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Adam Oakes

Adam Oakes' family hopeful mediation with suspect will bring answers RICHMOND, Va. -- Andrew White, 23, was Oakes' "big brother" and pled guilty to unlawful hazing and purchasing alcohol for a minor. As part of his plea ...more

Barry Ross

Job Titles:
  • Civil / Legal

Carol Knapp - CTO

Job Titles:
  • CTO
Carol has directed technical development for corporations, non-profits and university programs since 1983, focusing exclusively on the Internet since 1996. She has held the top technical position at Resourceful Internet Solutions, Inc., since 1997. Ms. Knapp has designed and supervised development of RIS' Dynamic Web Site System, Caseload Manager and Meeting Space. Prior to RIS, Ms. Knapp served as Technical Director for Crown Research, Inc., a retirement industry firm offering integrated software solutions for residential care, marketing and facility management.

Colin Rule - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President
Colin Rule was the first employee hired by Mediate.com when he served as Mediate.com's first General Manager in 1999. With RIS support, Rule founded OnlineResolution.com in 2000, one of the world's first online dispute resolution (ODR) providers. In 2003 Rule became the first Director of ODR for eBay and PayPal. In 2011 Rule co-founded Modria.com, an ODR provider he led as CEO and COO. In 2017 Tyler Technologies acquired Modria and Rule became Tyler's first Vice President of Online Dispute Resolution. Colin is the author of Online Dispute Resolution for Business, published by Jossey-Bass in 2002, and The New Handshake: Online Dispute Resolution and the Future of Consumer Protection, published by the American Bar Association in 2017. He received the first Frank Sander Award for Innovation in ADR from the American Bar Association in 2020, and the Mary Parker Follett Award from the Association for Conflict Resolution in 2013. He holds a Masters degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in conflict resolution and technology, a graduate certificate in dispute resolution from UMass-Boston, a B.A. from Haverford College in Peace Studies, and he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Eritrea from 1995-1997.

David A. Hoffman

From the Mediate.com interview series -- a conversation with David Hoffman about his chapter in the book :"Evolution of a Field: Personal Histories in Conflict Resolution."

Eileen Barker

You don't have to be a mediator to know that emotional issues lie at the heart of conflict. Seasoned mediator, Eileen Barker provides practical suggestions to deal with the emotional dimension of conflict.

Jessica A. Stepp

Job Titles:
  • How Does the Mediation Process Work

Jessica Notini

Job Titles:
  • Effective Alternatives Analysis in Mediation: "BATNA / WATNA" Analysis Demystified

Jim Melamed - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Five Steps to Choosing a Qualified Mediator
Jim co-founded Resourceful Internet Solutions (RIS) and Mediate.com in 1996. Before this, Jim founded The Mediation Center in Eugene, Oregon in 1983 and served as Executive Director of the national Academy of Family Mediators from 1987 to 1993. Jim is past-Chair of the Oregon Dispute Resolution Commission and is a member of the Oregon State Bar. Jim teaches Mediation at Pepperdine University School of Law's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. Jim was the first President and Executive Director of the Oregon Mediation Association (1985) and received the OMA's 2003 Award for Excellence. Jim Received the Oregon State Bar Dispute Resolution Section's 2006 Sidney Lezak Award of Excellence and the 2007 John Haynes Distinguished Mediator Award from the Association for Conflict Resolution. Jim's undergraduate degree is in in psychology, with honors, from Stanford University and his law degree is from the University of Oregon.

Lee Jay Berman

Job Titles:
  • 13 Tools for Resolving Conflict in the Workplace, With Customers and in Life

Michael P. Carbone

Job Titles:
  • Mediator Directory Mediate.Com Services Contact Us

Robert A. Berlin

Job Titles:
  • Sample Mediator 's Opening Statement

Stefano Pavletic

Job Titles:
  • Guest Author