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Previous ACR-Chicago Events ACR- Chicago Chapter and Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP Please join us to explore the many facets of restorative justice in practice. Our presenters represent a broad spectrum of fields and professions in which they have applied and incorporated the restorative philosophy and practices. From their distinct backgrounds, experiences and insights, they will share how a restorative approach may enhance and enrich situations, relationships, communities and possibilities. The program will be of interest to anyone who is involved in conflict resolution in schools, communities, faith-based institutions, social service agencies, academia and businesses. When: Thursday, April 10, 2008 Christine Agaiby, J.D. is the Restorative Justice Manager of Alternatives, Inc, a community-based not-for-profit youth agency located in the Uptown Community of Chicago. As part of Christine’s responsibilities, she trains and provides technical assistance to Chicago Public High Schools’ Peer Jury Program. She has trained restorative justice philosophy in over 43 schools. Christine graduated from Marquette University Law School in 2005 where she served as a graduate assistant to former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janine Geske, now the Executive Director of the law school’s Restorative Justice Initiative. Since law school, Christine is dedicated to educating others on the philosophy of restorative justice. Thomas D. Bilyk , J.D. currently serves as the Supervisor of the Delinquency Division of the Juvenile Justice Bureau of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. His prior experience includes the position of Supervisor of the Professional Standards Unit which investigates and prosecutes unlawful use of force by police officers, as well as the head of the Public Corruption and Financial Crimes Unit. Tom has been a State’s Attorney in Cook County for nearly 25 years. Oreal James serves as Senior Advisor to Illinois Senator Kwame Raoul. His current work in the areas of business and community development allow for a natural synergy to build productive relationships and processes for the citizens Senator Raoul advocates on behalf of city and state wide. Oreal’s commitment to business development through The Chicago B.C., Inc. applies business strategy to community organizations to support and strengthen resources and infrastructures. Fr. Dave Kelly, C.P.P.S. is a member of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. For the past 23 years, Dave has worked with Kolbe House as chaplain of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center and Cook County Jail. During much of that time, Dave has also served as associate pastor of Assumption Church. In addition, Dave serves as the executive director of the Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation, a ministry that promotes restorative practices and supports efforts toward reconciliation and healing. He has written and lectured on reconciliation and restorative justice. Christopher Mallette, J.D. is the Executive Director of Chicago’s Juvenile Intervention Support Center. The Juvenile Intervention Support Center’s goal is to prevent youth from entering the juvenile justice system by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of juvenile offender processing while expanding the involvement of schools, healthcare and other key social services in addressing the problems encountered by youth. Christopher has devoted his life to advocating for and serving children. He has served the City of Chicago as an Assistant Corporation Counsel, the Faith Community of St. Sabina as General Counsel, Executive Director of the youth center and Athletic Director, and as a Cluster Coordinator for the Chicago Public Schools. Douglas Thomson, Ph.D., a sociologist and restorative justice practitioner and activist, currently chairs the criminal justice department of Chicago State University where he works as a professor of justice studies and sociology. In general, Doug’s work probes the problematic relationship between criminal justice and social and economic justice. His research and teaching areas of interest also include: juvenile delinquency/juvenile justice; public bureaucracies and social policy; communities, crime and justice; structural contexts of child safety and well-being; law in society; and research methodology. Doug has served as research coordinator at local (Cook County Juvenile Court) and state (Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission) juvenile justice agencies, testified in court as a community sentencing advocate, and helped write the Charter for Illinois Children. Kaye Wilson is a nonprofit consultant with over 35 years of professional experience in a variety of nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and government agencies. Kaye’s background is expansive. It includes teaching from elementary to graduate school levels. She was one of the founding staff of DePaul’s University’s School for New Learning where she served as Director and Assistant Dean. Kaye founded the Wells Prep School, an elementary school for public housing children and funded by the Department of Justice. She served as Executive Director of the Urban Programs at Chicago City-Wide College; founding Chair of the African American Women’s Outreach Taskforce of Chicago Foundation for Women; Co-Chair of African Americans in Philanthropy; Secretary of the Board of Chicago Women in Philanthropy and a member of the City of Chicago-Cook County Welfare Reform Taskforce. Many thanks to Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP for hosting this program and providing refreshments. Please RSVP by April 7, 2008 to Jennifer DeGregorio at 312-458-0984 or by email at info@acrchicago.org ACR- Chicago Chapter and John Marshall Law School Join us for a discussion and exploration of ethical issues that may arise in business and commercial disputes. Our panelists will respond to different situations and share their thoughts, experiences and knowledge about appropriate approaches and responses to addressing the problems that may arise. The program will be of interest to anyone who has been involved in business and commercial disputes, including mediators, arbitrators, lawyers, and business people. When: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Stuart Widman is a partner at Miller Shakman & Beem LLP, Chicago, where he concentrates in commercial dispute resolution. For 30 years he has handled complex litigation in a wide array of commercial areas such as securities, sales and commercial code, employment, insurance, partnerships and corporations, construction, trade secrets, environmental, and antitrust. For the past 18 years, he has been an arbitrator or mediator in scores of cases involving claims totaling over $475 million. Mr. Widman has been a frequent author, teacher, and presenter on litigation and ADR topics. Mr. Widman was selected as a Leading Illinois Attorney and a Leading American Attorney in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Commercial Law by the American Research Corporation, and was also deemed one of 10 Illinois “Superlawyer” arbitrator/mediators for 2005 by the Leading Lawyers Network. Al Gini is a Professor of Business Ethics and Chair of the Department of Management in the School of Business Administration at Loyola University Chicago. He is also the co-founder and Associate Editor of Business Ethics Quarterly, the Journal of the Society of Business Ethics. Besides lecturing to community and professional organizations, he does consulting on corporate ethics, and can be regularly heard on National Public Radio’s Chicago affiliate, WBEZ-FM. His books include: My Job My Self: Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual, (Routledge, 2000); The Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of Play, Leisure and Vacations, (Routledge, 2003); and, he has written and produced two plays—Working Ourselves to Death and Letters of a Consumacholic. His most recent books are entitled: Why It’s Hard to Be Good (Routledge, 2006); and, The Seven Deadly Sins Sampler (The Great Books Foundation, 2007). Selwyn Zun is currently Counsel at the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois, supervising attorneys on probation. Previously, he was Senior Partner and Chair of the Litigation Group at the law firm of D'Ancona & Plaum. Many thanks to John Marshall Law School for hosting this program and providing refreshments. Please RSVP by March 14 , 2008 to Jennifer DeGregorio at 312-458-0984 or by email at info@acrchicago.org Center for Conflict Resolution The Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) and The Association for Conflict Resolution – Chicago (ACR) are collaborating to provide a space and structure for discussing diversity issues that arise during the mediation process and beyond. The purpose of this meeting is for CCR and ACR members to engage in a dialogue about the importance of cultural competence through the exchange of ideas and experiences. The structure of this meeting will consist of facilitated, small-group discussions of questions relating to diversity and cultural competency. Rather then listening to an expert’s presentation, the goal is for mediators to come together and share with each other. Information gained from this program will be condensed into written notes and disseminated to interested participants. Come prepared to share your experiences and concerns. This is a hands-on program! When: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 A special thanks to CCR for hosting the meeting. Please RSVP by February 16, 2008 to Scott Hinkle at 312-922-6464 ext.21 or by email at shinkle@ccrchicago.org The Association for Conflict
Resolution Chicago-Area Chapter In this skills-based workshop we will explore the kinds of pre-mediation practices that can enhance the successful outcome of the mediation process. We will examine how the subject matter of the mediation may affect a mediator’s decision, and how different mediators set the stage to assure the parties are properly prepared. Looking at a range of different subject areas, including commercial, employment, non-profit, and family/collaborative law matters, our panel of experts will explore some of the tools and techniques they use that have proved most effective. When: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Kent Lawrence is a Chicago attorney and partner in the law firm of Lawrence, Kamin, Saunders & Uhlenhop LLC. He has been in practice for over 35 years, specializing in a range of commercial matters, with particular emphasis on construction and securities. He has also been active in the Dispute Resolution field for over 30 years. He serves on the arbitration rosters of the American Arbitration Association [AAA](since 1974), National Association of Securities Dealers, Dispute Resolution [now FINRA] (1977-2005), National Futures Association (since 1986), and Chicago Board Options Exchange (since 1975) and on the mediation rosters of AAA, the Circuit Court of Cook County Law Division, and the 18th Judicial Circuit of Illinois Court Ordered mediation programs. He works primarily in areas involving securities and commodities, construction and general commercial subject matter. He has taught "Commercial Arbitration" at Northwestern Law School. He currently serves as Treasurer for ACR-Chicago. Lorna Steuer is a mediator for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), specializing in employment matters. In 2006 she was recognized as one of the top mediators in the EEOC nationwide. She has conducted over 600 mediations as well as numerous arbitrations and undergone and given over 400 hours of training and coaching in mediation techniques, dispute resolution design and arbitration. She has been a speaker on mediation at EEOC Training and Technical Assistance Programs, a panelist on a TV program entitled “Resolving Workplace Disputes,” and a guest lecturer, trainer, and coach in mediation techniques and advocacy for numerous undergraduate and graduate institutions in Chicago. She is immediate Past President of ACR-Chicago and a former Co-Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s ADR Committee. Brigitte Bell, the principal of Brigitte Schmidt Bell, P.C. and Brigitte Bell Mediation. She has been a mediator for over 20 years and a lawyer for over 23 years, focusing primarily in family law. She has also spent many years as a teacher and trainer in mediation for the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR), for Loyola Law School, and for DePaul's School for New Learning. She speaks at numerous national and local conferences about mediation and family law topics, including parenting, financial and policy/process issues. She has been co-teaching the Advanced Mediation Internship at the Chicago Center for Family Health, affiliated with the University of Chicago, since 1995. She was the first Co-President of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois and remains a member of the Board of Directors and an Institute Fellow. Brigitte strongly believes in the Collaborative Law model as a non-adversarial approach to divorce. She earned her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and B.A. with high honors from Swarthmore. Many thanks to Lawrence, Kamin, Saunders & Uhlenhop, LLC for hosting this program and providing refreshments. Please RSVP by January 15, 2008 to Jennifer DeGregorio at 312-458-0984 or by email at info@acrchicago.org The Association for Conflict
Resolution Chicago-Area Chapter Join us for drinks and appetizers as we reconnect with friends and colleagues. Let’s reach out to welcome and network with our new members. When: Thursday, December 6, 2007 Many thanks to Loevy & Loevy for hosting this celebration and to Cozen O’Connor for providing refreshments. Please RSVP by December 1, 2007 to info@acrchicago.org or by phone at (312) 458-0984 or by email at info@acrchicago.org The Association for Conflict
Resolution Chicago-Area Chapter As professionals in the conflict resolution arena, we frequently encounter individuals for whom gender informs and/or defines their approach to a dispute. In this workshop, we will explore what it means to “Be a Man”, in our families, workplaces and society, and how those notions influence the ways men and women perceive, approach and respond to conflict. Through interactive exercises and dialogue, we will explore some of these dynamics and their impact on our work. When: Thursday, November 15, 2007 Stephen Yungbluth is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Northern Kentucky University. His primary areas of study include Interpersonal, Organizational, and Small Group Communication with a special emphasis in the area of conflict management. He is a trained mediator and serves on the Advisory Board for the Alternative Dispute Resolution Center at Northern Kentucky University. Stephen earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in Communication from the University of Kentucky and his B.A. in Organizational Communication from Xavier University. Stephen’s research addresses the communication of respect in which he has analyzed programs that target the development of character education and social-emotional learning skills in middle schools. David Stone is the co-founder of Stone and Loevy, LLC, a boutique firm focused on helping individuals, families, and organizations manage and resolve conflict. David is also a facilitator and consultant for the Kaleidoscope Group, a full-service diversity consulting firm, where he serves as Director of Education for the Legal Practice. David is an active trainer and mediator for the Center for Conflict Resolution where, in 2007, the principals of Stone and Loevy were awarded the honor of “Trainers of the Year.” A Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude graduate in American Studies from Brandeis University, David went on to receive his law degree from the Columbia University School of Law. David will share his perspectives on male identity and conflict developed through his mediation and diversity work, as well as during the decade he practiced law. Many thanks to CCR for hosting this program and providing refreshments. Please RSVP by November 9, 2007 to Scott Hinkle, CCR's Volunteer Director, at (312) 922-6464, ext. 21 or by email at shinkle@ccrchicago.org Cook County Mandatory Arbitration and Mediation Program Celebrate Conflict Resolution Day (October 18, 2007) with this panel discussion on how cultural perceptions may impact conflict resolution and mediation. Conflict brings mediators into contact with cultural differences. By becoming aware of potential biases, the mediator empowers the parties and provides an enhanced opportunity for the parties to resolve their conflict. The panel includes speakers from different ethnic and religious backgrounds who will share their experiences and points of view from their respective cultures. When: Thursday, October 11, 2007 Ahmed Patel is a sole practitioner and trial and appellate lawyer in civil, criminal and administrative law. He serves as a panel member for the Circuit Court of Cook County Mandatory Arbitration and for the National Association of Securities Dealers. He received his Master of Arts and Bachelor of Law from Bombay University, India. He is a member of the Illinois and Bombay Bar Associations. Judge Edward Washington, II sits in the Circuit Court of Cook County Law Division, Jury Section. As an attorney, he handled a wide variety of legal and administrative matters in both the private and public sectors, from litigation to alternative dispute resolution for banks, government agencies and other businesses. He received his J.D. from Washington University (St. Louis) and B.A. (Finance) from Creighton University. Mitchell Goldberg is a partner at Lawrence, Kamin, Sunders & Uhlenhop, LLC, where he has successfully litigated, arbitrated and mediated cases concentrating in commercial, securities and commodity futures law. He has served in leadership roles in the Chicagoland Jewish community. He received his J.D. (with honor) and B.A. with (highest honors) from DePaul University. Yvonne Soong is a mediator for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the United States Postal Service (USPS). She is a certified mediator and trainer for the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) and previously served there a Manager of Mediation Services. She received her J.D. from the University of Minnesota and is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. A panel discussion moderated by Judge Willie Wright and Mark Mayer. Please bring your lunch To RSVP, telephone Rae Ferenzi at (312) 603-6078 or Patty Formusa at (312) 793-0134. The Association for Conflict
Resolution Chicago-Area Chapter Please join us for our "kick-off" program for the 2007-2008 year. Our distinguished panel has a wide variety of experience dealing with and resolving conflict within the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths. They will discuss various means, methods, approaches and strategies available to use in these circumstances. Learn how these panelists have given religious and faith based groups an opportunity to heal conflicts and resolve differences, allowing people and organizations to move on. When: Monday, September 24, 2007 Em Griffin is an active mediator, trainer, and member of the Peer Review Committee at the Chicago Center for Conflict Resolution for 15 years. His mediation service, Communication First, focuses on conflict within and between religious organizations. Last year he served as the mediator between conflicting factions at a Shiite Muslim Mosque and was asked to conduct their congregational election. He is Emeritus Professor of Communication at Wheaton College where he has taught for over 35 years. His textbook, A First Look At Communication Theory, 6th ed. (McGraw-Hill), is used in 400 colleges and universities. He will focus on how, as a person of faith, he conducts facilitative mediations differently with avowedly religious disputants than he does with secular parties. Thomas F. Gibbons is the dean of Northwestern University's School of Continuing Studies and a senior lecturer with Northwestern's School of Law. Mr. Gibbons, a former labor attorney with more than 15 years of experience in negotiations, mediation and arbitration, regularly teaches courses in the field of mediation, arbitration and conflict resolution at Northwestern University. Over the past 5 years he has mediated 100 or so church related cases, mostly in the area of clergy abuse. He has also done a number of large-community disputes. He will discuss his work as a conciliator for the Archdiocese of Chicago's Office of Conciliation. Jennifer W. Morrow, MDR is the Vice President of Commercial Services for ADR Systems of America and is a senior consultant and trainer for Northwestern University's School of Continuing Studies Dispute Resolution Program. She also serves as a conciliator for the Archdiocese of Chicago Office of Conciliation. Ms. Morrow has over thirteen years experience in the commercial dispute resolution field working with entities in the design and implementation of internal and external dispute resolution systems and training programs. She has an active mediation practice, specializing in pre-litigation workplace disputes and large group facilitations. She is an accredited Illinois MCLE provider, and teaches negotiation, mediation and arbitration fundamentals to a wide variety of audiences. Ms. Morrow attended Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, CA. where she earned her Master’s Degree in Dispute Resolution. She will share her experience preparing for and conducting large group facilitations in faith-based communities. James H. Pluymert is an active mediator and arbitrator in the faith based conciliation of business, employment, family and interpersonal conflicts. He has special expertise in church-related conflict, and is a Certified Christian Conciliator through Peacemaker Ministries. He is a partner with Mediation Law Group, a nationwide dispute resolution service, and is a Senior Partner with the law firm of Pluymert, Piercey, MacDonald & Amato, Ltd. He will talk about his involvement leading the Conciliation Ministry at Willow Creek Community Church. Hon. Jerry M. Orbach (Ret.) is a skilled mediator and arbitrator with extensive experience in the successful resolution of highly, complex multiparty personal injury and business/ commercial matters. Known for his tenacity, integrity, and creative settlement approach, he enjoys a very high success rate on settling mediations. Previously, he served as a Cook County Judge for 15 years and a Chicago Alderman for the 46th Ward. He will speak about his conflict resolution experience from the perspective of the Jewish faith. A panel discussion moderated by Mark Mayer. Many thanks to Northwestern University for hosting this Program and providing refreshments. Please RSVP by September 17, 2007 to Jennifer DeGregorio at 312-458-0984 or by email at info@acrchicago.org The Association for Conflict
Resolution Chicago-Area Chapter ACR Chicago is proud to honor Richard A. Salem known to many as the first mediator in Chicago. Please join us for an evening of celebration, socializing and recognition at ACR-Chicago’s Annual Meeting and Elections. When: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 Richard A. Salem of Evanston, Illinois, USA, has been active as a mediator, trainer and consultant in conflict management since 1968 when he was appointed Midwest Director of the U.S. Community Relations Service (CRS). He mediated the Skokie - Nazi conflict in Illinois (1978), the Kent State University dispute over construction of a gym annex on the site of the 1973 student shootings by Guardsmen, and numerous police-community, prison, school desegregation and civil rights conflicts. He received a Citation from the President of the United States for his mediation at the takeover of Wounded Knee at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, SD in 1973. Following his resignation from CRS in 1982, Salem practiced mediation and taught negotiation and mediation at Loyola Law School in Chicago. He co-authored (with Nancy H. Rogers) A Student's Guide to Mediation and the Law, recipient of the Center for Public Resources' 1987 Book Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Dispute Resolution. His articles on mediation have been published in books and major dispute resolution journals. Between 1979 and 1995, Salem made 15 extended trips to South Africa where he pioneered the training of negotiation and mediation in community conflicts. He served on the initial training committee of South Africa's National Peace Accord and provided training for the Accord's regional and local peace committees. In 1992 he led 20 South African mediators on a tour of grass roots mediation centers in the USA under the auspices of the U. S. Information Service. Salem's work in South Africa led CMI and two South African partner NGO's to receive the Mary Parker Follett Award from the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution in 1994 for "innovative and effective work ... to help create democratic problem-solving processes in the new South Africa." Salem subsequently trained and consulted in six countries in East and West Africa, in Northern Ireland and El Salvador and from the USA served as a consultant to Fundacion Libra, the first court-based mediation program in Argentina. His work in Rwanda led him to edit, co-author and co-publish, in 2000, Witness to Genocide - The Children of Rwanda. He received the Voices of Childhood Award from the Research Centre for the Development and Recovery of Human Potential in Sardinia, Italy, for this work. Salem works under the auspices of Conflict Management Initiatives, a not-for-profit organization that he founded in 1990 to support the use of collaborative problem solving processes to address community conflicts. In the USA, Salem has consulted for the Carter Center, the National Institute for Dispute Resolution, the U. S. Institute of Peace, and government, educational, and private agencies. He has lectured at numerous colleges and universities and has presented papers at dispute resolution conferences in North America, Europe and Africa. In 2001, he trained mediators for a new mediation program being established for faculty and staff at the University of Missouri in St. Louis. In addition to serving as President of Conflict Management Initiatives, Salem is secretary of the World Mediation Forum and a member of the board of directors of the Foundation for Self-sufficiency - Central America. He serves on the editorial board of the Chicago Reporter, a monthly publication reporting on issues of race and poverty in the Chicago area. He is also a member of the board of directors of "Housing Options for the Mentally Ill in Evanston." He was the first person elected to the board of directors of the Society of Professionals In Dispute Resolution (SPIDR) from outside the field of labor mediation and arbitration (1981) and was chair of the Ethics Committee in 1983-4 when it drafted SPIDR's first code of professional conduct. Salem was a founding member of the National Association for Mediation in Education, and formerly served as a board member of the Center for Conflict Resolution in Chicago. He was a member of the Dispute Resolution Research Center at Northwestern University, and served on the program committees of SPIDR and the National Conference on Peace Making and Conflict Resolution. Prior to joining the Community Relations Service in 1968, Salem was Regional Director of the Washington DC office of the U. S. Small Business Administration (1967-68). He joined that agency in 1964 to help establish its Economic Opportunity Loan program under President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. Earlier, Salem was a reporter for The Washington Post (1957-59), associate editor for Drug Research Reports (1959-61) and publisher of his own Washington Small Business Investment Company Newsletter (1961-63). He also lectured in journalism at American University (1959-61). He has an MS in journalism from Columbia University and a BA from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. 2007-2008 Slate of Officers and Directors Officers: A hearty thanks to the following outgoing Board members for their time, support, and commitment to ACR Chicago: Jennifer Morrow; David Stone; Ed Shapiro; James Sullivan ** Special thanks to our sponsors including Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies** Please RSVP by May 18, 2007 Questions? Please contact ACR-Chicago President Lorna Steuer at 312-886-1652 or by email at lorna.steuer@eeoc.gov The Association for Conflict
Resolution Chicago-Area Chapter Most attorneys realize that litigating disputes in court can be expensive and time consuming. But is court the only real place parties can be truly vindicated? Do Alternative Dispute Resolution processes offer a better alternative? Courts have begun to rely on court-annexed mediation programs to help alleviate clogged dockets, especially for pro se litigants. Also, few practitioners realize that mediation is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to ADR techniques designed to obtain justice for parties. This seminar will explore the uses of ADR to obtain justice. It will educate participants on the mediation/settlement programs in the Northern District of Illinois and Cook County for pro se litigants. It will also provide participants with insight into the uses of how collaborative law and restorative justice can be used to achieve resolution for parties. When: Thursday, May 10, 2007 Click here for PDF Information and Registration Form To Register call 312-554-2054 or online at www.chicagobar.org/cle.html The Association for Conflict
Resolution Chicago-Area Chapter During the past three years, Prof. Stephen Goldberg has conducted three studies (the last two with Margaret Shaw) which have sought to determine the secrets of successful mediators – what are the aptitudes and skills that account for their success. The first of these studies, based on the views of 30 successful mediators, was published in 2005 in the Negotiation Journal. (Goldberg, S. 2005. The Secrets of Successful Mediators. Negotiation Journal 21:365-376.) Thereafter, Prof. Goldberg and Ms. Shaw expanded upon the first study, this time asking over 200 advocates who had appeared before the Study I mediators why they thought these mediators were successful. They also asked the advocates whether they had ever used a mediator whom they would never use again, and if so, why not. Hence the title of tonight's presentation – "The Secrets of Successful (and Unsuccessful) Mediators." When: Thursday, May 10 , 2007 Stephen B. Goldberg is a Professor of Law at Northwestern University Law School, where he has taught negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. He has also served as a mediator and arbitrator of both labor-management and commercial disputes for many years. Prof. Goldberg is a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators and of the CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals. Please RSVP by May 8, 2007 Questions? Please contact ACR-Chicago President Lorna Steuer at 312-886-1652 or by email at lorna.steuer@eeoc.gov The Association for Conflict
Resolution Chicago-Area Chapter Please join us for a thought provoking and informative program exploring some of the particular issues and challenges that ADR professionals may face when working with individuals from diverse backgrounds. Each of our panelists brings a unique perspective and sensitivity to addressing diversity-related challenges. The panelists are: Judge Sophia Hall (Cook County Chancery Court); Karen Lambert, Mediator and Manager of the Peer Review Program for Alternatives, Inc. and Joe Martin, Executive Director, Diversity, Inc. Mary Thompson, HR Consultant and Co-Chair of the ACR-Chicago Diversity Committee, will moderate the program. When: Tuesday, April 17 , 2007 Judge Sophia Hall was elected to the Circuit Court of Cook County in 1980. In 1993, she became the first woman to be named a Presiding Judge. She currently serves as the Administrative Presiding Judge of the Resource Section of the Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Department, to which she was appointed in 1995. Since January 1997, Judge Hall has been assigned to the Law Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County. She is a past president of the National Association of Women Judges and of the Illinois Judges Association, and has held a number of leadership positions in the American Bar Association. Karen Lambert is a mediator and CCR volunteer. She works at Alternatives, Inc. where she manages the Peer Mediation and Peer Jury Program with the Chicago Public Schools. She has a Masters in Intercultural Communication and Conflict Resolution and is also a graduate of the Harvard Negotiation Project. Karen also serves an adjunct professor at Governors State University where she teaches mediation and restorative justice. Joe Martin is the Executive Director of Diversity, Inc. an intergovernmental not-for-profit organization consisting of twenty (20) municipalities. It was created in 1982 to prevent racial discrimination in housing and to promote the value of their communities’ racial, economic and ethnic diversity. Joe has held a number of leadership positions in municipal government and has also served with the Midwest Regional Office of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (Chicago) Fair Housing Equal Opportunity and the Illinois Department of Human Rights. Please RSVP by April 10 , 2007 The Association for Conflict
Resolution Chicago-Area Chapter Please join us for this skills based program moderated by Jill S. Tanz, an experienced mediator and mediation coach and trainer. She will discuss and give an overview of skills used by mediators but also useful when speaking with clients, opposing attorneys, law partners, support staff , not to mention in your personal life. These mediation skills will be demonstrated and illustrated with a dispute based on a simulation recently developed by the Center for Conflict Resolution and mediated by James L. Simon. Our moderator, Jill S. Tanz, will comment on mediation skills and strategy and take questions on the process. When: Monday, March 19, 2007 Jill S. Tanz, J.D. is a mediator and attorney with many years of experience working in Chicago. Ms. Tanz founded Chicago Mediation LLC to offer alternative dispute resolution services to the business community in Chicago. Ms. Tanz is in Adjunct Professor at DePaul University College of Law where she teaches Mediation. She conducts mediation training courses for the Center for Dispute Resolution at DePaul University College of Law and is a coach and trainer for the Center for Conflict Resolution’s mediation courses. Ms. Tanz has been a certified mediator for the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) since 2002. She is also a certified mediator in the Circuit Court of Cook County Major Case Court Annexed Civil Mediation Program. She has mediated over 170 cases in consumer and commercial disputes, dissolution of business disputes, breach of contract, landlord/tenant matters, partnership disputes, juvenile cases, and community disputes. James L. Simon, Esq., has nearly thirty years professional experience in advising, representing and counseling clients in complex commercial litigation, business transactions, and dispute resolution. He is an adjunct professor at the DePaul University College of Law where he teaches “Negotiations” and recently concluded a year’s service as Program Director for the DePaul University Center for Dispute Resolution. Professor Simon holds a certificate in Mediation Training. He has also served as a party-advocate in a number of court-mandated arbitrations and mediations. Currently, he is listed on the mediator rosters for the Circuit Court of Cook County and the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit. Please RSVP by March 16 , 2007 The Association for Conflict
Resolution Chicago-Area Chapter Please join us for this informative program by three distinguished mediators sharing their years of experience and knowledge to talk about being an effective advocate in mediation. Learn how you can improve your ability as an advocate in mediation. These mediators will discuss various topics including the selection of the mediator; the preparation and submission of documents and other information to the mediator and how to prepare yourself and your client for the mediation to help reach a satisfactory resolution of your dispute. Mediators and advocates alike will gain valuable insights from these experienced mediators and advocates. When: Monday, February 26, 2007 Hon. James E. Sullivan (Ret.) is highly respected in the judicial, legal, and business community as a dedicated, bright, and resourceful ADR professional who delivers results. A recognized authority in the field of ADR, Judge Sullivan is the first choice of many legal and business professionals when selecting a neutral. He is widely known for his quick grasp of complex issues, his creativity in framing working settlements, and his ability to effect fair, expedient, and cost-effective resolutions in even the most complicated matters. He has mediated over 2,000 disputes and been involved in the development of the Cook County Circuit Court Law and Chancery Divisions’ Mediation programs. He serves as a neutral for JAMS. Kent Lawrence, a Chicago attorney and partner in the law firm of Lawrence, Kamin, Saunders & Uhlenhop, has been in the private practice of law for over thirty years. He has been active in the Alternative Dispute Resolution field for over 25 years and he has been appointed an arbitrator in about 60 cases. In more than 40 of those cases he participated in rendering awards. He has also represented clients in arbitrated disputes and mediated over 90 securities (commodity, option, etc.), employment (discrimination, harassment, termination, etc.), divorce fee and business disputes usually under the auspices of the NASD, NFA, AAA, New York Stock Exchange or Center for Conflict Resolution. Mr. Lawrence taught "Commercial Arbitration" at Northwestern University School of Law as an Adjunct Professor for 11 years (1982-93). He is President of a large private grant making foundation, and has served as a Director of it for over 20 years. John W. (Jack) Cooley is a former U.S. Magistrate in Chicago. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law, where he teaches a course in negotiation and mediation. His practice includes service as an arbitrator and mediator of complex commercial and insurance disputes, and employment, construction, and international disputes; as a trainer in dispute resolution; and as a consultant in dispute resolution system design. He serves as a neutral on the Chicago panel of JAMS. He has published more than a hundred articles and five books in the dispute resolution field, including Mediation Advocacy, published by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Please RSVP by February 20, 2007 The Association for Conflict
Resolution Chicago-Area Chapter Please join us for this informative overview of the ESGR program and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). The panel will discuss the Ombudsman program which investigates and recommends resolutions to employment-related complaints by National Guard and Reserve members based on USERRA law and through an informal mediation process. The mission of ESGR is to educate on the requirements of USERRA through public education and outreach efforts and to resolve employment matters through the Ombudsman Program of trained volunteer neutral Ombudsmen. There will be applications for those who might wish to become involved in the program When: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 Brian Clauss is an arbitrator and mediator of labor and employment disputes and, as a full-time neutral, serves on various arbitration and mediation rosters and panels, including the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, American Arbitration Association, National Mediation Board and National Railroad Adjustment Board. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Labor and Employment Relations Association (Chicago Chapter), the Executive Committee for the Illinois Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve and the Ombudsman Coordinator for Illinois. Michael J. Duggan is a partner in the Chicago local government law firm of Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd. and practices extensively in both school and municipal labor and employment law. He is the Chairman of the Illinois Council of School Attorneys and has been a presenter for a number of the Annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Programs. He is a frequent speaker on educational and employment law issues for the Illinois Association of School Boards, the Illinois Association of School Business Officials, and other service organizations. Sean Smoot is Chief Legal Counsel for the Policemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association of Illinois and the Director and Chief Counsel for the Policemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association Labor Committee. He represents police officers in discipline and discharge cases, civil rights litigation, unfair labor practices and arbitration cases. He also writes legislation, testifies before legislative bodies, and is a recognized expert in police related areas such as Public Employment Labor Law, Pension & Benefits Law, Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation, and police use of force. ACR members Dick Shewfelt and Mike Nathanson, both experienced Ombudsmen, will give their perspectives and talk about how they handle cases. Please RSVP by January 25, 2007 The Association for Conflict Resolution Chicago-Area Chapter In memory of Lynn Jacob a past president of the Academy of Family Mediators and of the Mediation Council of Illinois, the Association for Conflict Resolution Chicago-Area Chapter and the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois are pleased to invite you to a lively discussion on one of the most exciting and newest alternative dispute resolution processes in the last 15 years. Our panelists will discuss what collaborative law is, how it is used, and how to determine whether it may be a good option for you and/or your clients. Joining us will be Attorneys Isabel Millard, Brigitte Bell, Sandra Crawford, Financial Specialists Renee T. Pavlik and Charles "King" Perkins, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers Phyllis Mandler and Phil Addante. When: November 28 or 30, 2006 Isabel M. Millard is the principal of Isabel M. Millard, P.C., which is exclusively dedicated to the practice of alternative dispute resolution methods in family law. She has been mediating and arbitrating for over 10 years; and practicing the collaborative law model in her practice for the past 5 years. She received her law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law, and her training in mediation and negotiation through the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR), DePaul University, and Harvard Law School. She currently is appointed to serve as a mediator for DuPage, Will and Kane counties. She is also a Fellow of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, where she currently serves as Vice-President. She is a current member of the CBA-ADR Family Section and ACR Family Law Section. Isabel is dedicated to helping her clients transition through the difficulties of divorce and family transition with dignity and respect and believes this is best achieved by providing her clients with a family-focused alternative to the adversarial world of litigation. Brigitte Bell, the principal of Brigitte Schmidt Bell, P.C. and Brigitte Bell Mediation has been a mediator for over 20 years and a lawyer for over 23 years, more than half primarily in family law. She has also spent many years as a teacher and trainer in mediation for the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR), for Loyola Law School, and for DePaul's School for New Learning. She speaks at numerous national and local conferences about mediation and family law topics, including parenting, financial and policy/process issues. She has been co-teaching the Advanced Mediation Internship at the Chicago Center for Family Health, affiliated with the University of Chicago, since 1995. She was the first Co-President of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois and remains a member of the Board of Directors and an Institute Fellow. Brigitte strongly believes in the Collaborative Law model as a non-adversarial approach to divorce. She earned her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and B.A. with high honors from Swarthmore. Sandra Crawford is the principle in the Law Offices of Sandra Crawford and has practiced law in Chicago for over 16 years. She received her mediation training with the Center for Conflict Resolution in 1994 and served for several years as a volunteer mediator with the Illinois Human Rights Commission and the Cook County Circuit Court Pro Se Eviction Division. Sandra has been collaboratively trained since 2002 and has served on the Board of the Collaborative Law Institute since 2004, where she now serves as its Secretary. She has successfully completed numerous family cases employing the Collaborative Practice model and is committed to “being part of the solution, not part of the problem for her clients”. She is also an active participant in the Illinois State Bar Association, where she has been appointed to serve on various committees including the Cook County Judicial Evaluation Committee. She is currently co-editor of, and frequent contributor to, the ISBA’s Catalyst Newsletter which addresses issues directly impacting women and children. She is immediate past chair of legislative sub-committee for the ISBA’s Women in the Law Committee. Renee T. Pavlik is a Certified Divorce Financial Practitioner with over 20 years of financial knowledge to offer her clients. She is licensed in all areas of Investments. She is also a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst; Mediator; and NASD Licensed Series 7, 63, and 65. Renee's investment planning background has provided a niche that allows her to work with attorneys, mediators and clients in understanding the financial choices that a client will make regarding his/her future. Working side by side, Renee's clients work to form a foundation that allows each client a chance to understand the financial matters of everyday life including budgeting, savings, taxes, investments, insurance and estate planning. Since the issues of divorce are complex by providing her client with the necessary information, Renee helps her clients make more knowledgeable choices when planning their future. Charles Kingsley (King) Perkins has been a Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®) since 1991. He is a member of the FPA (Financial Planning Association) and a member of NAPFA (National Association of Personal Financial Advisors) where he recently completed a two year term as a member of the Midwest Board of NAPFA. He has earned the designation of NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisor which requires signing a fiduciary oath and peer review of a comprehensive financial plan. After receiving specialized training in the specific financial and tax issues in divorce, he earned the designations of Certified Financial Divorce Practitioner™, (CDFP™) and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst™ (CDFA™). He is also a fellow in the International Association of Collaborative Professionals. In addition, he completed mediation training at DePaul University in 2005. Before starting his fee-only financial planning practice in 2000, King spent over 30 years in banking with a major Chicago bank. His assignments included international banking, corporate banking and private banking where for thirteen years he focused on the financial needs of physicians and their independent medical practices. For over nineteen years he has worked exclusively in the area of personal finance. He holds an MBA in finance from Loyola of Chicago, and a BA in economics from DePaul University. He also served three years as a U.S. Naval Officer. Phyllis Mandler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified School Social Worker and Mediator, who participates in Collaborative Divorce Cases as Child Specialist and Divorce Coach. As a member of the Board of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois (CLII), she is chair of the Excellence and Best Practices (EBP) Committee and was an active member of the committee that developed the Responsibilities and Requirements for the Child and Parenting Specialist in the context of collaborative practice in Illinois. Phyllis’ education and certification include a B.A. from the University of Rochester, an M.P.A. (Master of Public Administration) from the Graduate School of Public Administration of New York University, M.S.W. and Post-Master’s Program in School Social Work from the Graduate School of Social Work of Loyola University of Chicago, Certified Alcohol and other Addictions Counselor (CADC), Illinois, Certification in Family and Divorce Mediation from DePaul University Center for Dispute Resolution, and Certification as Mediator for the Center for Conflict Resolution. Phyllis currently serves on the Board for the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois. Phil Addante, MSW,LCSW, is a licensed Clinical Social Worker. He is on the Board of Directors of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, and currently one of their Co-Presidents. He has served CLII as a Divorce Coach, assisting clients and their attorneys, through the divorce process. He is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work, The Family Institute of Chicago - 2 yr. Training Program, and has completed Mediation Training at DePaul University. He also maintains an active private practice, providing counseling and psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and families, for over 25 years. Phil now serves as Co-President of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, as well as a Fellow of the Institute, and is trained as a Coach in the Collaborative law model. Please RSVP by November 20, 2006 The Association for Conflict Resolution Celebrate Conflict Resolution Day (October 19, 2006) a few days early and learn how you can join in and promote conflict resolution in your community. Our meeting will be devoted to a subject that our recent survey suggests is a concern of many of our members -- the public’s level of awareness of ADR in Chicagoland. We will hear the results of the survey and receive guidance from Eric Sedler, a public relations professional of A S K Strategies on how to heighten the public’s awareness of ADR and how we can each make a difference. When: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 5:30-6:00 Reception 6:00-7:30 Program Where: Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, P.C. 191 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1800 Chicago, IL 60606 Cost: Free to ACR Chicago-Area Members, $20.00 for non-members (payment and new membership gladly accepted at door) Guest Speaker: Eric Sedler, A S K Strategies As Public Relations Director for AT&T Corporation, he managed the company’s offices in Chicago, Atlanta and Miami and was responsible for the company’s corporate advertising and public relations in the central and southeastern United States. At Edelman Public Relations, one of the largest public relations agencies in the world, he directed media campaigns for a wide range of corporations and non-profits. Before entering the fields of public relations and advertising, Sedler spent eight years working in politics and government, working for federal, state and local officials and managing a number of successful state and local political campaigns. Sedler’s work in pubic relations and advertising has been recognized by his industry peers. He is the recipient of the Silver Anvil Award from the Public Relations Society of America and the Silver Trumpet Award from the Publicity Club of Chicago. Please RSVP by October 12, 2006 The Association for Conflict Resolution Please join us for our Kick-Off meeting of the year! We are proud to welcome the Honorable Dorothy K. Kinnaird, Presiding Judge of the Cook County Chancery Division; dispute resolution expert William Hartgering; Center for Conflict Resolution Executive Director Marilyn Smith; and attorney Edward Shapiro for a lively discussion on the Chancery Court, the new Chancery Court Mandatory Mediation Program, CCR's role in mediating Chancery disputes and the advocate's role in successfully resolving disputes. When: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 5:30-6:00 Reception 6:00-7:30 Program Where: Center for Conflict Resolution 11 East Adams, Suite 500, Chicago, Illinois Cost: Free to ACR Chicago-Area Members, $20.00 for non-members (payment and new membership gladly accepted at door) The Hon. Dorothy K. Kinnaird became the first woman to be named the Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division in 2002. Prior to her appointment to the bench in 1991, Judge Kinnaird was a Cook County Assistant State's Attorney, Village Attorney for Franklin Park, and partner in the law firm of Kinnaird and Kinnaird. Judge Kinnaird is a frequent speaker and writer on numerous legal and practice issues. From 1978 to 1999 she was a board member for the Center for Conflict Resolution, serving as its president between 1989 and 1991. Judge Kinnaird has an unparalleled commitment to public service having served as a member of numerous organizations including the Chicago Bar Association, Chicago Bar Foundation, Cook County New Judge Mentoring Program: Mentoring Committee (Chair 1999-present), Illinois Judicial Conference: Committee on Complex Litigation (2000-present), and the Cook County Associate Judge Nominating Committee. In 2002, she was named Hellene of the Year by the Hellenic Bar Association and in 2004, she received the Mary Heflel Hooten Award from the Women's Bar Association of Illinois. William E. Hartgering, a full-time mediator and arbitrator since leaving his law practice in 1981, established the Chicago JAMS/ENDISPUTE office in 1982. Bill's experience includes: the resolution of over 1,000 complex matters arising in 40 states and foreign countries; training involving state, federal, and foreign governments in Hong Kong, Lithuania, and Latvia; appointments by federal and state judges in 10 states, as well as co-mediations with a sitting federal judge and a variety of experts. Over the last 24 years, parties have chosen Bill to resolve a diverse range of issues including Banking, Bankruptcy (Chapter 11), Business/Partnership, Class Actions, Construction Defect, Education, Employment, Estates/Probate/Trusts, Environmental, Franchise/Dealer/Manufacturer, Government/Public Agency, Healthcare, Insurance Coverage, International, IT/Patent/Intellectual Property, Personal Injury/Torts, Professional Liability, Public Issues and Policy, Real Property, Securities, Surety, Fidelity and related bond issues, and Utility. Prior to 1981, Bill practiced with multi-city firms in commercial, employment, real estate, patent, and tort/insurance related litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. He is a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law where he was a member of the law review. Marilyn Smith is the Executive Director of the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR), an Illinois non-profit that provides direct dispute resolution services to individuals and organizations serving community and public purposes – including the courts, government agencies, schools, police, and legal and social services. Marilyn has been a volunteer mediator at CCR since 1998 and has worked with CCR’s Community Consensus Project since its founding in 2000. The Community Consensus Project provides mediation for multi-party and public policy disputes. Marilyn has also served as the ombudsman for student-related disputes at William Rainey Harper College in Palatine since 1999. Marilyn began her dispute resolution career at Endispute, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she served as a project assistant for the public policy dispute resolution group. She also served as a summer intern for the Center for Public Resources in New York City while in law school. Before coming to CCR, Marilyn practiced law at Arnold & Porter (Washington, DC) and Shorebank Corporation (Chicago). She also served as the Executive Director of the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation and was Assistant Committee Counsel for the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service. Edward Shapiro is a principle at Much Shelist in Chicago, where he is co-vice chair of its Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. His practice focuses on the efficient prevention, management, and resolution of disputes for commercial entities, organizations, and individuals. Ed advises and represents clients in state and federal court, before administrative agencies, and in mediation and arbitration in a full range of business matters including contract, business torts, restrictive covenants, unfair competition, trade secrets, employment, professional licensing, business dissolution, trusts and estates, real estate, product liability, and bankruptcy related matters. Trained as a litigator and a member of the trial bar for the U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of Illinois, he applies an ethical and responsible approach to conflict resolution. Ed is a passionate proponent of mediation, representing clients in mediation and acting as a mediator. He also volunteers as a mediator at the Center for Conflict Resolution and assists in training new mediators there, while serving as a member of its Board of Directors and Peer Review Committee. He also serves as a Board member for the Association for Conflict Resolution and is Co-Chair of its Programming and Professional Development Committee. He is a past chair of the Chicago Bar Association ADR Section, and is a Fellow at the Illinois Institute of Collaborative Law. Please RSVP by September 15, 2006 Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies and the Association for Conflict Resolution Please join us at a reception and lecture on Thursday, May 18, 2006 featuring Daniel Shapiro of the Harvard Negotiation Project. Mr. Shapiro will speak about his new book, Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as you Negotiate (with Roger Fisher, Viking, 2005), and will be on hand to sign books at the end of the lecture. (Copies of Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as you Negotiate will be for sale at this event.) ACR Chicago will also hold its Annual Meeting and Elections during the early part of this program. When: Thursday, May 18, 2006 Daniel L. Shapiro, Ph.D., Associate Director of the Harvard Negotiation Project, is on the faculty at Harvard Law School and in the psychiatry department at Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital. He founded and directs the Harvard International Negotiation Initiative, which focuses on the psychology of human security. If you have any questions, please contact Danielle Loevy at dloevy@stoneandloevy.com or 312/243-4030. The Association for Conflict Resolution The February Program on this topic was an enormous success! Please join us for a continuation of that excellent program by attending a follow-up workshop focusing on real dialogue about diversity within ACR Chicago. Doug Harris, Managing Director of the Kaleidoscope Group, an international diversity consulting firm based in Chicago, will skillfully lead this dialogue picking up on the enthusiasm generated from the first session. All are welcome, including those who might not have been able to attend the prior workshop in February. When: Wednesday, April 5, 2006 Speaker: Doug's extensive experience in managing cultural differences extends into the global arena. He has designed cultural awareness workshops and conducted Diversity Leadership sessions for executives across the globe. The Association for Conflict Resolution When: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 Suzanne Mandez is back! Our fictional plaintiff, Ms. Mandez was terminated from her position as an associate at a large firm after a vote denying her partnership. She filed a complaint against her former law firm, Cohen & Kahn, in the U.S. District Court seeking multiple remedies. The case has been referred to mediation. ACR members Sheila Maloney, Ed Shapiro, Carl Johnson and Jennifer Morrow will take the roles of the parties and their attorneys as our experienced mediators, Cheryl Niro and Michael Nathanson, each demonstrate cross talk and caucus. Our moderator, Rocky Perkovich, will comment on mediation skills and strategy and take questions on the process. Cheryl Niro is a partner in the commercial litigation firm of Quinlan & Carroll, and president of Judicial Dispute Resolution, Inc., an ADR services company. She is among the first lawyers in Cook County to specialize in mediation, taking her first court based mediation training program in Atlanta, in 1992. She designed and trained the first group of judges and lawyers in a court based mediation program in Illinois in Rockford, Winnebago County shortly thereafter. She has taught the Negotiation and Mediation Workshops at Harvard Law School’s Program of Instruction for Lawyers, and co-founded the National Center for Conflict Resolution Education funded by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education. Cheryl has served on the Dispute Resolution Council of the American Bar Association, and was the second woman in the 128 year history to be elected President of the Illinois State Bar Association. She is a frequent lecturer, writer and trainer in the area of mediation, and has successfully served as mediator in more than one hundred cases nationally and internationally. Michael Nathanson has been the president of Cadwallader Corporation for 25 years where he does ADR, primarily mediation and arbitration. He is a principal, with a physician mediator, of Medical Mediation Associates. He is on a number of ADR panels. He mediates commercial, community, criminal, civil, employment, financial/business, family/divorce, and medical cases. He arbitrates financial and science cases. Prior to becoming a neutral he was a scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne’s liaison to Los Alamos National Laboratory for special nuclear materials licensing, a scientist at the Canadian Department of Agriculture, and a respiratory therapist at the U. of Chicago Hospitals. He was on the faculty of The Johns Hopkins University where he taught public health and Pathobiology to physicians. He is an adjunct professor of law at Kent and Loyola Law Schools where he teaches Mediation. He received a Ph.D. in population ecology, a B.S. and M.S. in geophysics, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a certified public accountant and a certified environmental professional. Robert Perkovich, a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators, is an arbitrator and mediator specializing in labor-management and employment disputes. He has mediated public accessibility and disability discrimination cases under the Americans With Disability Act and race and age discrimination cases and sexual harassment cases under equal employment statutes. He has also mediated collective bargaining negotiations in numerous cases. Prior to establishing his dispute resolution practice he was a field examiner, and later a trial attorney, in the Chicago regional office of the National Labor Relations Board. He was subsequently the first Executive Director of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. Rocky is also a member of the faculty at DePaul University as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Conflict Management Studies, teaching negotiations and conflict management, labor law, collective bargaining, human resource management, and business law courses. He has also served as Director of the Center for Dispute Resolution at DePaul University. The Association for Conflict Resolution Please join us for an interactive workshop on cultural competency lead by Doug Harris of the Kaleidoscope Group, an international diversity consulting firm based in Chicago. This event will not only share the results of the diversity survey conducted this past summer, but will include an interactive workshop exploring further some of the topics that arose from that survey. When: February 8, 2006 Speaker: Join the Association for Conflict Resolution for its first program of the New Year! When: Thursday, January 19, 2006 Andy G. Miller has been a full-time mediator and skills trainer for over ten years. Currently in private practice, he also conducts mediation skills trainings at the University of Chicago. Before entering private practice, Mr. Miller was Senior Mediator and Director of Training Services at the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) in Chicago. Mr. Miller mediates in the areas of employment, business, community and church matters. He has mediated hundreds of cases in the courts and in federal, state and municipal agencies, as well as for business, corporate and institutional clients. Mr. Miller's expertise as a trainer is in performance based, skills training. He is known locally and nationally for his humor, his passion for mediation, and as a proponent of facilitative skills. He has conducted hundreds of trainings in basic and advanced mediation, negotiation and communication skills. Mr. Miller is a past president of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), Chicago Chapter, and a past co-chair of the Training Sector, ACR International. A native of Charlotte, N.C., Mr. Miller graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina. He holds an M. Div. from the University of Chicago. IN HONOR OF LOCATION: HINSHAW AND CULBERTSON Prior to her appointment as a United States Magistrate Judge in 2000, Geraldine Soat Brown practiced law in Chicago for 25 years, concentrating her practice in the area of commercial and construction litigation and alternative dispute resolution. She represented clients in the state and federal courts and in arbitrations and mediations. Judge Brown served for many years as an arbitrator and mediator of commercial and construction disputes for the AAA and as an arbitrator for the Circuit Court of Cook County. She served as a mediator for the Center for Conflict Resolution from 1992 until her appointment to the bench, mediating court referred civil and criminal misdemeanor cases, and employment discrimination cases at the Illinois Department of Human Rights. She has written and lectured extensively on alternative dispute resolution. By appointment of the Illinois Supreme Court, she served as a member of the Illinois Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinating Committee and as an expert advisor to the Illinois Judicial Conference Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinating Committee. She chaired the Chicago Bar Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee in 1999 2000. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. Prior to his appointment as a United States Magistrate Judge in 1998, Sidney Schenkier was a partner at Jenner & Block specializing in a wide variety of complex civil litigation matters at both the trial and appellate level. A magna cum laude graduate of Northwestern University School of Law, Judge Schenkier was a law clerk for the Honorable Marvin E. Aspen, Northern District of Illinois. He was also a Bigelow Teaching Fellow at the University of the Chicago Law School. Judge Schenkier has served as an adjunct professor in the Clinical Trial Advocacy Program at Northwest University School of Law. He has also been a member of the Chicago Council of Lawyers, the Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group and the Advisory Committee on Rules and Practice to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The Association for Conflict Resolution Please join us for an informative discussion lead by two ADR leaders, Lee Jay Berman and Peter Robinson, Esq. Based on their hands-on experience with other states implementing court ordered ADR programs, our guest speakers will share insights and opportunities the new court supported Mediation program provides for us here in Chicago. When: Where: Cost: Free to ACR Chicago-Area Members, $10.00 for non-members (payment and new membership gladly accepted at door) Speakers: Peter Robinson is the acting director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and an assistant professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law, where he teaches negotiation, ADR processes, and mediation. Robinson has worked as an attorney for the US government and as director of one of thirteen community dispute resolution centers in Los Angeles. He has extensive experience mediating legal, community and religious disputes, and has presented advanced negotiation and mediation skills training courses in Israel, Argentina, India, the Netherlands, and throughout the United States. The Association for Conflict Resolution When:Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Where:Northwestern University-Kellogg School of Management – Room 540 Cost:Free to ACR Chicago-area members, $10.00 for non-members The Chicago-area Chapter of ACR is proud to present an exciting line-up of speakers engaged in the practice of peace- making in the world of synagogues, churches and even between religions in the Middle-East. Each of the following speakers will discuss what their respective organizations do, and the challenges and problems they face in doing their good work:
The Association for Conflict Resolution When: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Where: Center for Conflict Resolution, 11 E. Adams Street, Suite 500, Chicago Cost: Free to ACR Chicago-area members, $10.00 for non-members (Payment and new membership gladly accepted at door) You're mediating a dispute and learn, in caucus, that one of the parties has been lying. Now what? At ACR's April meeting, Judge Kenneth Gillis will role play a series of simulated mediations to demonstrate how to handle common ethical dilemmas. Susan Yates will moderate and share her expertise, along with Ruth Lipschutz. The entire panel will then talk about ethical issues that may arise in mediation. If there's an ethical matter you want the panel to address, please submit to jtanz@chicagomediation.com by April 14, 2005. The Honorable Kenneth L. Gillis has served as judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County for nineteen years. As Judge in the Circuit Court he sat in the Law Division as well as the Chancery Division. He presided over trials involving personal injury, medical malpractice, contract, contract interpretation, coverage issues, product liability, insurance disputes, and many complex commercial cases. He attended University of Chicago Law School and gained a masters in financial services in 1990 from Chicago - Kent University, Judge Gillis also holds a civil engineering degree from Illinois Institute of Technology. Judge Gillis has eighteen years experience as a practicing attorney with areas of expertise in large, complex, commercial as well as law division type cases. Judge Gillis also has handled NASD securities disputes. He is a First Vice-President of the Illinois Judges Association, a chairman of Public Affairs Commission of the CBA; and he is on the editorial board of the CBA. Judge Gillis has also written a book on trial advocacy, and numerous articles for other legal journals. Since 1997, Susan Yates has been Executive Director of the Center for Analysis of Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems, assisting state and federal courts in Illinois in the development and assessment of their ADR programs. She has been a mediator since 1983, with her current practice focused on employment disputes. She has also been a trainer, coach, adjunct law school instructor, writer, and editor in the ADR field. Susan is former Executive Director of the Center for Conflict Resolution, with which CAADRS is affiliated, and continues to volunteer for CCR. As part of her involvement with the American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section, she has been one of two ABA representatives to the redrafting of the Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators since 2002. She also co-edited the ABA’s ADR Handbook for Judges, published in 2004. Over the years, Susan has been involved locally and nationally with ACR and previously with SPIDR. She is on the national ACR Court Section Advisory Council and serves on the editorial board of Conflict Resolution Quarterly. Ruth Lipschutz, LCSW, ACSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with postgraduate certification in mediation, family therapy, Transformational Imagery (trainer level), hypnotherapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Thought Field Therapy (TFT). She received her MSW from the University of Illinois in 1978 and went on to complete the two-year postgraduate training program of the Institute for Family Studies at Northwestern University. She has worked in English and Spanish with individuals, couples, families and groups in a variety of settings. Ruth has presented workshops locally and nationally for over twenty years. Ruth is a member of the NASW National Committee on Inquiry intake subcommittee and has traveled nationally for NASW doing mediations for ethics cases. She serves as a panelist, consultant, ADR facilitator and trainer for the Illinois chapter of COI and is on the ethics committee for the Mediation Council of Illinois and the Association for Conflict Resolution. She is currently in private practice. The Center for Conflict Resolution and the Association for Conflict Resolution present: Facilitated by Michael Cohen FOCUS: To provide participants with a module on “Feedback” tools that they can use with clients in training programs or during team facilitation events. Although many of the skills incorporated in this module are applicable to the mediation process, the module is not designed to align directly with the mediation process. TARGET PARTICIPANTS: Trainers, consultants and facilitators who are interested in building their client’s ability to give and receive “feedback”. FOCUS AREAS:
Michael Cohen is a consultant and trainer in areas related to leadership practices, conflict management, organization diagnosis, change management, team development and organization development. Prior to his consulting career, he was Vice President, Human Resource Development at the Quaker Oats Company and also worked at the Gillette Corporation. Mike has taught at DePaul University and is currently on the faculty at Loyola University and Northwestern University. He is a past board member at the Center for Conflict Resolution and currently serves on the board at the Chicago Chapter of the Association For Conflict Resolution. Mike is also a former board member of the Midwest Human Resource Planning Society. He has completed the Advanced Organization Development Program at Columbia University (NY) as well as the Organization Development Program sponsored by National Training Labs (NTL). Mike is a graduate of the University of Illinois where he received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees. ACC Chicago Chapter To launch the year 2005 properly, and just in time to break-up the winter blues, the Chicago Chapters of ACC and ACR are joining forces to throw a big party. Our previous jointly-sponsored program with ACR was so popular, and their members so cool, we thought it was time to get together again. This time, however, it’s all just for fun. A starring feature of our party, besides great conversation and networking, is an open bar and hors d’oeuvres. So bring your appetite and plenty of business cards. Our thanks to Latham & Watkins LLP for generously sponsoring and hosting what we expect to be an outstanding event. >p>Location: Latham & Watkins LLP, Sears Tower, 233 South Wacker Drive, 34th FloorWho is invited: ACC and ACR members, other in-house counsel, spouses and significant others. Cost: None -- thanks to our sponsor Latham and Watkins LLP The Association for Conflict Resolution When: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 Where: Holland & Knight; 131 S. Dearborn (at Adams); 30th Floor; Chicago, Il |