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Margaret M. Crowley

  • 316 California Avenue #761
  • Reno, NV 89509
  • Office Phone: (775) 233-6711
  • Office Fax: (775) 329-5563
  • Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington

Settlement Judge History:

  • Date Appointed: December 23, 2009
  • Number of Cases Mediated: 8
  • Current As Of: 3/31/11
  • Areas of Practice:
  • Mediation, Arbitration; Human Resources, including lablr law/arbitration; contracts: Litigation in State and Federal District Courts; Administrative Hearings; General Civil Practice
  • Bar Memberships:
  • Nevada (1991)
  • Federal District Court of Nevada (1991)
  • 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1993)
Colleges
Name Location Start End Type Degree
University of Nevada Reno 1983 1987 Undergraduate B.A. English Literature


Law Schools
Name Location Start End Degree
University of California Davis 1988 1991 J.D.


Professional Experience
Name Location Description Start End
Washoe County District Attorney's Office Reno, NV Civil Deputy District Attorney.  Represented local government in a variety of settings including arbitration, mediation, litigation and administrative hearings.  Gave daily civil legal advice to various government departments. 1/1993 6/2008

Hill, Cassas & DeLipkau (now Parsons Behle & Latimer)

Reno, NV

General civil practice; litigation

9/1991

12/1992



Mediation and Other ADR Training
Name Location Description Date

Labor Law & Labor Arbitration

Chicago

In-depth training for labor law advocates

2006
Beginning Mediation & Conflict Resolution University of Nevada, Reno 40-hour mediation certificate program 2008
Advanced Mediation & Conflict Resolution University of Nevada, Reno 40-hour advanced mediation certificate program 2009
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
Nevada Dispute Resolution Coalition Reno Increasing a Mediator's Harmonic Range of Asking Questions 2012


Mediation and Other ADR Experience
Name Location Description Start End
Civil Deputy District Attorney Reno Acted as advocate in multiple NERC/EEOC mediations; lead attorney in multiple labor law arbitrations

1992

2008

Owner, Crowley Legal Solutions

Reno

Providing private mediation services in a variety of areas, including human resources, community, business and elder care 2009

Present

Nevada Foreclosure Mediation Program

Reno

Acting as mediator in foreclosures involving homeowners and lending institutions

2009

Present

Neighborhood Mediation Center Reno Program Director/Mediator for non-profit community mediation center 2009 Present
Federal District of Nevada Early Mediation Program for Pro Se Inmates Reno Volunteer mediator for Federal Court in pro per prisoner section 1983 litigation 2009 Present


Professional Organizations

  • Nevada Dispute Resolution Coalition
  • Washoe County Bar Association
 

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