About Jim Melamed

Jim Melamed co-founded (with John Helie) Resourceful Internet Solutions and Mediate.com in 1996. Prior to this, Jim founded The Mediation Center in Eugene, Oregon in 1983 and served as Executive Director of the Academy of Family Mediators from 1987 to 1993. Jim is past-Chair of the Oregon Dispute Resolution Commission and a member of the Oregon State Bar. Jim teaches Mediation at Pepperdine University School of Law's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and the University of Oregon School of Law. Jim was the first President and Executive Director of the Oregon Mediation Association. He received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University and his law degree from the University of Oregon. Jim's personal web site is at www.smartmediator.com