Sally Cimini is well-known and highly regarded mediator and conflict resolution professional. As a seasoned labor and employment attorney and human resources professional with over 40 years of experience, she brings practical as well as legal insights to parties involved in workplace-related, business and civil litigation disputes. Parties trust Sally due to her compassionate, empathetic and patient approach toward all parties. Through facilitative dialogue, Sally helps parties understand risks and so that they can make informed decisions and move toward resolution of conflicts. Sally was trained in mediation at the Harvard School of Law and has mediated thousands of cases since 1998. She regularly serves as a mediator and early neutral evaluator for parties under the Alternative Dispute Resolution Program of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She is also a panel mediator on the UPMC Intermediation Panel. Sally is a Fellow in the distinguished College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. She has served as a contract mediator for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, American Arbitration Association (AAA), and as a member of the International Institute for Conflict  Prevention & Resolution (CPR) Panel of Distinguished Neutrals. Private parties regularly request that Sally privately mediate disputes outside of formal administrative or court processes.
 Lauded by members of the bar for her work in the field of alternative dispute resolution, Sally was named Pittsburgh Mediator of the Year in 2021, 2018 and 2016. In May 2014, the Pennsylvania Bar Association awarded her its annual Sir Francis Bacon Dispute Resolution Award in recognition and appreciation for her pioneering efforts to develop and enhance mediation throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She is the past president and current board member of the Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania (MCWP), and for many years chaired the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s state-wide Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. Sally initiated MCWP’s bi-monthly mediation education roundtable program, pioneered its annual Conflict Resolution Day Program, and serves as a MCWP liaison with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She also serves as a planner of the Allegheny County Bar Association’s annual Kaplan Lecture on Conflict Resolution.