4th National Conference for Minority Professionals in Alternative Dispute Resolution
Agenda

Monday, May 18

8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Basic Mediation
Trainer: Earlene R. Baggett-Hayes, Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator, Trainer, The Law and Mediation Center, PLLC, Pontiac, MI

Training the Trainer to Conduct Basic Mediation
Trainers: Zena Zumeta, J.D. , President: Mediation Training & Consultation Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, and Christy Cumberlander Walker, Coordinator of Access Visitation Programs for Domestic Relations and Juvenile Branch, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Columbus, Ohio

Victim Offender Mediation
Trainer: Martha Green Camp, Staff Mediator, Common Pleas Courts of Meigs and Gallia Counties (Ohio)

Basic Appellate Mediation
Sponsored by The Supreme Court of Ohio
Trainer: Gary F. Canner, Primary Mediation Trainer, Civil and Family, Florida Supreme Court

8:30 am – Noon

Expanding Your Practice into Construction Mediation
Trainer: Harold Coleman, Jr., Professional Arbitrator/Mediator, Harold Coleman, Jr., Ltd., San Diego, CA

1:00 -4:30 pm

Resolving Complex Litigation
Moderator: Harold Coleman, Jr., Professional Arbitrator/Mediator, Harold Coleman, Jr., Ltd., San Diego, CA

How to Succeed as a New Labor and Employment Arbitrator
Trainer: Betty R. Widgeon, J.D., MAEd., Practicing Labor Arbitrator and Mediator, Widgeon Dispute Resolution & Consultation Services, PLCC, Ann Arbor, MI bwidgeon@comcast.net.

TUESDAY, May 19

8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Basic Mediation (continued)
See above

Victim Offender Mediation (continued)
See above

Mediating Employment Disputes
Trainer: Susan Grody Ruben, Esq., Labor and Employment Arbitrator/Mediator, Cleveland, OH

8:30 am – Noon

FINRA Basic Arbitration
Trainer: Scott Carfello, Associate Vice President and Regional Director: FINRA Dispute Resolution, Midwest Regional Office, Chicago, IL

4:30 – 6:00 pm

Networking Reception (All conference attendees welcome!)

Wednesday, May 20

8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Joining Ohio’s State Employment Relations Board Roster of Neutrals
Trainer: N. Eugene Brundige, Chairperson, Ohio State Employment Relations Board, and former Arbitrator, Mediator, Fact Finder and Conciliator.

8:30 am – 2:30 pm

Foreclosure Mediation and the Uniform Mediation Act
Sponsored by The Supreme Court of Ohio

Trainers:  David Wiechel, Attorney at Law, and Jacqueline C. Hagerott, Manager, Dispute Resolution Section of the Supreme Court of Ohio

2:45 pm – 5:00 pm

The Uniform Mediation Act

Trainer: Terrence T. Wheeler, Attorney at Law, Artz, Dewhirst and Wheeler, LLP, Columbus, OH

8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Introduction to Mediation and Facilitation of Special Education Disputes

Trainer: Moira J. Kelly, President, Kelly Consulting LLC, New Berlin, WI

8:30 am – Noon

Appreciative Inquiry
Trainer: Timothy Germany, Commissioner: Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service, New York, NY

Non-Traditional Applications of Restorative Justice
Trainer: Patrick M. Wolff, Attorney, Founder and Executive Director: Inafa’Maolek Conciliation, Hagatna, Guam

1:00 -4:30 pm

Techniques and Considerations for Elder Mediations
Trainers: Zena D. Zumeta, JD, Director, Mediation Training & Consultation Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, and Susan J. Butterwick, JD, Mediator & Attorney, Susan J. Butterwick, Ann Arbor, MI.

Using Complexity Science as a Model for Enhancing Your ADR Skills
Trainer: Timothy Germany, Commissioner: Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service, New York, NY