Mediation Skills

With the birth of my son in the late 1980's I participated in a parenting skills program that rekindled some of the lessons that I had in law school with the very gifted Dean Don Weckstein, who was a world class legal scholar dedicated to a field that lawyers call "Alternative Dispute Resolution." I took that course, Parent Effectiveness Training, twice. A few years later, as my negotiating and deal making skills evolved, I participated in a comprehensive mediation training program developed by Joan B. Kelly, Ph.D and Nancy J. Foster, J.D. of the Northern California Mediation Center.

During the past ten years my involvement in "Alternative Dispute Resolution" has continued to develop to the point that it involves most of my professional practice. It is much more personally satisfying to be a peacemaker than a gladiator. I am a member of the Bar Associations for the states of California and Minnesota and I serve on various Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections.