MARYLAND MEDIATION & CONFLICT RESOLUTION OFFICE

Rachel A. Wohl, Esq., Executive Director

113 Towsontown Blvd., Suite C
Towson, MD 21286
(410) 321-2398
e-mail: lou.gieszl@courts.state.md.us
fax: (410) 321-2399
tty/voice: 1-800-735-2258 (Maryland Relay Service)
web: www.courts.state.md.us/adr.html

In July 2001, the Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office was established by the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. The Office promotes the appropriate use of mediation and other dispute resolution practices in Maryland's courts, neighborhoods, businesses, schools, governmental agencies, and criminal and juvenile justice systems. Such practices include arbitration, settlement conferences, consensus building, and other nonviolent and nonlitigious methods of resolving disputes.

The Advisory Board to the Maryland Mediation and Conflict Office began in February 1998 as the Maryland Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission, created by the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.. In July 2001, the Commission reformed under its present name.

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

MARYLAND MEDIATION & CONFLICT RESOLUTION OFFICE
ADVISORY BOARD

Chair: Robert M. Bell, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals

Appointed by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals: Richard Abbott; Lauren Abramson; Jose F. Anderson, J.D.; David Bliden; Frank V. Broccolina; Aza Howard Butler; Joseph I. Cassilly, Esq.; Lorig Charkoudian; J. Joseph Curran, Jr.; Robert Fleishman; Arlene Grant; Nancy S. Grasmick; Leo E. Green; Sue Hecht; Donald P. Hutchinson; Marvin E. Johnson, J.D.; Karen R. Johnson; Bishop Felton Edwin May; Joyce Ann Mitchell, Esq.; Col. David B. Mitchell; Mary Ann Moen, Esq.; Donald Mulcahey; Joseph F. Murphy, Jr.; Brian Polkinghorn, Ph.D.; Charles (Mike) Preston, Esq.; Martha F. Rasin; Robert J. Chudy, Esq.; John Roberts; Louise Phipps Senft, Esq.; Stuart O. Simms; Melanie Shaw Geter; Kathleen Snyder; H. Walter Townshend III; Paul H. Weinstein; Gregory Wells; Pamela White, Esq.; Alan M. Wilner; Roger C. Wolf, Esq.; James N. Vaughn.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Rachel A. Wohl, Esq., Executive Director (410) 321-2398
Louis G. Gieszl, Deputy Director (410) 321-2398

DEFUNCT COMMITTEES

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) DEFINITIONS & DISPUTE SCREENING COMMITTEE
Ramona Buck, Chair
The Committee completed its work in July 1999.

BUSINESS APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE
Mary Louise Preis, Esq., Chair
The Committee completed its work in July 1999.

COMMUNITY ISSUES COMMITTEE
Robert J. Rhudy, Esq., Chair
The Committee completed its work in July 1999.

COURTS ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Charles (Mike) Preston, Esq., Chair
The Committee completed its work in July 1999.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Marvin E. Johnson, J.D., Chair
The Committee completed its work in July 1999.

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES COMMITTEE
Roger C. Wolf, Esq., Chair
The Committee completed its work in July 1999.

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