I believe that every business should have in place a systematic plan to deal with employee conflict and disputes. The goal is to provide a more productive work environment and establish additional safeguards form lawsuits. Employee conflicts and disputes are at an all-time high, dramatically raising the cost of doing business. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), over a trillion dollars is spent on production loss due to workplace conflict. ASSOCIATES IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION utilizes a three-prong system to ensure your organization receives the best results of conflict management.REDUCE- using tools to analyze and identify your organization's trouble areas and prevent problems before they happen. Often, even businesses that have made the commitment to use some form of dispute resolution planning still appear to use dispute resolution techniques reactively, rather than preventively.MITIGATE- once conflict occurs, early detection and reaction is essential: Don't let the problem fester and become toxic to your organization. Use expert assessment and evaluation to promote early settlement. RESOVE- the key to any conflict management system is dispute resolution program that meets the individual needs of the company. Whether you choose negotiation, neutral fact-finding, Ombuds, peer review, mediation, arbitration or litigation, our program ensures that best practices are used. In addition, we provide an analysis of organizational conflict and suggest solutions that will help prevent reoccurrence.

Facilitate peer mediation, it is a complementary process to the regular disciplinary procedure. Peer mediation is successful because it empowers students, which motivates them to behave more responsibly.When a staff peer mediation coordinator identifies an appropriate conflict and the disputants agree to mediation, the coordinator refers the disputants to two peer mediators. At the mediation, the disputants discuss the facts, as they see them, and their feelings about the problem. Each disputant listens to the other and repeats what they hear, so as to open their eyes to the other's point of view. Aided by the mediators, the disputants devise possible solutions for resolving their conflict to ensure that the problem will not occur again.Peer mediation is successful in reducing conflicts among students. Approximately 90% of all mediation sessions result in an agreement that satisfies both parties as well as teaches, administrators, and parents. Teaching students the skills for solving conflicts not only improves their lives, but also improves the schools in which they learn.

Introduction to Mediation

Develop collaborative contract database in preparation for merger

Legal Internship working in Supreme Court of Ireland. Cases ranged from manslaughter to money laundering by alleged Irish Republican Army members.

Reporting on house and senate committee meetings as they pertain to clients

Push side management for Walmart / Sam’s Club, Costco and Menards. Coordinated Walmart Buyers and Logistics teams to collaborate thus showing tangible savings and making implementation possible.• Accomplished company’s top priority by implementing first “Ledge” to go through Walmart supply chain.• Researched market data to identify suppliers for core business opportunities.• Gained approval of product through various interests including package engineering, merchandising, directimports, logistics, distribution center administration, and transportation.• Increased awareness of company and product within the supplier community.• Insured successful supplier implementation from international factories to store level.