2011.

Speaker, “Living in the Question,” Association of Attorney-Mediators, Chicago Chapter, July, 2010.

“Mediation in Turnover Disputes,” Common Interest, Magazine of the CAI-Illinois Chapter, Spring 2010.

Speaker, “Dealing with Conflict,” Community Association Institute, April, 2010.

Speaker, “Mediation: A Demonstration of Different Approaches,” Cook County Circuit Court Court-Annexed Mediation Program, December, 2009.

Speaker, “What’s Your Style? Divergence from and Convergence with the Facilitative Model,” Association for Conflict Resolution Chicago Chapter, September 2009.

Speaker, “Mediation Skills,” Chicago Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, April 2007.

Speaker, “Mediation Skills,” Association for Conflict Resolution – Chicago Chapter, March 2007.

“Law Division Major Case Court-Annexed Mediation Program: An Introduction,” Caucus, Quarterly Newsletter of the Center for Conflict Resolution, Fall 2005.

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