Educational Degrees
Harvard College of Law, Program of Instructions for Lawyers, Mediation, June 2002
John Marshall Law School, Juris Doctor Degree, 1975; President, Student Bar Association
University of Maryland, Graduate School, Courses towards Master's Degree in Counseling
University of Maryland, B.A. in Intellectual History

Professional Licenses
Florida Attorney At Law

Professorship or University Appointments
Adjunct Professor, Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

Language Fluency: English

Language Proficiency: Arabic, French, German

Conflict Resolution In-Country Experience

Training/Teaching

• Bulgaria
  • Advanced Commercial Mediation, sponsored by Bulgarian Association for Alternative Dispute Resolution (BAARD) (October 2007)
    
  • Imbalance of Power in Mediations, sponsored by ABA CEELI Program, (May 2005)
    
  • Advanced Mediation Training, sponsored by ABA CEELI Program, advanced certified training for Mediators, (May, 2005)
• Jordan
  • Basic Mediation Training for Arabic Women, sponsored by ABA MENA Program, (May - June 2006)
    
  • Ethics for Judicial Mediators, sponsored by ABA CEELI Program, Certified Training for Judicial Mediators, (May 2006)
• Kosovo
  • Basic Mediation Training, sponsored by USAID/NCSC, (March 2007)
• Serbia
  • Basic Commercial Mediation, sponsored by ABA/CEELI, (October 2007)
• Slovenia
  • Advanced Commercial Mediation, sponsored by Department of State, (October 2007)

Consulting

• Bulgaria
  • Mediation Specialist, USAID/ABA/CEELI, Bulgarian Ministry of Justice – drafting and implementation of Bulgarian Mediation Act (April – July 2005)
• Jordan
  • ADR Specialist, USAID/ABA, Mediation Court Pilot Program (March – June 2006)

Publications

• Mediators Without Borders, The Caucus, Florida Academy of Professional Mediators, Vol. 18, March 2007
  
• A Journey in Mediation - The Bulgarian Path, The Federal Lawyer, Volume 53. No. 7, August 2006
  
• Mediation in the Middle East, Part 1, The Lawyer, Vol. 16, September 2006
  
• Mediation in the Middle East, Part 2, The Lawyer, Vol. 17, October 2006
  
• Musings of a Mediator Gone Global, Part 1, Vol. 16, October 2005
  
• Musings of a Mediator Gone Global, Part 2, Vol. 17, No. 3, November 2005
  
• Mediation-Coming into Your Community, The Lawyer, Vol. 15, No. 5, February 2005
  
• The Herb Goldberg Award, HCBA Lawyer, Vol. 1, No. 1, September 1992
  
• Survey on Computer Crime in Florida, published by FDLE 1989

Last Revised on 3/11/2008