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!

Featured Speakers

Hon. Matthew J. Fader

Maryland Supreme Court

Chief Justice

Lou Gieszl

Maryland Judiciary

Director of Programs

Cynthia Jurrius

Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office

Director

Speakers

Grant Bacon

Janet Bayer

Dawn Bedlivy

Conflict Sparks Change, LLC

Co-Owner

Lewis Dabney

Key Bridge Foundation

Executive Director

Ryan Diepold

Circuit Court for Baltimore County

Civil ADR Coordinator

Michelle Edison

Change Starts with Hope

Conciliator, Mediator, ADR Practitioner

Jill Eisner

Infinity Mediation, LLC

Founder

Paul Bridgeford El

Baltimore Community Mediation Center

Mediation Coordinator

Barry Evans

Tracee Ford

Community Mediation Maryland

Jill Goldberg

Infinity Mediation, LLC

Founder

John Greer

Patuxent Mediation Services, LLC

Owner

Toby Treem Guerin

Center for Dispute Resolution at Maryland Carey School of Law

Executive Director

Kim Klein

Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County

Director of Court Operations

Jay Knight

Washburn University

Associate Professor of Law

Stephen Kotev

Leadership Coach, Embodiment Educator, Conflict Resolution Consultant

Erica Lesko

Community Mediation Upper Shore

Lisa Mannisi

Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office

Senior Program Manager

Kandi Morris

Morris Consults

Deyanira Murga

Security NextGen

Founder & Executive Director

Gary C. Norman, Esq., L.L.M.

David Simison

Tisha Tyler

Kelton & Key Consulting

Founder

Debra A. Vey Voda-Hamilton, Esq.

Hamilton Law and Mediation

Founder and Principal

Nick White

Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office

Research and Evaluation Director

Kathleen Wobber

Wobber Law Group