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JOAN HARCOURT McWILLIAMS
P.O. Box 6216
Denver, Colorado 80206
(303) 830-0171
EDUCATION:
University of Denver
College of Law
JD March
1982
Denver Law Journal
2002 DU Alumni Professionalism Award
University of Denver
College of Law
MSJA June 1976
Judicial Administration
University of
Colorado Boulder
BS June 1964
Education/Political Science
DISPUTE RESOLUTION TRAINING:
Collaborative Law Training. 2004
The Master’s Forum 2002.
Lawyers’ Public Information
Foundation. 1989-2004.
American Bar Association Divorce
Arbitration Institute. 1996.
Shared Parenting Support Training
Program. 1994.
American Arbitration Association.
1993-2004.
Academy of Family Mediators.
1991, 1993, 1999.
Lemmon Mediation Institute.
1990.
Harvard Mediation Training.
1989.
CDR Associates. Training 1987;
Associate 1989-91.
Harvard Negotiation Project.
1988.
Center for Public Resources. 1986
to 1989.
EXPERIENCE:
McWilliams Mediation
Group Ltd
Shareholder and President.
Commercial and domestic dispute
resolution serving as a mediator, arbitrator and neutral
third party in other forms of ADR. 1993 to present.
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in
America 2005-2006 and 2006.
Accetta & McWilliams,
P.C.
Shareholder.
Commercial and
domestic dispute resolution serving as a mediator,
arbitrator and neutral third party in other forms of ADR.
1990 to 1993.
University of Denver,
College of Law. Adjunct Professor.
Negotiation, Mediation and
Arbitration. 1989 to 1999.
Gorsuch Kirgis L.L.C.
Associate and Partner.
Corporate, Securities and Banking
Group; Family Law; Co-founder, Alternative Dispute
Resolution Group.
1983 to 1989.
United States Court
of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Law Clerk.
The Honorable Robert H.
McWilliams, Jr. 1982 to 1983.
PUBLICATIONS:
Mediators as
Collaborative Team Members, Co-Author, Chapter 10,
Collaborative Law (Bradford
Publishing
Company, 2004).
“Parenting Time in Divorce,” 31 Colorado Lawyer 25
(October 2002).
“Your ADR Options: Mediation,
Arbitration and Collaborative law,” 24 ABA Family
Advocate 4
(Spring 2002).
Judge’s Bench Book, Co-author
(Colorado Bar Association, 2001).
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Chapters 37 and 38, Colorado Practice Series
(West Publishing
Company, 1999).
Creating Parenting
Plans That Work-Defining Parental Responsibilities in
Divorce and Separation,
(Bradford Publishing Company,
1998).
"Ethical and Legal Dilemmas in
Mediation," 3 MDICCC News (1995).
"The Role of the Attorney in
Mediation," 43 Trial Talk 6 (April 1994).
"Alternative Dispute Resolution:
Restoring the Balance," 20 Colorado Lawyer 1087
(June 1991).
"ADR Contract Clauses," 18
Colorado Lawyer 867 (May 1989).
"Mediation Revisited: Amendments
to the Colorado Dispute Resolution Act," 17 Colorado
Lawyer 1297 (July 1988).
"Alternative Dispute Resolution,"
II ESQ. 39 (1987).
"Attorney Disclosure: The Model
Rules in Corporate/Securities Area," 12 Colorado
Lawyer 1975 (December 1983).
"Reporter's Privilege -
Pankratz v. Dist. Ct.," 58 Denver Law Journal
681 (1981).
MEMBERSHIPS/ACTIVITIES:
American Bar Association:
Business Law & Family Law Sections
Colorado Bar Association: Past
Member of the Board of Governors; Past Chairman,
ADR Committee; Member of the
Executive Council of the Family Law Section;
Member of the Business & Family
Law Sections
Denver Bar Association: Past
Chairman, ADR Committee
Colorado Women's Bar Association:
Member
Metropolitan Denver
Interdisciplinary Committee on Child Custody: Member;
Past President
(1996-97); Award Recipient (1998)
Colorado Interdisciplinary
Committee: Member
Academy of Family Mediators:
Guidelines/Practitioner Member
Association of Conflict Resolution: Practitioner Member
Colorado Council of Mediators and
Mediation Organizations: Member
Colorado Judicial Institute: ADR
Committee; Former Member of the Board of Directors
University of Denver, University
College: ADR Advisory Board
US West Communications, Inc.:
Mediation Trainer
The Faegre Group: Panel
Member
Dalkon Shield Arbitration: Panel
Member
American Arbitration Association:
Member; Sexual Abuse Fact Finding Panel Member;
Arbitration Panel Member
Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990:
Advisory Group, ADR Subcommittee
Alfred A. Arraj Inn of Court:
Master of the Bench
Judicial Nominating Commissioner:
Second Judicial District
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