Speaker and Programs

• "Mediating After Mediation Has 'Failed':  Why Mediators Should Never Give Up!", 2^nd Annual Advanced Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Institute, March 27, 2003
• "Impasse Resolution Processes," Advanced Mediator Training, Conflict Resolution Service, Traverse City, Michigan, August 7, 2002
• "Mediating with the Rambo Litigator," ICLE Advanced Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Institute, March 20, 2002
• "When It's Just About Money: Techniques for Breaking Impasse in Purely Distributive Bargaining,"Strauss Institute For Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, March 15-16, 2002
• "Mediating Intellectual Property Cases," ABA Litigation Section Intellectual Property Committee Roundtable, March 7, 2002
• "Mediating with Insurance Counsel'" Oakland County Bar Association In-House Insurance Counsel Committee, February 21, 2002
• “Michigan’s New ADR Court Rule,” Michigan State Bar Annual Convention, Negligence Section, September 14, 2001
• “Arbitration Agreements—Drafting Tips and Suggestions,”  ICLE, Negotiating and Drafting Voluntary Arbitration Agreements,  May 10 2001
• “Master in Mediation:  Advanced Techniques for Avoiding/Breaking Impasse,: ABA Dispute Resolution Conference, Washington, D.C. April 27, 2001
• “Real Mediation Comes to Michigan Courts,” Michigan State Bar ADR Section/OCBA ADR Committee, December 2000
• “Advocating Effectively Under Michigan’s New Mediation Court Rules,” ABA Labor and Employment Law Section, December 2000
• “Impasse Breaking Techniques in Mediation,” Grand Traverse County Circuit Court Mediation Program, December 2000
• “Michigan’s New ADR Court Rules,” Michigan 2000 Conference on Dispute Resolution, Univ. of Michigan/Eastern Michigan Univ., November 2000
• “Michigan’s New ADR Court Rules,” Michigan Institute for Continuing Legal Education, October 2000
• “Non-Compete and Confidentiality Agreements,” Michigan Institute for Continuing Legal Education, September, 2000
• "E-Commerce Damages," Michigan Institute for Continuing Legal Education, July, 2000
• “Mediator Confessions (I Did That!) and Other Short Stories,” International Academy of Mediators, Spring Educational Conference, May 2000
• “Construction Mediation,” ABA Dispute Resolution Section, ADR by the BAY:  The Golden Gate to Collaborative Problem Solving, April 2000
• “Mediator’s Perspective on Common Interest Communities,” ABA Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, ABA Annual Convention, 1999
• “Licensing of the Products of the Modern Business--ADR and Y2K Perspectives,” State Bar of Michigan Business Law Section Annual Mid-Year Meeting, 1999
• “Zapping the Millenium (Year 2000) Bug: A Primer for Mediators,” International Academy of Mediators, 1999 Spring Conference, San Diego, California
• “Resolving 2000 Year Disputes Through ADR,” State Bar of Michigan ADR Section Annual Mid-Year Meeting, 1999
• “ADR In The Schools”,International Academy of Mediators, 1998/Fall Conference Houston, Tx.
• “Representing 1998 Clients with Year 2000 Problems”, Michigan Institute for Continuing Legal Education, October 1998
• “Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution”, Michigan Bar Association, Fourth Annual Opening Doors Conference, October 1998
• “Michigan Employment and Labor Law”, National Business Institute, July 1998
• “ADR and Employment Law”, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, PLC, Annual Employment Law Seminar, April 1998
• “Wrongful Termination,” Michigan Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 23^rd Annual Employment Law Seminar, April 1998
• “Representing 1998 Clients with Year 2000 Problems,” State Bar of Michigan Computer Law Section, Michigan Judicial Institute, 1998
• “ADR For Judges,” Michigan Judicial Institute, 1995
• “Mediation of International Cases” Seminar, Moderator, State Bar of Michigan International Law Section, 1994