Your needs are my focus and my guide to managing your mediation. My professional experience (hundreds of clients, thousands of hours, over 25 years), helps me tailor the process to you, so you have the best opportunity to make the best decisions you can. My own life experiences help me to be sensitive to your needs and respect your right to make your own decisions.

My goal is to provide you with the best opportunity I can,  to reach decisions you believe will make your situation better, at this time, in this place, in your current circumstances.

I am guided in the mediation process by your real and pressing needs and situation, not by some rigid formula or abstract philosophy. I believe that mediation can provide a better way and I want to help you seize that way.



Minnesota Rule 114 Qualified Family Mediator.
MN Court of Appeals Family Mediation; The Mediation Center, Hamline Univ.; Private Practice Family Mediation; (Formerly Private Practice in CO, MD, and DC).

Court Mediator.  
8th Judicial District Court, Ft Collins, CO; Prince George's County Circuit Court, MD; District of Columbia Superior Court: Family; Small Claims; Civil I & II; Probate; Tax Mediation; Neutral Case Evaluation; Civil Arbitration.

Mediation Program Administrator.  
Superior Court of DC, Acting Director Dispute Resolution Division; Chief, Family & Community Branch; Interim Director Family Mediation Program. Circuit Court for Prince George's County, MD, Director, Custody Mediation Program.

Trainer, Mentor, Evaluator.  
Superior Court for the District of Columbia; Montgomery County (MD) Circuit Court and Bar Association; Prince Georges County (MD) Circuit Court; American Bar Association; American Law Institute-American Bar Association; State Justice Institute; others.

Practice of Law.  
Private Practice: MN, CO, DC, MD, OH; Hyatt Legal Services, Washington, DC; Office of the Attorney General of Ohio, Assistant Attorney General & Special Counsel.