2026 Maryland Mediators Convention

2026 Maryland Mediators Convention

The Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office of the Maryland Judiciary is excited to invite you to the 2026 Maryland Mediators Convention!

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8:00am EDT

Check-in & Breakfast Foyer

9:15am EDT

Welcome and Plenary Main Dining RoomHon. Matthew J. Fader • Lou Gieszl • Cynthia Jurrius

10:45am EDT

Let's Be Safe Out There Room 4Stephen Kotev • Lewis Dabney Online ADR - Accessible for All Main Dining RoomNick White • Gary C. Norman, Esq., L.L.M. Guerilla Marketing for ADR Professionals Room DKathleen Wobber When Words Aren't Enough: Language, Culture, and the Bilingual Mediators Role Room 5Deyanira Murga CINA/TPR Mediation: What is This? Is it For Me? Room 3Janet Bayer • Kandi Morris

12:15pm EDT

Catered Lunch Main Dining Room

1:25pm EDT

My Kung Fu is Better than Your Kung Fu and Other Myths in the ADR Community Room DBarry Evans • Jay Knight Transform Your Intake Conversations Room 3Dawn Bedlivy When Access is Denied: Equipping the Public, including Mediators, to Resolve Disability Access Denial Disputes Main Dining RoomDebra A. Vey Voda-Hamilton, Esq. • Gary C. Norman, Esq., L.L.M. Court Ordered Civil Non-domestic Mediation: Sharing 25 Years of Experience Room 4David Simison Zoom, AI, and Social Media. Oh My! Room 5Toby Treem Guerin

3:00pm EDT

Afternoon Refreshments Foyer

3:15pm EDT

Collaboration Hygiene: How Mediators Seek Support, Process Emotions, and Build Community Room 3Tracee Ford • Erica Lesko • Paul Bridgeford El On Mediating in the Circuit Courts Room 4Lisa Mannisi • John Greer • Kim Klein • Ryan Diepold • Grant Bacon Before the Full Story: Implicit Bias, Neurodiversity Bias, and the Practice of Impartiality in Mediation Room DTisha Tyler Balancing Complexity in Domestic Relations Mediation: Neutrality, Financial Realities, and the Human Impact Room 5Michelle Edison Custody Mediation and AI: Is This the Future to Helping Co-parents Communicate? Main Dining RoomJill Goldberg • Jill Eisner

4:45pm EDT

Certificates & Evaluations Foyer

5:00pm EDT

ADR Section Post-Convention Reception The Lodge