Additional Information
- Certifications/Specialties:
- Founding member and Advanced Practitioner, Academy of Professional Family Mediators
- Advanced Practitioner Member, Association for Conflict Resolution
- Approved Panelist for ACR Referral List
- Approved Panel Member, Mediation Council of Illinois Referral Service
- Approved Panel Member, Lake County Bar Association Mediation Program
- Certified Mediator, 19th Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois
- Illinois Agriculture Mediation Program, USDA
- Mediation, Center for Conflict Resolution, Chicago
- Mediation, Illinois Department of Human Rights
- Mediation, Circuit Court of Cook County
- Education:
- University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1972
- J.D.
- University of Chicago, 1969
- B.A.
- Honors: Special Honors, Political Science
- Representative Clients:
- Social Security Administration
- Illinois Agriculture Mediation Program
- Families and Family Businesses
- United States Postal Service REDRESS Program
- Key Bridge Foundation, Washington, D.C.
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Adjunct Professor of Law, IIT-Chicago Kent College of Law, 2008-Present,
- Visiting Lecturer, Undergraduate and Graduate Level Conflict Resolution, North Central College, 2000 - Present
- Instructor, DePaul University College of Commerce, 1980-1981, 1987
- Lecturer, Legal Writing and Research, ITT Chicago Kent College of Law, 1973 - 1976
- "The Ethics of Mediation Style" (Co-Presenter), Emerging Issues in Mediation Conference, University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Association of Mediators, Madison, Wisconsin, 2003
- "Divorce Mediation -- The Civilized Alternative", The Lilac Tree, Evanston, Illinois, 2003
- Guest Lecture, "Power, Power Imbalances and Caucus", Combined Conflict Resolution Classes, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, April 22, December 2, 2002 and April 28, 2003
- "What Lawyers Can Do to Facilitate Mediation", Family Law Seminar, Lake County Bar Association, 2003
- Mediator Training, "Screening for Impairments to Mediation", 19th Judicial Circuit Family Mediation Program, Grayslake, Illinois, April 12, 2003
- "Power Imbalances and Anger in Mediation - No Problem", Family Law Seminar, Lake County Bar Association, 2002
- "Working with Attorneys in Mediation" (Co-Presenter), Association for Conflict Resolution Seminar, Family Section Conference, Savannah, Georgia, March 2, 2002
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Academy of Professional Family Mediators
- Board member, International Academy of Dispute Resolution
- Wisconsin Association of Mediators, 1992-present
- Mediation Council of Illinois, 1995 - 1999
- President
- Mediation Council of Illinois, 1993 - Present
- Board of Directors
- Association for Conflict Resolution (formerly AFM) 1991-present
- Advanced Practitioner Member (AFM approved consultant)
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
- North Suburban Service Council, 1994 - Present
- Board Member
- North Suburban Service Council, 2001 - 2003, and 2009-present,
- President
- Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, 2002 - 2004, founding Secretary and Board Member
- Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, Fellow
- Lake County Bar Association
- Member, Family Law Committee
- Lake County Bar Association
- Chairman, Lawyer Referral Committee, 1994-1996, 1998
- Chicago Bar Association
- Member, Matrimonial Law Committee
- Past Employment Positions:
- Cook County, Assistant State's Attorney, 1973 - 1975
- Justice Joseph J. Drucker, Illinois Appellate Court, Law Clerk, 1972 - 1973