Although I have been trained and hold a certificate in any litigation case, I do not believe it is in the client's best interest to use a mediator that does not have experience in the matter being mediated. In doing so, the quality of the mediation would suffer.  Therefore I only mediate disputes in area where I have significant legal experience, which are the following ares:

• Wills, Trusts, Estates and Inheritance
• Estate Planning
• Elder Care and Guardianship
• Professional Negligence Regarding Estates or Trusts
• Divorce
• Business Partner Conflict
• Business Succession
• Real Estate

After a career that spans working as an attorney for the federal government, first as a litigator for HEW and lataer as an estate tax attorney with the IRS, I joined the private law practice of a regional Tennessee law firm and was a partner for many years. In Oklahoma, I opened my own law firm.

I earned a mediation certificate in Divorce and national mediator certifications for Litigation, Elder Care, and added mediation services to my practice. When I closed the firm to have more time for mediation, I continued to practice estate law as a partner and Of Counsel for a local Tulsa firm.

Now, with ten years as as a mediator, I have retired from the law practice and use my four decades estate law experience in my mediation practice. When people have legal disputes over their business, estate and inheritance, elder care, and divorce disagreements, I will help them communicate, be heard, and find peaceful solutions.

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