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Ms. Allen is an internationally recognized mediator, arbitrator and ADR service provider. She has worked in conflict management for thirty years. As a licensed business and tax attorney, she delivers ADR services throughout the world in a diverse spectrum of commercial, civil, business and cultural matters. She is an ADR educator designing, authoring and teaching basic and advanced ADR curriculum, communication and conflict management, and conflict resolution programs to mediators, arbitrators, judges, advocates and corporate personnel/HR management teams throughout the world.
Ms. Allen acts as a neutral service provider in other ADR areas such as conflict management systems design, meeting facilitator, early neutral evaluation, special master, and litigation support analyst.
Ms. Allen's ADR practice is heavily focused in national and international commercial and business disputes although she regularly conducts mediations and arbitrations involving financial, securities, employment, health care law, real estate, estate, and public policy matters. Annually, she conducts many basic and advanced conflict prevention, management, communication skills, civility, mediation and arbitration trainings worldwide for companies, advocates, mediators, arbitrators, and the judiciary.
Ms. Allen’s career in conflict resolution began while serving as corporate and personal tax counsel for multiple clients in her business practice. A law school professor turned counselor/litigator she now uses her professional experience to aid in preventing, managing and resolving conflict. She obtained ADR training and education from multiple Universities and Award-winning programs and now teaches in the discipline worldwide. She maintains an active practice as a full-time mediator, arbitrator, facilitator and ADR educator/trainer. Ms. Allen is a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators and served as its President during the 2005-2006 fiscal year. She also maintains membership on several national and international ADR service provider panels.
ADR Experience
Ms. Allen delivers arbitration, mediation and conflict management services to national and international clients. Her case load spans simple and complex, multi-party matters in commercial/business employment, health care, tax securities, real estate, probate and public policy matters. Examples of her engagements involve disputes requiring interpretation and understanding of complex financial records/data, negotiated business transactions, covenants not to compete/non solicitation, business and stockholder buy-sell agreements, legal and accounting malpractice involving financial, matters, executive compensation disputes, estate planning, health care provider disputes, and securities matters. Her extensive experience as an ADR program designer/teacher provides a unique perspective on the dimensions of conflict management and resolution. Ms. Allen has also completed extensive training in family and domestic mediation. She assists businesses in conflict prevention and management, systems design, facilitating strategic planning, transaction negotiating, family and business succession planning and corporate governance. Ms. Allen serves on several court rosters and provider panels worldwide. She has also served as a Special Master in multi-party class action disputes.
Approach
Ideally, each ADR engagement commences with a pre-process conference among the key participant representatives. This event can be in person or virtual. A purpose is to identify the needs of the participants and assist the stakeholders in creating their own unique, custom designed process. This is also an opportunity to learn what the participants expect of Ms. Allen as the arbitrator, mediator, facilitator, etc. Deference to, and active participation of parties and their representatives, is encouraged with permission of counsel. Caucus is included in the mediation model as are mediator numbers, suggestions and solutions when requested by the participants. As an arbitrator, Ms. Allen strives to design a process that is appropriate to the dispute and the disputants. She aims to provide expedient and effective processes to parties and counsel.
Professional Associations
- AAA – American Arbitration Association
- ABA DR – ABA Section of DR
- AHLA – American Health Lawyers Association
- CPR – International Institute for Conflict Resolution
- FINRA – Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- IAM – International Academy of Mediators
- ICC – International Chamber of Commerce
- ICDR – Institute for Conflict and Dispute Resolution
- IMI – International Mediation Institute
- NAF – National Arbitration Forum
- Singapore Mediation Centre
- Lakeside Mediation Center (Member) –
Lakeside Mediation Center is proud to announce that Eric Galton, Greg Bourgeois, Jeff Jury, and Tracy Allen have been named SuperLawyers for the year of 2024. Each of these named mediators have now been selected for this prestigious designation at least 16 times since 2003.
Fees and Provisos
Case charges for arbitration or mediation are based on a per diem or hourly rate, plus expenses, as agreed to in advance by the participants. ADR trainings are billed on a flat fee plus expenses and materials, as agreed to in advance. Fees for systems design, conflict management, facilitation and communication programs are as negotiated on a project by design basis.
Ms. Allen maintains an active practice as a full time mediator, arbitrator, facilitator and ADR educator/trainer. She is a Distinguished Fellow Emeritus of the International Academy of Mediators and served as its President during the 2005-2006 fiscal year. She also maintains membership on several national and international ADR service provider panels.
Ms. Allen maintains her office and resides in southeast Michigan.
