Academy Member Inducted 2007
Regularly travels out of state to: South Carolina
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- Practice Commenced: 1988
- Total Mediations (as of Feb 2023): 800
Practice Percentages
- ASHEVILLE-BREVARD
- CHARLOTTE
- GREENSBORO-WINSTON SALEM
- HICKORY-LENOIR
Biographical
After realizing the benefits of mediation with her own clients, Sarah pursued mediation training and certification. She volunteered her services to the Justice Center of Atlanta and subsequently became the Executive Director of The Mediation Center of Asheville. Sarah was a lead trainer for The Mediation Center's Superior Court Mediated Settlement Conferences Seminar and served as the center's director from 1992 to 1996; she went on to found MediationWorks in 1996.
Sarah is a member of numerous mediation panels and has extensive training in general, family and workplace mediation. She also provides permanency mediation for court-referred child abuse and neglect cases.
Case Experience
- ADA Disability
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Commercial/Business
- Contract Disputes
- Education
- EEOC
- Employment
- Environmental
- Family Businesses
- Insurance
- Landlord/Tenant
- Legal Malpractice
- Libel & Slander
- Non-profit Organizations
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Personal Injury
- Police
- Postal
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Title Disputes
- Torts
- Workers' Compensation
Education
- NYU School of Law, Order of the Coif, Juris Doctor
- Dartmouth College, Magna Cum Laude with Distinction in Psychology
Memberships & Affiliations
- North Carolina Association of Professional Family Mediators
- Association for Conflict Resolution
- North Carolina Bar Association
Mediation Panels:
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- The Mediation Center, Asheville, NC
- USDA Forest Service
- U.S. Postal Service
Rates Information
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