National Institute of Conflict Resolution
Annapolis, Maryland
Martin has been a mediator and trainer for over 24 years. He has mediated over 1,900 disputes and court-referred custody cases and has trained over 2500 people in various aspects of mediation. Martin has been in the vanguard of promoting court ordered mediation (before there was a rule) and was a Commissioner for Judge Bell's Maryland Commission on Dispute Resolution. He is author of Getting Apart Together, a guide to fair divorce or separation, co-author of Starting Your Own Mediation Practice: a work book and for 5 years wrote a regular column for Mediation Monthly.
He is a nationally know presenter and trainer. He has provided training in university, business, industry, government, community and private practice settings. He also holds the rare distinction of being a non-attorney graduate of Harvard Law School's Mediation Program. He is a panel mediator for DOJ , World Bank, AA County Circuit court-child access mediation and CINA/TRP mediation programs. He helped establish the AACRC program in Annapolis, Md.
Martin
is one of the original founding members and first president of MCDR. He
has been a board member for over 10 years, serving as Board member-at-large,
program chair, and in other positions. Currently he is working on the
Evaluation committee and a sub committee developing a training program
for reviewers / evaluators. Martin is active with the MACRO - MPME program
and the MEC. He is one of the first mediators certified by MCDR.