
Joyce Mitchell
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Rockville, MD 20847-2112
USA
301 589-7113









Description of Practice
Professional Background
Joyce has over 300 hours of mediation training in various methodologies. She has mediated more than 2000 cases. She is a former adjunct professor at the Columbus School of Law, Catholic Univ. where she taught ADR Techniques. For the past six years, she has mediated farm related commercial and public disputes for the MD Dept. of Agriculture's Conflict Resolution Service (ACReS). She teaches arbitration as an adjunct at the Carey School of Law, Univ. of MD in Balt., MD. Joyce is a past chair of the MD State Bar Association’s ADR Section and a 2018-2019 member of Board of the ADR Section of the National Bar Association.
Experience
Joyce has over 300 hours of mediation training in various methodologies. She has mediated more than 2000 cases.
Degrees
Howard Univ, School of Law, Juris Doctorate, Wash., DC
Training
Dates | Trainer(s) | Title |
1996 | Center for ADR | Basic Mediation, 40 hrs. |
1997 | Center for Dispute Settlement; Circuit Ct. P.G. Cty, MD | Mediation for the Professional, 30 hrs.; Mediation of Marital Disputes, 40 hrs. |
1998 | Karras | Effective Negotiating, 16 hrs. |
1999 and 2001 | US Postal Service | Transformative Mediation and Transformative II, 40 hrs. |
1999-2001 | Better Business Bureau; NASD, NBA in conjunction with FMCS | Arbitrator Training; Chair, Labor Arb., 61 hrs. |
2004-2008 | NASD/FINRA | Arbitrator Ethics; Expungement; on line 4.5 hrs. |
2015 | ABA | Ethics, Mediation Advocacy, Managing the Process, 8 hrs. |
2015 | ABA | Imposing Sanctions in Arbitration; Managing Evidence, 5 hrs. |
2016 | ABA | Speaking the Language of Business; How to prepare for Mediation 3 hrs. |
2016 | ABA | Secrets to Success in Arbitration, 2 hrs. |
2016 | MD Council for Dispute Resolution (MCDR) | The Power of Difference: Tools, 2 hrs. |
2017-2018 | NC Bar Foundation | Mediation is not Las Vegas, on line 1.5 hrs; How to Bring Calm to Chaos, 2 hrs. |
2018 | NC Bar Foundation | Thorny Issues: Ethical Minefields, on line 1.25 hrs. |
2019 | NC Bar Foundation | The Psychology of Settlement, 1.25 hrs.; Issues and Rules, 1 hr. |
2019 | NC Dispute Resolution Commission | Electronic Discovery, Practice Challenges; The Mediator as Village Elder, 2 hrs. |
2018 | ABA Dispute Resolution Conf. | Ethical Dilemmas in ADR, 1 hr. |
2018 | ABA Dispute Resolution Conf | Staying Neutral; Implicit Bias; Eliminating Bias; Ethics 4 hrs. |
2018 | ABA Dispute Resolution Conf | The Model Standards-Guiding Mediation Practice, 1 hr. |
2018 | National Bar Association | Ethical Dilemmas Parts I & II, 3 hrs. |
2018 | ABA Dispute Resolution Conf. | Ethical Dilemmas in ADR, 1 hr. |
2018 | ABA Dispute Resolution Conf | Staying Neutral; Implicit Bias; Eliminating Bias; Ethics 4 hrs. |
2018 | ABA Dispute Resolution Conf | The Model Standards-Guiding Mediation Practice, 1 hr. |
2018 | National Bar Association (NBA) | Ethical Dilemmas Parts I & II, 3 hrs. |
2018 | NBA | Supreme Court and ADR (Boot Camp), 3 hrs. |
2019 | NBA and Amer. Arbitration Association | Mediation Practicum, 3 hrs. |
2019 | MD Council for Dispute Resolution | A Deep Dive into Difficult Conversations: The NeuroScience, 2 hrs. |
2019 | MCDR | Mediator Ethical Obligations: Educating the Public and Clients about ADR, 2 hrs. |
Approach
Fees
Come, let me help you resolve your dispute.
Other Information
I have done many organizational and management inquiries and early neutral evaluation cases. My employment, labor and EEO knowledge, investigative skills, intuitive capabilities and understanding of human conflict have served my clients well in getting the comprehensive and insightful reports needed to comprehend a conflict and make deliberative decisions.
Please review my listing of professional courses and trainings. You will see that I continually increase my knowledge and improve my skills so that I can meet my clients' needs.
Areas of Practice
- Business
- Civil (general)
- Commercial
- Construction
- Contracts
- EEOC
- Elder
- Employment
- General
- Government
- Labor - Management
- Medical Malpractice
- Online Civil
- Online Mediation
- Online Workplace
- Organizational
- Securities
- Sexual Harrassment
- Workplace
Professional Services
- Mediator
- Arbitrator
- Facilitator
- Online Mediator
- Advanced Mediation Trainer
- Fact-Finder
- Mediator-Arbitrator
- Mediation Consultant
- Mediation Trainer
- Mediating Lawyer
- Online Arbitrator