Carl B. Viniar has been one of the most active mediators in South Jersey for more than 25 years, and was a practicing attorney for more than 35 years, He was a founder and member of the Board of Trustees of the Academy of Professional Family Mediators. Although his primary emphasis has been family mediation, Mr. Viniar has also mediated and negotiated settlements in the fields of real estate, construction partnerships, employment and estates. Mr. Viniar taught mediation, negotiation and conflict resolution at Rutgers Law School and Business School for more than 20 years. He has trained hundreds of people to be mediators, and successfully worked with over 1000 couples.
Now he has embarked on another path along this journey, having been ordained as a Rabbinic Pastor through the Ordination Program of Aleph, the Alliance for Jewish Renewal. Jewish Renewal is a transdenominational movement. The Rabbinic Pastor Ordination is for clergy drawn to spiritual service primarily through pastoral care, ritual craft and holy accompaniment through life changes. His practice of premarital (and marital) mediation, discernment mediation (helping parties negotiate their next steps, before the final decision to divorce) and divorce mediation reflects his commitment to spiritual wholeness and healing.