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Licensed since: 1973
Law school: The University of Chicago Law School
Education: University of Chicago, B.A., Major: Political Science, Honors: Special Honors, 1969
Certifications: Approved Panel Member, Lake County Bar Association Mediation Program; Mediation, Center for Conflict Resolution, Chicago, mediation of cases for Illinois Department of Human Rights and Circuit Court of Cook County; Certified Mediator, Domestic Relations Division, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, 2014; United States Postal Service REDRESS Program since 1999; Founding Member and Advanced Practitioner Member, Academy of Professional Family Mediators; Approved Panel Member, Mediation Council of Illinois Referral Service; Agriculture Mediation Program, U.S.D.A., certified program for Illinois (mediation of USDA programs such as environment, contract disputes, land use, lending, housing); Mediator, Americans With Disabilities Act Claims, Key Bridge Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Mediation, federal EEO claims for the Social Security Administration; Approved Panelist for Association for Conflict Resolution Referral List; Certified Mediator, 19th Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois - Family Mediation Panel; Certified Mediator, 19th Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois - Civil Mediation Panel; Certified Civil Mediation, 19th Judicial Circuit Certified Mediator, Probate Division, 19th Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois; Advanced Practitioner Member, Association for Conflict Resolution
Professional activity: I have trained civil and family mediators for the Illinois State Bar Association starting in 2022 and have continued to do so in 2023 and 2024.; Selected to serve on the Illinois State Bar Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Council. I served in 2022 and 2023 as well.; President, Mediation Council of Illinois, 1995 - 1999; 2020 -; Trained small claims mediators on behalf of the 19th Judicial Circuit, Waukegan, Illinois.; Illinois, 1973; Incorporator, Founding Secretary, Fellow (2002 - present), Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, 2002 - 2004; Chairman, Lawyer Referral Committee, Lake County Bar Association, 1998; Founding Treasurer, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Illinois.; Board Member, North Suburban Service Council, 1994 - Present; President, North Suburban Service Council, 2001 - 2003; Chairman, Lawyer Referral Committee, Lake County Bar Association, 1994-1996; Secretary, Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County, 2000 - Present; Association of Family and Conciliation Courts; Board of Directors, Mediation Council of Illinois, 1993 - Present; Member, Family Law Committee, Lake County Bar Association; Member, Matrimonial Law Committee, Chicago Bar Association