Veronica Cravener

Veronica Cravener is a mediator and trainer for Mediate to Achieve, LLC, based in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She has mediated more than 500 disputes across areas such as landlord-tenant, contracts, consumer-business, personal injury, neighbors, individual disputes over money, and post-employment disputes. She is experienced at mediating by text message in addition to in-person and telephone mediation. Active in the dispute resolution community, she previously served as chair of the Columbus Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee and has written articles on mediation, including one featured on Mediate.com. She began her career as a mediator at a local community mediation center and also previously worked in a court-connected mediation role, having previously served as the Small Claims and Dispute Resolution Supervisor at the Franklin County Municipal Court in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to becoming a mediator, she practiced law. She earned her J.D. from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and her B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.

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Articles and Video:

Mediate.com Podcast 18: How Emotions, Behavioral Economics & Neuroscience Factor into Decision Making in Mediation (04/26/22)
The Mediate.com Podcast, hosted by mediator Veronica Cravener, covers everything in the world of mediation. Episode 18 features Lucia Kanter St. Amour--attorney, author, international negotiation lecturer & mediator, who provides a basic overview of behavioral science principles relevant to mediators and provides takeaways for how mediators can help keep parties on a productive path in mediation.

Mediate.com Podcast Episode 17: Workplace Mediation: It’s all in the Preparation (04/11/22)
The Mediate.com Podcast, hosted by mediator Veronica Cravener, covers everything in the world of mediation. Episode 17 features Dr. Debra Dupree and focuses on the importance of preparation. Preparation is key when it comes to all mediation, but especially workplace mediation.

Mediate.com Podcast Episode 16: Moving from Combative to Collaborative (03/22/22)
The Mediate.com Podcast, hosted by mediator Veronica Cravener, covers everything in the world of mediation. Episode 16 focuses on the importance of mindset when moving from "combative to collaborative."

Mediate.com Podcast Episode 15: Confidence, Networking, and Relationship Building (03/15/22)
The Mediate.com Podcast, hosted by mediator Veronica Cravener, covers everything in the world of mediation: conflict resolution, best practices, ethics, technology, and business development. Episode 15 focuses on Confidence, Networking, and Relationship Building.

Mediate.com Podcast Episode 14: What Mediators Should Know About Conflict (03/10/22)
The Mediate.com Podcast, hosted by mediator Veronica Cravener, covers everything in the world of mediation: Episode 14 focuses on What Mediators Should Know About Conflict with Cinnie Noble.

Mediate.com Podcast Episode 13: Roadmap to Professional Development for Mediators (03/08/22)
The Mediate.com Podcast, hosted by mediator Veronica Cravener, covers everything in the world of mediation. Episode 13 features Susan Guthrie and focuses on the path for professional development for mediators.

Mediate.com Podcast Episodes 10, 11 & 12 - How to Build a Thriving Mediation Practice (03/01/22)
The Mediate.com Podcast, hosted by mediator Veronica Cravener, covers everything in the world of mediation. Episodes 10, 11 and 12 feature Natalie Armstrong-Motin and focus on how mediators can build a thriving mediation practice.

Introducing the Mediate.com Podcast (10/01/21)
We’re excited to finally share the news: we’ve launched a new Mediate.com Podcast, hosted by our good friend, mediator Veronica Cravener!

Resolving Legal Battles, One Text Message at a Time (12/27/20)
The Franklin County Municipal Court (FCMC), located in Columbus, Ohio offers online, text-message mediation. This article highlights the data from mediations completed entirely online, by text message, in one of FCMC’s mediations programs.