Congratulations to Jim Melamed, influential mediation pioneer and co-founder of Mediate.com, who received the 2007 John Haynes Distinguished Mediator Award from the Association for Conflict Resolution at ACR’s recent 2007 Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
Jim, I can’t think of anyone more deserving of such an honor. Thanks for your contributions to our field — and your support of the ADR blogging community.
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