Rob Thaler Email & Phone Number

Smyrna, Ga

Consultant-Trainer, Conflict Management Training Academy, LLC, Smyrna, GA (2012 – present)• Lead trainer and co-author of GA Supreme Court approved Basic Mediation Training + Practicum course.• Create and deliver training programs relating to organizational conflict management for institutional clients such as US Department of Education, Association of County Administrators of Alabama, US Social Security Administration, National Institutes of Health, US Court Services and Offender… Show more Consultant-Trainer, Conflict Management Training Academy, LLC, Smyrna, GA (2012 – present)• Lead trainer and co-author of GA Supreme Court approved Basic Mediation Training + Practicum course.• Create and deliver training programs relating to organizational conflict management for institutional clients such as US Department of Education, Association of County Administrators of Alabama, US Social Security Administration, National Institutes of Health, US Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, and others. Show less

Atlanta, Georgia

Rob is admitted to practice law in NY & GA. AFM provides mediation to families engaged in major life transitions, including divorce, probate/estate disputes, elder care issues, parenting plans, and grandparent access plans.As a conflict management professional, Rob has mediated more than 500 cases, supervised over 8,000 cases, and has trained hundreds of mediators. He has served as the Director for the New York State Unified Court System’s Community Dispute Resolution Center… Show more Rob is admitted to practice law in NY & GA. AFM provides mediation to families engaged in major life transitions, including divorce, probate/estate disputes, elder care issues, parenting plans, and grandparent access plans.As a conflict management professional, Rob has mediated more than 500 cases, supervised over 8,000 cases, and has trained hundreds of mediators. He has served as the Director for the New York State Unified Court System’s Community Dispute Resolution Center Program for Queens County, NY, and helped design, establish, and manage the NYC Family Court Mediation Program in all five boroughs of New York City. Rob’s extensive program development work also includes collaborating on the design of a joint mediation program for the Nassau County Family Court and Nassau County Department of Social Services.Rob has held faculty appointments teaching conflict management theory and practice as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgia State University College of Law; Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution Studies in the Graduate College of Kennesaw State University; Assistant Clinical Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law; and, Adjunct Professor at CUNY – John Jay College. In addition to his work with Atlanta Family Mediation, LLC, Rob is a Consultant-Trainer with Conflict Resolution Academy in Smyrna, GA, and offers GODR-approved mediation training programs in Basic Mediation and Mediation Practicum, and provides organizational conflict consulting and training to a wide variety of audiences, including federal agencies like the National Institutes for Health, Social Security Administration, and the US Department of Education.. Show less

Dunwoody, Ga

Advised buyers and sellers in residential real estate transactions.

Kennesaw, Georgia

One year appointment to Graduate College Faculty in Master of Conflict Management Program.

Hempstead, New York

Jamaica, Ny

Managed the Community Dispute Resolution Center for Queens & the NYC Family Court Mediation Program. • Maintained the largest budget of any mediation program in NYS, with over $1 million in combined funding. • Supervised 14 full-time staff members distributed across 7 offices and 4 programs, and more than 160 mediators. • Liaised with state, city, and local officials, including judges, senior court personnel, city and state agencies, and various elected representatives in the… Show more Managed the Community Dispute Resolution Center for Queens & the NYC Family Court Mediation Program. • Maintained the largest budget of any mediation program in NYS, with over $1 million in combined funding. • Supervised 14 full-time staff members distributed across 7 offices and 4 programs, and more than 160 mediators. • Liaised with state, city, and local officials, including judges, senior court personnel, city and state agencies, and various elected representatives in the City Council and the NYS Assembly and NYS Senate. • Developed and maintained collaborative relationships with other community-based programs. • Supervised the NYS Attorney General’s Lemon Law Program in Queens County, NY. • Trained and mediated cases in advanced practice areas, including Special Education, Restorative Justice, Domestic Violence, and Youth At-Risk. • Actively participated in multiple court improvement initiatives, including: • Developing and establishing the NYC Family Court Mediation Program for the entire City of New York, 2004 – 2006; • Chair, Mediation Working Group, Juvenile Justice Sub-Committee of NYC Family Court, 2005 – 2006; • Mediation Ethics Advisory Committee, NYS-UCS Office of ADR Programs, 2004 – 2006; • Collaborated in writing the Standards for NYS Community Mediators, published October 2005; and, • ADR/Domestic Violence Sub-Committee of the NYC Family Court, 2003 – 2006.www.mediatenyc.org Show less

New York, New York

Attorney at Law practicing in the Civil and Criminal Courts of New York City.Jury trials to verdict, plea bargains, and investigations.

New York, Ny

Appointed by the Kings County DA to a drug interdiction office with City-wide jurisdiction

Brooklyn, Ny

Prosecuted Felony and Misdemeanor Criminal cases in Brooklyn, NY

Master'S Degree, Social Psychology

Certificate Of Graduate Studies, Conflict Resolution

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government

Minor in Art History