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- Certifications/Specialties:
- 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 - Family Mediation Panel
- Illinois Agriculture Mediation Program, USDA
- Mediation, Center for Conflict Resolution, Chicago
- Certified Mediator, 19th Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois - Civil Mediation Panel
- Mediator, Americans With Disabilities Act Claims, Key Bridge Foundation
- Education:
- University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1972
- J.D.
- University of Chicago, 1969
- B.A.
- Honors: Special Honors, Political Science
- Representative Clients:
- Families and Family Businesses
- United States Postal Service REDRESS Program
- Key Bridge Foundation, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Illinois Agriculture Mediation Program
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- 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
- Annual Guest Lecture, "Power, Power Imbalances and Caucus", Combined Conflict Resolution Classes, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1998 - Present
- "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
- ADR: "Appropriate Dispute Resolution", Association of Women Attorneys, Lake County Illinois, Approved Continuing Legal Education Seminar, January 11, 2008
- Mediating in the Face of Strongly Held Beliefs, National Conference Association for Conflict Resolution, Philadelphia, 2006
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Mediation Council of Illinois, 1995 - 1999
- President
- Mediation Council of Illinois, 1993 - Present
- Board of Directors
- Association for Conflict Resolution (formerly AFM)
- Advanced Practitioner Member
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
- North Suburban Service Council, 1994 - Present
- Board Member
- North Suburban Service Council, 2001 - 2003
- President
- Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, 2002 - 2004
- Fellow and Board Member
- 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
- Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County, 2000 - Present
- Secretary
- Past Employment Positions:
- Cook County, Assistant State's Attorney, 1973 - 1975
- Justice Joseph J. Drucker, Illinois Appellate Court, Law Clerk, 1972 - 1973
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