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NINA R. MEIERDING, MS, JD Professor/Trainer/ Consultant
Education Certificate Program in Alternative Dispute Resolution (15 units) Pepperdine University School of Law, Institute for Dispute Resolution, August, 1992 Juris Doctorate - Ventura College of Law (cum laude) January, 1984 Masters in Education - University of Southern California (summa cum laude) 1977 Bachelors of Science - University of Southern California (magna cum laude) 1976 Licenses/Credentials Admitted to the State Bar of California in June, 1984 Ryan Multiple Subject, Learning Handicapped, Community College, and Resource Specialist Teaching credentials (clear) Mediation Experience Director and Senior Mediator - Mediation Center For Family Law (Ventura, California) - handled facilitation and mediation of approximately 4,000 settlements dealing with all aspects of family law. Mediation of all areas of civil disputes, including but not limited to, wrongful termination, work place, business. 1985 to 2007. Mediation Consultant - Wisconsin Special Education Mediation System (WSEMS), providing training and consultation to the Wisconsin mediation panel and the State of Wisconsin special education system. 2006- current. Mediator/Consultant - California State Department of Education/McGeorge School of Law - handling multi-party mediations between school districts, Departments of Mental Health, Regional Centers, private agencies, Children's Services and parents. Provided training programs for mediators. 1989 to 1996. Board of Directors and Founding Member - Ventura Center for Dispute Settlement - established the first non-profit community based mediation center in Ventura County; including application for funding, developing and implementation of training programs, coordinating community outreach and fundraising, development of professional panel, President of the Board of Directors, May, 1990 - January 1, 1999.
Mediation and Negotiation Trainer Partial list of training programs provided for the following court systems, governmental entities, corporations and institutions: * Academy of Family Mediators Annual Conferences (Seattle, 1991, Breckenridge, Colorado, 1996, Cape Cod, 1997, San Francisco, 1998, Chicago, 1999, Salt Lake City, 2000) * Accountants Incorporated, 1998 – 2001 * Alberta Family Mediation Council, Canada 2003 * American Bar Association Annual Conference, 2005, 2008 * Asian Development Bank and the Government of India in association with the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University 1997, 1998 (New Delhi, Bombay, India) * ANDRI, Detroit, Michigan 2006 * Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference ( * AT &T, Corporate Division, * Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (Stockholm, Sweden 1991, San Diego, 1992, Maui, 1994, San Diego, 1999, New Orleans, 2000, Austin, 2004. Seattle, 2005, Washington DC 2007, Vancouver, 2008) * Beech Acres Mediation Program, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1999 * Calfironia Association of Realtors 2002 - current * California State Department of Education, 1992-1994 * California Department of Real Estate, 1993 – 1994, 2002- current * California Family Court Services, 1998 * California Judicial College, 2000 - 2002 * Center for Legal Education, 1992 * Center for Public Policy, University of Texas, 2005 * CNA Insurance Company, 1997 * Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) of California, 1992-1993 * Dispute Prevention and Resolution, Inc. Honolulu, Hawaii, 2005 * Doctors Company, Napa, California, 2006 * Dutch Association of Professional Family Mediators, The Netherlands, 2005 * Equal Employment Advisory Council, 1996 - 1997 * Family Mediation Canada , 2005 * FMS (Family Mediation Services), London, England, 2000 * FMS (Family Mediation Services of Ireland), Dublin, Ireland, 2000 * FMS (Family Mediation Services), Edinburgh, Scotland 2002 * Farmers Insurance Company 1992-1997, 2005 * Florida Association of Professional Mediators, 1997 * Hawaii Judical Conference, Honolulu, 2005 * Jones School of Law (Faulkner University), Montgomery, Alabama, 1997 * Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS/Endispute) 1992-1998 * Judicial College of California, 2000, 2001, 2002 * Kaiser Permanente, 2002 - current * Los Angeles Unified School District, 1997 * Los Angeles Superior Court Mediation Program, 2000 - current * Lincoln Lancaster Mediation Center (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1994, 1995 * Maine Association of Mediators, 1997 * M.A.R.C. (Argentina) 1994 - 1999 * MARC (Illinois) 2004 * * Mediation Council of Illinois, 1998 * Minnesota Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) 2005 - current * Nashville Conflict Resolution Center (NCRC) 2002 - 2004 - current * National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Center, 2007 - current * National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada 1996, 1997 * Nationwide Insurance Company, 1997,1998, 2005 - current * New Jersey Bar Association, 2003 * New Mexico State Bar Association 2000, 2001 * * North Carolina Association of Professional Family Mediators, Eton College, North Carolina, 2006 * Office Depot, * Ohio Mediation Association, 2007 * Orange County CPA Professional Association, 1996 - 1997 * Orange County Superior Court, 2005 * Pepperdine University School of Business, 1997 * Rutter Group, 1994, 1997 * San Luis Obispo Family Law Bar, 2004 * Sherwin Williams Company, 1997 * Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution Annual Conference (1999, 2000) * Solano County Courts, 2007 * Southern California Edison, 1995 * Southern California Mediation Association, 1994-1996, plenary speaker: 2000, 2006 * South Texas College of Law, 2001 * State Bar of California, 199 * State Farm Insurance Company, 1998 * Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, 1990-current * Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts – Knoxville 2003 * Tennessee State Bar Association, 1998 - ongoing * Texas Association of Mediators, 2005 - current * Texas Bar Association, 2001 - current * The Maryland Insurance Company, 1996,1997 * United States Bankruptcy Court - Central District of California, 1998 * United States Federal District Court, 2002 - current * United States Navy - Pt. Mugu, China Lake (Human Resources), 1997 * University of Idaho, 1997, 1998 * University of New Mexico Law School, 1997,1998 * Ventura Association of Realtors, 1996, 2003 * Ventura Center for Dispute Settlement, 1989 - 2005 * Ventura County Bar Association 1989- 2005 * Ventura County Superior Courts, 1993, 1998 * Ventura Family Court Services, 1998 * Wisconsin Association of Mediators, 2007- current * Wisconsin Special Education Mediation System, 2007 - current * Yuba Superior Courts, 2007 Adjunct Professor - Pepperdine University School of Law - Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution; Divorce Mediation, Cross Cultural Dispute Resolution, Negotiation, Advanced Mediation, 1995 -current. Adjunct Professor - Southern Methodist University; Divorce Mediation, Administrative Mediation, Advanced Family Mediation, Advanced Negotiation, Mediation, Culture and Gender, 1999 - current Adjunct Professor - Lipscomb University, Cross Cultural Issues in Negotiation and Mediation, 2007- current Instructor - Ventura College of Law, Negotiation and Mediation, Alternative Dispute Resolution- 1990 - 1997. Guest Instructor - National Judicial College, California Judicial College, California Lutheran University, University of Idaho Law School, Jones Law School, University of New Mexico Law School, South Texas College of Law Sole Practitioner - General civil legal practice with emphasis on family law, educational law, wrongful termination, personal injury and appeals - 1986 to 1990. Associate Attorney - Law Offices of John Pattie - handling all aspects of family law, educational law, wrongful termination, and personal injury actions. 1984 - 1986. Of Counsel - Law Offices of Taylor, Roth and Hunt - handling Title 7 employment discrimination suits. 1984 - 1986. Law Clerk (Internship) - Ventura County District Attorney's Consumer Fraud and Economic Crime Unit. 1982. Meierding, Nina, "Managing the Communication Process in Mediation" in Divorce and Family Mediation - Models, Techniques and Applications, Edited by Folberg, Milne and Salem, Guilford Press, 2004. Meierding, Nina, "The Impact of Cultural and Religious Diversity in the Divorce Mediation Process." Mediation Quarterly, 1992, 9 (4), 297 - 305. Meierding, Nina, "Does Mediation Work - Long Term Satisfaction and Durability Rates for Privately Mediated Agreements." Mediation Quarterly, 1993, 11 (2) 157 - 170. Meierding, Nina, "An Attorney's View of Mediation." Association of Family and Conciliation Courts California Review, 1995.
Honors and Memberships The John Haynes Distinguished Mediator Award, international award given by the Association for Conflict Resolution for leadership in the field, 2005 The Outstanding Mediation Practitioner Award, county award given by the Ventura Center for Dispute Settlement, 2005 The Peacemaker Award, national award given by the Southern California Mediation Association, 1992 Academy of Family Mediators - Past President of the Board of Directors (2000), Practitioner Member Association for Conflict Resolution, Executive Committee and Board of Directors 2000 - 2002,Advanced Practitioner Member Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Life Member Southern California Mediation Association Board of Directors 1993-1995, Ventura County Bar Association - Board of Directors (1989- 1992), Lawyer Referral Committee, Education Committee American Jurisprudence Award - (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Corpus Juris Secondum Award (Criminal Law and Constitutional Law) Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Mortar Board, Delta Theta Phi Honor Fraternity, Order of the Laurel
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