Honors and Awards:

• Best Lawyers in America; Distinguished Fellow, International Academy of Mediators (IAM)

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR); International Academy of Mediators (IAM); American Bar Association Section of Alternative Dispute Resolution; Mediation Association of Northeast Ohio (MANO); Ohio Mediation Association (OMA); Judicial Conference of the Eighth Judicial District of Ohio; Federal Panel of the U.S. District Court Northern District Court of Ohio (of Mediators and Evaluators); and Cleveland Bar Association Board of Trustees (1990-1993), Grievance Committee (past Chair), Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution (Chair 2005-2006), Judicial Selection Committee

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Speaker, "Mediation for Advocates: The Basics and Beyond", Mahoning County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, Youngstown, Ohio, June 6, 2008; Speaker and panelist, "Mediation as a Tool of Persuasion: Ethics in Mediation", Ohio State Bar Association Annual Convention, Columbus, Ohio, May 16, 2008; Speaker and panelist, "The Trial Lawyer's Pursuit of Excellence Outside the Courtroom: Ethics in Mediation", Ohio State Bar Association Staff Counsel Committee CLE, Columbus, Ohio, March 28, 2008; Speaker and panel moderator, "Mediation Advocacy vs. Litigation Advocacy: What's the Difference?", Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association CLE, Cleveland, Ohio, March 11, 2008; Speaker, "Efficacy in Resolving Litigation - Mediation, Negotiations, and Taxation Issues in Settlement/Effective Mediation Advocacy", The Cleveland Employment Lawyers Association Annual Seminar "Issues in Employment Law", Cleveland, Ohio, October 5, 2007; 23rd Annual Spring Seminar of Gallagher Sharp, "What's It Worth? - A Mediator's Perspective", Cleveland, OH, June 8, 2007; University Hospitals of Cleveland Clinical Risk Management Education Session: Why Patients Sue, Cleveland, OH, May 5, 2007; Panel Organizer and Speaker, "Navigating the Complex Maze of Profound Injury Cases, Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution, Washington, D.C., April 25-28, 2007; Panel Organizer and Speaker, "Mediating Death and Profound Injury Cases", Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution, Atlanta, GA, April 5-8, 2006; "Mediation of Medical Malpractice Disputes: The Neutral's View", CLE seminar on Medical Malpractice, Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association, Cleveland-Marshall Law School, Cleveland, Ohio, December 10, 2005; "Medical Errors - Disclosure and Communication", Fairview General Hospital Grand Round for Physicians, Cleveland, Ohio, September 16, 2005; "Pitfalls of Mediation", CLE Seminar Presentation, Davis & Young, Cleveland, Ohio, April 29, 2005; Panel Organizer and Speaker, "Mediating Death and Profound Injury Cases", Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution, Los Angeles, CA, April 14-16, 2005; Speaker and panelist, "Effective Negotiations Through Mediation", Continuing Legal Education Seminar sponsored by the Ohio Womens Bar Association, December 9, 2004; "The State of Mediation and Mediation Ethics", Legal Ethics, Professionalism & Substance Abuse Seminar, Professional Liability Services, Inc., Independence, Ohio, November 5, 2004; "Attributes of Successful Mediations", 8th Judicial District Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, October 15, 2004; "ADR in the Federal Courts - What Works When: Mediation Do's and Don't's", Third Annual Northern Ohio Employment and Labor Conference sponsored by the Cleveland Bar Association in conjunction with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division, Cleveland, Ohio, November 13, 2003; Moderator, "The Malpractice Case." Southwest General Hospital Trustee Advance Program, Southwest General Hospital Medical Center, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, October 18, 2003; "Effective Negotiation and Mediation: Transactional and Interpersonal Psychology for Lawyer 101", CLE Seminar Presentation, Davis & Young, Jeffries Kube Forrest & Monteleone, McNeal Schick Archibald & Biro, Reminger & Reminger, Weisman Kennedy & Berris; Cleveland, Ohio, September 20, 2003; "Effective Mediation", Cleveland Academy of Trial Lawyers, Bernard Friedman Litigation Institute, March 25, 2003; "Mediation: Why Some Work and Some Don't", Seminar Presentation, Buckingham, Doolittle and Burroughs, Cleveland, Ohio, June 10, 2002
• "Tipping Points in Mediation: Critical Thresholds in the Process", Cleveland Bar Journal (May, 2007) and Mediate.com (May, 2007); "Mediation to Raise the Spirit", Mediate.com (March 2006); "Apology: Its Power and Impact in Mediated Resolution", Cleveland Bar Journal (December 2005); "Apology: The Post-Debate View", Mediate.com (November 2005); "You Never Can Tell", Cleveland Bar Journal and Mediate.com (October 2005) ;"Mediation Myths", Cleveland Bar Journal (June 2004); "Slow Down, You Move Too Fast.... - A Helpful Mediation Hint". Cleveland Bar Journal (February 2003); "Timing and Its Impact on Mediation", Ohio Lawyers Weekly (July 30, 2001); "Becoming More Effective As Mediation Counsel", Ohio Lawyers Weekly (April 23, 2001); "Mediation, The Basics, Part II", Cuyahoga County Bar Association Law & Fact (January/ February 2001); "Mediation, The Basics, Part I", Cuyahoga County Bar Association Law & Fact (November/ December 2000); "Issues to Consider When Selecting a Mediator", Cleveland Bar Journal (July/August 2000)