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