Mediation
Office of John Spiegel, J.D.
600 Jefferson Plaza, |
Suite 200 Rockville, MD 20852
301-340-1811 (phone) 301-340-1824 (fax)
www.mediationoffice.net
John
Spiegel is an attorney and teacher specially trained in divorce mediation.
He has been a full-time mediator since 1996. A graduate of Yale Law
School, he served as the 2003 and 2004 President of the Maryland Council
for Dispute Resolution (MCDR), a statewide ADR practitioners’ organization.
He is the President of the Divorce Roundtable of Montgomery County,
an interdisciplinary professional organizationJohn
was the 2003 and 2004 President of the Maryland Council for Dispute
Resolution (MCDR), a statewide professional organization of mediators
and other alternative dispute resolution practitioners. In 2001, he
received recognition as a Certified Mediator from MCDR. John also serves
as President of the Divorce Roundtable of Montgomery County, an interdisciplinary
organization composed of judges, attorneys, mediators, and psychotherapists.
He is the founder and mediator for the specialized family mediation
program at Jewish Family Services in Baltimore.
John also does extensive teaching. He teaches an 80-hour certificate program in divorce mediation at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and teaches conflict resolution at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a regular presenter of workshops and seminars at the Counseling and Career Center of the Montgomery County Commission for Women. John has given presentations on conflict resolution and on separation and divorce to a wide variety of groups including state government agencies, psychotherapists, teachers, PTAs, and religious organizations. He has been a presenter at several national conferences, including the national conference of the Academy of Family Mediators.
John received his legal education and J.D. degree from Yale Law School. He is a member of the Bars of Maryland, the District of Columbia, and California. For over ten years prior to establishing his mediation practice, John had a law practice devoted to family court cases involving parents and children. He served as Adjunct Professor of Law at The American University, teaching juvenile law.