After 27 years as a civil rights litigator, I transitioned to the role of EEOC’s Senior Staff mediator for 10 years and conducted over 800 mediation sessions. As a litigator in private practice and with the EEOC, I specialized in litigating individual and class cases covering a broad range of civil and civil rights issues, both Constitutional and statutory, at all levels of the federal judiciary, including a successful appeal to the United States Supreme Court. My advocacy experience is foundational to being an effective alternative dispute resolution practitioner. Mediation requires nuanced attention to a situational landscape, personality, and power structures; listening and responding on a personal and professional level; ensuring that all participants in the process have a voice; and maintaining an atmosphere of respect in a highly charged environment, while ensuring that underlying legal parameters are not ignored. I look forward to assisting you.