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Carolyn A Worrell

  • 4236 Furgerson Ranch Road
  • Carson City, Nevada 89701
  • Office Phone: 775-884-4331
  • Place of Birth: Huntington, West Virginia

Supreme Court Mediation History:

  • Date Appointed: 6/23/97
  • Number of Cases Mediated: 562
  • Current As Of: 3/31/11
  • Areas of Practice:
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution, Family, Administrative, General

Bar Memberships:

  • District of Columbia (1975)
Colleges
Name Location Start End Type Degree
 
West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia -- -- Undergraduate B.A.
L'Universite de Bordeaux, L'Institute des Etudes Politiques Bordeaux, France -- -- Graduate, Fulbright Scholar None
Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University Summerville, Massachusetts -- -- Graduate M.A.


Law Schools
Name Location Start End Degree
 
Georgetown Law Center Washington, D.C. 1971 1975 J.D. (1975)


Professional Experience
Name Location Description Start End
 
Nevada Legal Services Carson City, Nevada Executive Director. Responsible for: The supervision and delivery of high quality civil legal services to indigent clients from three law offices across Nevada, development of pro bono projects in southern and northern Nevada, work with the bar and courts on the development of the IOLTA program among a variety of other duties. 1981 1986
Law Coordination Center Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Interim Director. Responsible for providing extensive technical assistance to 21 legal aid programs 1988 1992
Legal Services Corporation Washington, D.C. 1. Director, Quality Improvement Project. Responsible for management and evaluation of 32 demonstration projects that examined methodologies to improve the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of legal services provided to indigent clients. 2. Program Counsel. Responsible for oversight of assigned legal aid grantees in western and mid-western states and the quality of legal assistance provided to clients in civil cases. Various Various


Mediation and Other ADR Training
Name Location Description Date
 
Harvard Law School Cambridge, Massachusetts 40-hour dispute resolution, principled negotiation course taught by Professor Roger Fisher, principle author of Getting to Yes, 12-hour alternative dispute resolution 1987
National Center for Dispute Settlement Dallas, Texas 24-hour mediation/arbitration training for "medi-arb" process for lemon law consumer disputes involving automobile warranties 1997
Nevada Supreme Court -- Advanced mediation sessions for settlement judges and/or roundtables twice a year 1997 to 2004
John Lemmon San Francisco, California 12-hour advanced family mediation seminar course conducted for First Judicial District family mediation panel 2002
Nevada Dispute Resolution Coalition National Judicial College, Reno 8-hour advanced mediation taught by Nancy Yeend 2003
Nevada Bar Association Reno Day-long arbitration training 2004
Association for Conflict Resolution San Francisco Annual Mediation Training 2004
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Advanced Appellate Mediation Training 2007
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Advanced Appellate Mediation Training 2008
Nev. Dispute Resolution Coalition Carson City The Activist Mediator-Rethinking the Place & Role of the Mediator 2007
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Advanced Appellate Mediation Training - Preventing and Breaking Impasse  2010
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Foreclosure Mediator Training 2009
Nevada Dispute Resolution Coalition Reno Advanced Training in Conflict Resolution/Advanced Mediation Techniques-Building at the Table 2011
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Roundtable/Procedural Issues for Settlement Judges 2011


Mediation and Other ADR Experience
Name Location Description Start End
 
Conflict Management Services, Principal -- Have provided a variety of dispute resolution services including mediation, coaching, and meeting facilitation for a wide variety of clients, including the ABA and legal aid organizations 1992 Present
Mediator, Family Mediation Program First Judicial District ,Carson City Serve as mediator in cases with disputes involving custody, visitation, or other issues regarding children 1992 Present
Workshop Leader -- Have conducted more than 30 dispute resolution workshops and training events for attorneys, managers, bar associations, legal aid organizations, and public defenders across the United States 1992 Present
Supreme Court Settlement Judge Northern & Southern & Rural Nevada Mediation of appellate cases 1997 Present
Mediator, Sierra Nevada Board of Realtors -- Serve as mediator for buyer-seller real estate disputes 2001 Present


Professional Organizations

  • National Legal Aid and Defender Association
  • Nevada Dispute Resolution Coalition
  • District of Columbia Bar

Awards

  • Teaching Fellow, Harvard Law School, Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard Negotiation Project. Served as a teaching fellow under Professor Roger Fisher, primary author of Getting to Yes
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board, Graduated with high honors (B.A.), Fulbright Scholar to France
 

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