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About Janet Mitchell
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Professional
Background
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Janet E.
Mitchell,
J. D.,
has
served
as an
Attorney-Mediator
since
1986,
and is
the
director
of the
Midwest
Mediation
Training
Center
in Ft.
Wayne,
IN.
Janet
has
mediated
over 800
disputes,
focusing
on
interpersonal
conflict,
and
teaches
both
basic
and
advanced
mediation
skills.
Janet E.
Mitchell,
J. D.,
is the
Director
of the
Midwest
Mediation
Center,
as well
as
Mediation
Coordinator
for
Bluffton
University,
Toledo
Blade article
April 2008.
Janet
has
served
as a
mediator
in Fort
Wayne,
Indiana,
since
1986,
and has
mediated
over 800
disputes,
focusing
on
interpersonal
conflict.
She also
provides
training
courses
certified
by the
Indiana
Supreme
Court,
teaching
both
basic
and
advanced
mediation
skills.
Janet is
a
mediation
pioneer.
She
worked
with
Indiana's
judiciary
and bar
associations
to
establish
mediation
in the
court
system.
Janet is
an
Advanced
Practitioner
member
of the
Association
for
Conflict
Resolution,
and
co-chaired
the
state
bar's
first
mediation
ethics
committee.
She
co-founded
a number
of
organizations,
including
the
Church
of the
Brethren's
Ministry
of
Reconciliation
and Fort
Wayne's
Common
Ground
Community
Dispute
Resolution
Center.
Janet is
listed
with the
Locate a
Mediator
Directory,
National
Mediation
Centers
Directory,
Indiana
Association
of
Mediator's
Directory,
and the
Indiana
Court's
Registry
of Civil
Mediators
and
Registry
of
Domestic
Relations
Mediators.
She
serves
as a
United
States
Postal
Service
REDRESS
Mediator,
and
mediates
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act
cases
for the
Department
of
Justice.
She is a
Practitioner
Panel
Member
of both
the
Mennonite
Conciliation
Service
and the
Church
of the
Brethren
Ministry
of
Reconciliation.
Janet
received
her
undergraduate
degrees
in
Psychology
and
Political
Science,
and her
Juris
Doctor
from the
University
of
Michigan
Law
School.
She is
licensed
to
practice
law in
both
Oregon
and
Indiana,
and
authored
the
ethics
chapter
for the
Indiana
Dispute
Resolution
Manual.
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