Articles Published by Nancy Shuger at Mediate.com

NANCY B. SHUGER began her practice as a trained mediator in 2011 after serving for 18 years as a trial judge, handling civil and criminal matters, and settling hundreds of civil cases. Her mediation practice is multi-cultural, focusing primarily on family, small business, and congregational matters. She is accustomed to dealing with diverse individuals and cases; she is experienced in, and enjoys, working with self-represented litigants. She helps parties achieve realistic results,as an alternative to, or in the context of,litigation. She offers a positive way for parties to resolve conflict without the stress, cost, and uncertainty of litigation. She helps participants discover common interests and resolve disputes themselves. Her view is that mediation can be effective whether the parties desire to address differences in an ongoing relationship, or to reach a mutually agreeable solution to a single dispute. Her approach is calm and focused; her analytical skills are excellent; and her concern for neutrality is deep. Her practice areas include: adult family; business; civil--general; community; congregations; contracts; cross-cultural; discipline of athletes; divorce--parenting and child access; education--conflict in schools; elder; employment; ethics; home owner and condo associations; insurance; landlord-tenant; same-sex couples; life-cycle event mediation; marital mediation; nursing home; parent-teen; personal injury--auto torts, premises liability;sports; weddings; workplace. She is located in Baltimore and offers services throughout Maryland and other states.

NANCY B. SHUGER served for 18 years as a judge on the District Court of Maryland, handling civil and criminal matters.(Now she sits part-time as a judge, in addition to working as a mediator.) Before that she held several public lawyer positions, including service as an Assistant Attorney General and Principal Counsel to the Maryland Department of Human Resources; Managing Attorney of a rural legal aid office in Washington state; Faculty in a clinical law program of the University of Maryland Carey School of Law; and Advocacy Director of the Maryland Council on Developmental Disabilities.

NANCY B. SHUGER brings over 20 years of experience as a trial judge to her career as a mediator. She has conducted settlement conferences in tort and contract actions, and settled hundreds of civil cases, including matters involving custody and visitation and landlord-tenant and other housing disputes. She is experienced in, and enjoys,working with self-represented litigants.

J.D. University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, 1974; recipient, Am. Jur. Prize for Contracts, Bernstein Prize for Maryland Law Forum Article, and Luther Martin Prize for Moot Court.

B.A., Cum Laude, Cornell University, 1971.

NANCY B. SHUGER views mediation as a creative, positive way for individuals, families, businesses, congregations,and organizations to resolve conflict. From her years a trial judge, she is accustomed to dealing with diverse individuals and cases; she is experienced in, and enjoys, working with self-represented litigants. She helps parties achieve realistic results, either as an alternative to, or in the context of, litigation. She offers a creative, positive way for individuals, businesses, families, congregations, and other organisations to resolve conflict without the stress, cost and uncertainty of litigation. She helps participants discover common interests and resolve disputes themselves. Her view is that mediation can be effective whether the parties desire to address differences in an ongoing relationship, or to reach a mutually agreeable solution to a single dispute. Her approach is calm and focused; her analytical skills are excellent; and her concern for neutrality is deep.

NANCY B. SHUGER's fees are based either on an hourly rate or on a fixed fee schedule, as determined in consultation with the parties. She is open to discussing flexible payment arrangements. Discounts are available for military members and their families. Evening and weekend sessions are available.

NANCY B. SHUGER is located in Baltimore and offers services throughout Maryland and other states.

NANCY B. SHUGER is a member of the ADR Section of the Maryland State Bar Association, the Bar Association of Baltimore City, the Women's Law Center of Maryland, and The Simon E. Sobeloff Law Society. She also is a panel member of Resolute Systems, LLC and Consolidated Legal Concepts, Inc. Mediation Program.

NANCY B. SHUGER has served on many professional and community boards. For over 10 years she has served as an officer and trustee, and has been active in governance, at her synagogue, Beth Am, in Baltimore.