Upcoming Engagements

Please check back soon for information on upcoming engagements.

Recent Engagements

May 29, 2015  Present "Understanding Mediation Models" to Family Court Domestic Relations Officers

May 20, 2015  Attend Kaplan Lecture for the ADR community. 

April 24 & 25, 2015  Attend PA Council of Mediators Conference.

April 20, 2015  Facilitating at Mediation Council Roundtable Discussion on "Getting Passed Impasse,"  with Carole Katz

April 16, 17,18, 30 & May 1, 2015   Conducting 40 hour, Basic Mediation Trainingwith  Selina Shultz of the Alternative Group.  For more information or to register

March 24, 2015  Presented  "PA Mediator 'Confidentiality" Statue" at Pennsylvania Council of Mediators Professioinal Development Forum, with Selina Shultz

March 23, 2015 Presented "Real Estate Mediation" to Allegheny County Bar Association Sole and Small Firm Practitioners section

March 5, 2015  Presented "Using Mediative Techniques in Judicial Concillations" to Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Family Court Judges, with Selina Shultz

October 10,11,12, 2014   Presented "Breaking Bad Behavior, Dealing with Disruptions, Interruptions, Obstinancy and Insults" at the Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference, Cincinatti, OH

September, 2014  Trained new mediators in "40 hour Basic  Mediation Training" with co-trainer, Selina Shultz

May 7, 2014  Presented "Ethical Considerations for the Neutral and the Lawyer" at the conference of American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, with Michael McDowell

March 8, 2014  Presented "The Three Keys to Effective Conflict Resolution" to Newly Elected Officals Course for the Local Government Academy

February, 2014   Trained new mediators in "40 hour Basic Mediation/Family Mediation Training" with co-trainer, Selina Shultz

February 1, 2014  Presented 8 hour training on "Intro to Family/Civil Procedure and Law" for the Community College of Allegheny County Legal Interpretating Series

May 9, 2013  Presented "Conflict Resolution - Theory and Skills" 5 hr. training to Haven of Tioga County, Wellsboro, PA

Aprii, 19,20, 2013  Presented "Psychology of Conflict" at the PA Council of Mediators Annual Conference, Harrisburg, PA, with Selina Shultz

September 13, 2012  Presenter, Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA      

June 13, 2012  4 hour training "Engaging in Difficult Conversations"  Woodland Hills School District

May 31, 2012   Attended Kaplan Lecture about the relationship between emotional intelligence and mediation while mingling with Pittsburgh's conflict resolution community  

May 10 - 18, 2012   Trained new mediators in "40 hour Basic Mediation/Family Mediation Training" with co-trainer, Selina Shultz

March 30, 2012   Trained new bankruptcy mediators in "Effective Mediator Interventions"
 
February 2, 2012   Presented "Dealing with Conflict," to University Square No. 2

October 20, 2011  Attended Confilct Resolution Day Seminar:  "What parties look for in a Mediatior"
  
 
March 11, 2011   Trained E-Discovery Special Masters in "Effective Mediator Interventions"
 
January 13, 2011  Presented "Elder Issues:  The Mediation Option"  to the Veteran's Administration

April 9, 2011    Attended "Tough Cases, Difficult Solutions"  at the PA Council of Mediators Conference

April 10, 2010   Presented "Dealing with the Difficult and Unexpected"  at the PA Council of Mediators Conference

  

In his spare time, Bernie has begun devoting time to work on his first book.


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