EDUCATION:

• University of Notre Dame Law School (1975)
• Purdue University; Psychology and Political Science (1972)

BAR ADMISSION:

• Minnesota (1975) and Georgia (1991)
• U.S. District Court and U.S. Court of Appeals

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT & EXPERIENCE:

• President ADR Training Division; Henning Mediation & Arbitration Service, Inc. (1994-Present)
• Served as a consultant for companies that are interested in setting up dispute resolution programs
• Senior Vice-President; Resolution Resources Corporation
• Vice-President; Resolute Systems, Inc.
• Assisted in drafting Georgia's Motor Vehicle Warranty Rights Act, ("Lemon Law"), which created an arbitration program for purchasers of defective vehicles
• President; American Arbitration & Mediation Service, Inc.
• Mediated Complex and Multi-party cases, including sensitive disputes at the Pentagon
• Georgia State University School of Law, Law Professor and Director of Trial Advocacy and Lawyer Skills Program
• Hamline University School of Law, Law Faculty and Director of Clinical Programs

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

• Association for Conflict Resolution
• State Bar of Georgia; ADR, Employment and Family Law Sections
• Georgia Association of Women Lawyers

ADR TRAINING EXPERIENCE:

• Civil Mediation Training
• Advanced Mediation Training
• Employment Mediation
• Advanced Negotiation Skills Training
• Mediation Advocacy
• Arbitration Training
• Case Evaluation
• Divorce Mediation
• Conflict Prevention and Management
• Diversity Training

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CASES HANDLED:
700+ with a settlement rate of approximately 90%

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:

Ms. Siuta has written training manuals and materials for mediation, arbitration, and case evaluation.  She has also written articles, books, and legislation.  Among those relevant to ADR are: 

 Chapter entitled “Divorce Mediation,” in Alternatives to Litigation, Ordover & Doneff, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2003.

 Article:  "Preparing and Presenting Your Case Effectively in Mediation."

 Article:  "Preventing and Resolving Complex Commercial Disputes."

 Article:  "Peculiarities of Court-Ordered Mediation."

Patricia Siuta

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