Creative Dispute Mediation

Professional Profile

Mediation Training

Southern Methodist University: Advanced Graduate Studies in Dispute Resolution certificate program – eight courses, 320 classroom hours.

Dispute Mediation Service (DMS): Completed Practicum.

Continuing Education: Attend lectures regularly at the Conflict Resolution Network (CRN) and the Dallas chapter of ACR. 

Experience: Began mediating in January of 2008 and have mediated a wide variety of civil and family disputes.

Ombudsman Training and Experience

Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program of The Senior Source: Obtained Ombudsman certification and carry out assigned duties as a volunteer at a local nursing home.

Professional Associations

Member of CRN and the Dallas chapter of ACR. Life Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

Prior Education and Experience

Virginia Military Institute: Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and awarded Distinguished Military Graduate designation. Continued graduate level studies at Johns Hopkins and North Carolina State Universities following two years of military service.

U.S. Army Reserves Lieutenant: Directed the Armed Forces Aid to Korea project for X Corps Artillery Headquarters.

Held positions as Project Engineer, Engineering Manager and Internal Technical Consultant in the development of hardware for microwave radio and lightwave telecommunication systems,

Rockwell International, Lightwave Systems Division: Named 1987 Engineer of the Year.

Obtained eleven patents and published numerous technical articles in IEEE journals. Gained international recognition for the invention of a widely used clock recovery circuit.  

In my new career as a professional mediator, I continue to take a creative and open minded approach to solving complex problems.

Profile Supplement

This supplement is provided for those interested in marital mediation, family mediation, and senior care.

While I have completed the necessary training to  permit me to mediate divorce cases in Texas, I am choosing to apply my skill and training to help couples preserve and improve, rather than to terminate, their commitment.

Regarding Senior Care: I had the experience of caring for my mother when it became necessary for her to move to a nursing home, and was supportive of my wife as she had that experience with her mother. Those experiences led me to become certified by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services as an Ombudsman. I am assigned as a part-time volunteer to a specific nursing home, where I visit twice a week and interact with as many of the residents as possible -- as their friend and advocate.

I have a valuable understanding of the joys and challenges of a blended family. I have learned much in a twenty-year first marriage that blessed me with two children and four grandchildren, and a second marriage that blessed me with three stepchildren and four step grandchildren. My wife and I celebrated our twenty-seventh anniversary in 2008 and are looking forward to many more.