Attorney
4148 Edmund Blvd.
Minneapolis MN 55406
612/721-0443
612/721-0443 Fax

Education
J.D. University of Minnesota
M.A. Brandeis University
B.A., Carleton College

Experience/Training
Mediation Center mediation training, 1/24-27/94, 30 hours
Mediation Center arbitration training, 6/6/94, 6 hours
Endispute, Effective Use of ADR for Lawyers, 2/5/94, 6.75 hours
MSBA CLE, Using Mediation Effectively, 9/9-10/96, 40 hours preparation & teaching
MSBA CLE, ADR Now, 12/12/96, 15 hours preparation & teaching
Minnesota CLE, 10 Commandments of Employment Mediation, 5/29/97, 1 hour
Minnesota CLE, Challenges of Mediating Gender Sensitive Cases, 7/22/98, 7.5 hours preparation and teaching
Minnesota CLE, Eliminating Bias in Your Mediation Practice, 11/6/98, 8 hours preparation and teaching
MILE, Mistakes in ADR, 12/4/98, 3 hours preparation and teaching
Minnesota CLE, Dispute Resolution in the Workplace, 3/2-3/99, 9 hours preparation and teaching
U of M Law School, ADR in Workplace, 6/7/99, 31.5 preparation & teaching

Mediations
I have conducted over 80 employment mediations in the past four years. Many of them concerned sexual harassment or discrimination. I also have conducted several non-employment mediations.

Familiarity and Experience with State and Federal Labor and Employment Laws
I have practiced employment law for 23 years – as a specialist. I am extremely familiar with the laws. I regularly teach CLEs in employment law and recently taught the course at the U of M Law School as a visiting professor.

Other Factors Relevant to Ability to Mediate Employment Disputes
I represented clients in mediations throughout the 1980s and 1990s in connection with the Rajender Consent Decree and other class action litigation. These were all employment cases.

References
Barbara Burke
Dan Froehlich
Sonja Peterson
Helen Schneider
Ron Usem