OWNER/ATTORNEY AND MEDIATOR Executive Profile As attorney 25 years, I helped individuals businesses Northern Ohio BUILD FUTURES, primarily areas contracts, divorce mediation, elder care, employment, estates, family law, probate, property law, trusts, wills. Skill Highlights Leadership/communication skills Human resources Negotiations expert Skilled divorce mediator Estate planning taxes Legal research writing expert Core Accomplishments Awarded $100,000 Gund Cleveland Foundations initiate Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court's Custody Mediation Program serving diverse, never married parents. Professional Experience Owner/Attorney Mediator January 2001 Current Company Name City State Gather evidence formulate defense initiate legal actions, interview clients witnesses ascertain facts case. Analyze evidence apply relevant laws, regulations, precedents order reach conclusions. Arrange conduct depositions discovery obtain information evidence relevant claims. Determine existence amount liability, according evidence, laws, administrative judicial precedents. Evaluate information documents claim applications, birth death certificates, physician employer records. Interview claimants, agents, witnesses obtain information disputed issues. Research laws, regulations, policies, precedent decisions prepare hearings. Recommend acceptance rejection compromise settlement offers. Gather analyze research data, statutes, decisions, legal articles, codes, documents. Prepare legal briefs opinions, file appeals state federal courts appeal. Investigate facts law cases search pertinent sources, public records, determine causes action, prepare cases. Analyze probable outcomes cases, using knowledge legal precedents. Prepare documents conduct transactions: Appraise inventory real personal property estate planning probate. Draft legal documents: wills, deeds, mortgages, lease, purchase settlement agreements. Probate wills, represent advise executors administrators estates. Negotiate settlements civil disputes. Advise clients concerning business transactions, claims liability, various legal rights obligations. FOUNDING INITIAL DIRECTOR March 1995 June 1996 Company Name City State Researched submitted grant proposals Cleveland Gund Foundations. Developed forms procedures facilitate mediation process. Recruited selected initial applicants, conducted trainings, evaluated results among mediators. Conducted initial meetings disputants outline mediation process, settled procedural matters fees, determined details witness numbers time requirements. Conferred disputants clarify issues, identify underlying concerns, develop understanding respective needs interests. Used mediation techniques facilitate communication disputants, furthered parties' understanding different perspectives, guided parties toward mutual agreement. Prepared Mediation Agreements disputants sign. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF LAW March 1986 August 1988 Company Name City State ADVISED APPOINTING AUTHORITIES IN DEPARTMENTS OF PARKS, RECREATION PROPERTIES; PUBLIC SERVICES UTILITIES. RECEIVED PROCLAMATION DECLARING JUNE 10, 1988, WENDY WILLS DAY, FOR LEGAL SERVICES RENDERED TO THE CITY OF CLEVELAND IN LITIGATION. Gathered analyzed research data, statutes, decisions, legal articles, codes, documents. Prepared legal briefs opinions, filed appeals state federal courts appeal. Arranged conducted depositions, requests production documents, discovery obtain evidence relevant claims litigation. 6-76 TO 7-80 MANAGER, CLEVELAND, OH Promoted Manager, Assistant Manager Trainee four (4) progressively larger ladies apparel department stores Northeast Ohio. Recruited, interviewed, selected, trained, supervised, corrected, sometimes fired ladies department employees. Responsible receiving, human resources, merchandising, office procedures, operations, sales ladies apparel departments. Manager, Assistant, Manager-in-Training August 1976 August 1980 Company Name City State Education J.D Law, cum laud, rank 11th 1983 Cleveland-Marshall College Law, Cleve. State Univ City State GPA: cum laud, rank 11th% Cleve. diploma Honors College Prep 1971 Normandy High School, rank 3rd City State cum laud English Cleveland State Univ., Cleve., OH. *Over 100 hours mediation training, American Mediation Association *Annual requirement 12 hours Continuing Legal Education since 1984. Publications "Mediation: An Idea Whose Time Come." Kirtland Business Rev., Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, OH. "The Ethical Utilization Paralegals Ohio," Cleveland State Univ., 45 Cleve. State Law Rev. 711, 1997. Skills administrative, Assistant Manager, clarify, drafting legal documents, English, forms, grant proposals, human resources, inventory, law, Research write briefs, opinions, laws, LITIGATION, management, Mediation, conduct meetings, merchandising, office, operations, policies, real estate, receiving, sales, settlements, UTILITIES, articles