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New York State Unified Court System Office of Court Administration ADR Office Part 146 Approved Course and Provider List Please note that the UCS ADR Office approves courses conducted by trainers who have specifically applied for approval in connection with the course. For more information, please contact the UCS ADR Office at [email protected] or by telephone (877-Part-146). Please contact the course provider directly or check the ADR Office Upcoming Training page to find out when the course is being offered. [Chart is organized by Focus or Case Type] * indicates the course is currently approved 1/10/2020
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New York State Unified Court System Office of Court Administration ADR Office Part 146 Approved Course and Provider List
Please note that the UCS ADR Office approves courses conducted by trainers who have specifically applied for approval in connection with the course. For more information, please contact the UCS ADR Office at [email protected] or by telephone (877-Part-146). Please contact the course provider directly or check the ADR Office Upcoming Training page to find out when the course is being offered.
[Chart is organized by Focus or Case Type]
* indicates the course is currently approved
1/10/2020
Initial Name of Course Name of Organization Name of Trainer Type of Course
Approval
Focus or
Case Type
Contact
Information
Approval
Period
Essential
Mediation Skills
for the New
Mediator
American Arbitration
Association
Adrian L. Bastianelli,
III, Esq., Neil
Carmichael, Esq.,
Harold Coleman, Jr.,
Esq., Neal M. Eiseman,
Esq., Rene Stemple
Ellis, Alfred G. Feliu,
Esq., Brian S. Harvey,
Esq., Judith B. Ittig,
Esq., A. J. Krouse III,
Esq., Homer La Rue,
Esq., B. Christopher
Lee, Arthur T.
Matthews, J.D., Lynne
Rothschild Stern, Esq.,
Edna R. Sussman, Esq.
*Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial Cindy Rumney
rg
972-689-4053
10/1/2012 -
5/20/2021
Three-Day
24/Hour
Commercial
Mediation
Training
Baum, Simeon H. &
Stephen A. Hochman
Simeon Baum *Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Commercial Simeon Baum
simeonhb@disp
uteResolve.com
212-355-6527
3/15/2011 -
1/11/2021
1
Initial Name of Course Name of Organization Name of Trainer Type of Course
Approval
Focus or
Case Type
Contact
Information
Approval
Period
Mediation
Intensive Training
Center for
Understanding in
Conflict
Sequoia Stalder, Gary
Friedman, Jack
Himmelstein,
Katherine Miller,
Catherine Conner CV
*Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial Sequoia Stalder
sequoiastalder
@gmail.com
917-434-9860
5/2/2012 -
4/15/2022
Basic Training Clemants, Elizabeth Elizabeth Clemants *Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
initial Elizabeth
Clemants
elizabeth.clema
elizabeth@plan
ningchange.com
212-342-7439
917-414-9594
(text
12/14/2012 -
2/9/2020
DRMH 5-Day
Mediation Skills
Training
CUNY Maria Volpe, Dan
Berstein
*Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial with
focus on
mental
health and
peer
specialists
Professor Maria
R. Volpe, Phd
ny.edu
212-237-8693
8/1/2017 -
7/31/2020
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Initial Name of Course Name of Organization Name of Trainer Type of Course
Approval
Focus or
Case Type
Contact
Information
Approval
Period
40 Hour Civil
Mediation
Training
Hamilton Law and
Mediation
Debra Vey Voda-
Hamilton, Cecelia
Paizs, Gary Norman
*Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial with
elements of
disability
and animal
law
Debra Hamilton
dhamilton@Ha
miltonlawandm
ediation.com
914-273-1085
9/25/2018 -
9/24/2021
MWI Forty-Hour
Mediation
Training
MWI Chuck Doran and
Audrey Lee
*Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial Chuck Doran,
Mediator and
Executive
Director MWI
g
617-895-4026
11/22/2017 -
11/21/2020
Basic Mediation
Training
Miller, Jody Jody Miller *Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial
jbmiller29@gma
il.com
6/1/2013 -
12/19/2022
3
Initial Name of Course Name of Organization Name of Trainer Type of Course
Approval
Focus or
Case Type
Contact
Information
Approval
Period
Basic Mediation
Training
New York Center for
Interpersonal
Development (NYCID)
Sequoia Stalder *Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial Elizabeth Bonici,
Sequoia Stalder
EBonici@NYCID.
ORG
718-947-4036,
917-434-9860
6/13/2011 -
4/15/2022
Basic Mediation
Training: Conflict
Resolution
Theory and
Techniques
New York City Bar
Association (NYCBA)
Dina Jansenson, Carol
Liebman
*Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial Gregory
Binstock, Esq.,
Program
Attorney
gbinstock@nycb
ar.org
212-382-6763
1/23/2012 -
1/12/2021
Basic Mediation
Training
New York Peace
Institute
Brad Heckman, Will
Nassau
*Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial Will Nassau
WNASSAU@NY
PEACE.ORG
T: 212.577.1740
EXT 117
12/7/2011 -
5/20/2021
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Initial Name of Course Name of Organization Name of Trainer Type of Course
Approval
Focus or
Case Type
Contact
Information
Approval
Period
Mediation Northwestern
University School of
Continuing Studies
Ericka B. Gray and
Thomas F. Gibbons;
2017 Mac Steele and
Connie Meyer
*Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial Geri Johnson
Program
Manager,
Professional
Development
Programs
geri.johnson@n
orthwestern.ed
u or
pdp@northwest
ern.edu
Ph.
312.503.0714
Fx.
312.503.4942
6/10/2011 -
7/2/2020
Basic Mediation
Training
Price, Rebecca Price, Rebecca *Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial Price, Rebecca
rebecca_price@
nysd.uscourts.g
ov
(212) 805-0650
cell (646) 634-
2548
8/13/2013 -
11/17/2022
5
Initial Name of Course Name of Organization Name of Trainer Type of Course
Approval
Focus or
Case Type
Contact
Information
Approval
Period
Basic Mediation
Training Agenda
Sapora, Elena Bayrock Elena Sapora *Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial Elena Sapora
elena.sapora@g
mail.com
347-598-8671
1/10/2018 -
1/9/2021
6
Other, Initial and Additional Initial and additional portions of the training are approved individually so the trainer may offer them in separate parts. The case type specific
information is generally offered during a separate 16-hour segment from the 24 hours of initial mediation training.
Name of
Course
Name of
Organization
Name of
Trainer
Type of Course
Approval
Focus or Case
Type
Contact Information Approval
Period
Divorce
Mediation
Training:
Theory,
Practice
and the
Law
New York
Center for
Interpersonal
Development
(NYCID)
Stalder,
Sequoia and
Adam Berner
*Part 146
Approved for 24
hours of Initial
Mediation
Training & 16
hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Divorce Elizabeth Bonici, Sequoia Stalder
718-947-4036, 917-434-9860
8/17/2011
-
4/15/2022
Initial
Mediation
Skills
Training
New Justice
Conflict
Resolution
Svcs Inc., John
McCullough
John
McCullough
*Part 146
Approved for 24
hours of Initial
Mediation
Training & Part
146 Approved for
16 hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Custody/visitation John McCullough, Executive Director
315-471-4676
10/4/2019
-
10/3/2022
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Other, Case-Type Specific Initial and additional training offered as a combined 40-hour (or more) training. These courses carry the case type theme throughout the
training and cannot be offered to satisfy the 24 hours of initial training for courses other than their case type. For example, a Commercial 40
hour training listed below would not satisfy the 24 hours of initial training a mediator would need to continue with Divorce or Family case
types.
Name of Course Name of
Organization
Name of
Trainer
Type of Course
Approval
Focus or Case
Type
Contact Information Approval
Period
Integrated
Commercial
Mediation
Training,
PROFESSOR ELAYNE
E. GREENBERG
PROFESSOR
ELAYNE E.
GREENBERG
*Part 146
Approved as
Other, 24-hour
initial + 16-hour
case-type specific
combined
training
(Commercial).
Cannot be
counted to satisfy
24 initial hours
required for non-
commercial
matters.
Commercial Elayne Greenberg; Jean
Nolan
718-990-8188
10/2/2013 -
10/28/2022
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Other, Case-Type Specific Initial and additional training offered as a combined 40-hour (or more) training. These courses carry the case type theme throughout the
training and cannot be offered to satisfy the 24 hours of initial training for courses other than their case type. For example, a Commercial 40
hour training listed below would not satisfy the 24 hours of initial training a mediator would need to continue with Divorce or Family case
types.
Name of Course Name of
Organization
Name of
Trainer
Type of Course
Approval
Focus or Case
Type
Contact Information Approval
Period
Transformative
Divorce
Mediation
Training,
PROFESSOR ELAYNE
E. GREENBERG
PROFESSOR
ELAYNE E.
GREENBERG
*Part 146
Approved as
Other, 24-hour
initial + 16-hour
case-type specific
combined
training (Divorce).
Cannot be
counted to satisfy
24 initial hours
required for non-
divorce matters.
Divorce Elayne Greenberg; Jean
Nolan
718-990-8188
1/3/2011 -
10/28/2022
9
Commercial Name of Course Name of
Organization
Name of
Trainer
Type of
Course
Approval
Focus or Case
Type
Contact Information Approval
Period
Advanced
Commercial
Mediation
Training
New York City Bar
Association (NYCBA)
Dina
Jansenson,
Hon.
Kathleen
A. Roberts
*Part 146
Approved for
16 hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Commercial Gregory Binstock, Esq.
Program Attorney
212-382-6763
6/13/2011 -
1/12/2021
Advanced
Mediation
Training -
Commercial
Track
Clemants, Elizabeth Elizabeth
Clemants
*Part 146
Approved for
16 hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Commercial Elizabeth Clemants
212-342-7439
917-414-9594 (text
2/19/2013 -
2/9/2020
Advanced
Commercial
Mediation
Training
Baum, Simeon H. &
Stephen A.
Hochman
Simeon
Baum
*Part 146
Approved for
16 hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Commercial Simeon Baum
212-355-6527
3/5/2011 -
6/11/2021
10
Commercial Name of Course Name of
Organization
Name of
Trainer
Type of
Course
Approval
Focus or Case
Type
Contact Information Approval
Period
Working with
Lawyers: 16-Hour
Advanced
Civil/Commercial
Mediation
Training
Stalder
Mediation/NYCID
Sequoia
Stalder,
Katherine
Miller
*Part 146
Approved for
16 hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Commercial Sequoia Stalder
(917) 580-2253
11/19/2019 -
11/18/2022
11
Divorce, Child Custody and Visitation, and Permanency Name of
Course
Name of
Organization
Name of
Trainer
Type of Course
Approval
Focus or Case
Type
Contact Information Approval
Period
Family &
Divorce
Mediation
Training
NYCID Sequoia
Stalder and Adam
Berner
Sequoia
Stalder
and Adam
Berner
*Part 146
Approved for
16 hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Divorce Sequoia Stalder Liz Bonici
(Sequoia) 917-434-9860; 718-
947-4036
4/17/2013 -
4/15/2022
Advanced
Mediation
Training -
Family and
Divorce Track
Elizabeth Clemants Elizabeth
Clemants
*Part 146
Approved for
16 hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Divorce Elizabeth Clemants
212-342-7439
917-414-9594 (text
2/19/2013 -
2/9/2020
Child
Permanency
Mediation
Training
Child Welfare Court
Improvement Project
(CWCIP)
CWCIP
and UCS
Staff
*Part 146
Approved for
16 hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Permanency Sue Shafer
315-266-4256
6/20/2011 -
8/1/2022
12
Divorce, Child Custody and Visitation, and Permanency Name of
Course
Name of
Organization
Name of
Trainer
Type of Course
Approval
Focus or Case
Type
Contact Information Approval
Period
16 hr. - Divorce
Mediation
Training
Stalder
Mediation/NYCID
Sequoia
Stalder,
Katherine
Miller
*Part 146
Approved for
16 hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Divorce Sequoia Stalder
(917) 580-2253
11/19/2019 -
11/18/2022
Divorce
Mediation
Professor Bob Collins Bob
Collins
*Part 146
Approved for
16 hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Divorce Bob Collins
11/12/2019 -
11/11/2022
13
Elder
Name of Course Name of
Organization
Name of
Trainer
Type of Course
Approval
Focus or Case
Type
Contact Information Approval
Period
Elder / Adult
Family
Mediation
Training
Elder Decisions®, a
division of
Agreement
Resources, LLC
trainers: Arline
Kardasis, Crystal
Thorpe
Crystal
Thorpe
*Part 146
Approved for 16
hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Elder Mediation Crystal Thorpe
617-621-7009 x24
5/6/2014 -
3/12/2020
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Surrogate’s Court
Name of Course Name of
Organization
Name of
Trainer
Type of Course
Approval
Focus or Case
Type
Contact Information Approval
Period
Two-day
Continued
Mediation
Training for
Mediators and
Court Staff in
Surrogate’s
Court
Price, Rebecca Price,
Rebecca
*Part 146
Approved for
16 hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Surrogate's
Court
Price, Rebecca
(212) 805-0650
cell (646) 634-2548
11/26/2019 -
11/17/2022
15
Previously Approved Courses Name of
Course
Name of
Organization
Name of
Trainer
Type of Course
Approval
Focus or Case
Type
Contact Information Approval
Period
Divorce and
Family
Mediation
Training: Basic
Ackerman
Institute
Marc Fleisher,
Elana Katz,
Katherine
Miller
Part 146
Approved as
Other, 24-hour
initial + 16-hour
case-type
specific
combined
training
(Divorce).
Cannot be
counted to
satisfy 24 initial
hours required
for non-divorce
matters.
Divorce Damaly Ferreira; Elana Katz
212-879-4900
10/7/2016 -
10/7/2019
16
Previously Approved Courses Name of
Course
Name of
Organization
Name of
Trainer
Type of Course
Approval
Focus or Case
Type
Contact Information Approval
Period
Commercial
Mediation 16
hour course
Bar Association
of Erie County
Hugh Carlin,
Esq., Krista
Gottlieb, Esq.,
Bridget
O'Connell,
Randolph C.
Oppenheimer,
Esq., William
Savino, Esq.,
and Douglas
P. Sosnowski
Part 146
Approved for
16 hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Commercial Bridget O'Connell/ Mary
Kohlbacher
716-845-9487
5/9/2016 -
5/8/2019
Professional
Basic
Mediation
Training
Clemants,
Elizabeth & Alex
Yaroslavsky
Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial Elizabeth Clemants
(W) 212-342-7439 (H) 212-343-
1706 (F) 212-941-4011
5/21/2012 -
5/20/2015
Basic
Mediation
Training
Community
Mediation
Services
Mark
Kleiman,
Regina Ritcey
Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial Leslie Funk
718-523-6868, ext 256
11/28/2012
- 6/1/2019
17
Previously Approved Courses Name of
Course
Name of
Organization
Name of
Trainer
Type of Course
Approval
Focus or Case
Type
Contact Information Approval
Period
Divorce
Training
Community
Mediation
Services,
Mark
Kleiman,
Michelle M.
Leonard-
Smith
Part 146
Approved for
16 hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Divorce Lee Chabin
718-523-6868, ext 256
11/28/2012
-
11/27/2015
Custody &
Visitation
Training
Community
Mediation
Services,
Mark
Kleiman,
Michelle M.
Leonard-
Smith
Part 146
Approved for
16 hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Custody &
Visitation
Lee Chabin
718-523-6868, ext 256
11/28/2012
-
11/27/2015
30-Hour Basic
Mediation
Training
Magidson,
Rosalyn
Rosalyn
Magidson
Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial Rosalyn Magidson
845-551-1442
4/25/2016 -
4/24/2019
18
Previously Approved Courses Name of
Course
Name of
Organization
Name of
Trainer
Type of Course
Approval
Focus or Case
Type
Contact Information Approval
Period
Divorce
Mediation
Skills Training
Northwestern
University
School of
Continuing
Studies
Margaret S.
Powers &
Ericka B. Gray
Part 146
Approved as
Other, 24-hour
initial + 16-hour
case-type
specific
combined
training
(Divorce).
Cannot be
counted to
satisfy 24 initial
hours required
for non-divorce
matters.
Initial and Divorce Erica W. Bova, Assistant Dean of
International and Professional
Education Programs (Geri
Johnson emailed Part 146)
Ph. 312.503.0714
Fx. 312.503.4942
6/10/2011 -
6/16/2019
NYU School of
Law Mediation
Clinic
NYU School of
Law Mediation
Clinic
Sarah Burns,
Kramer, Max
Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial Professor Sarah Burns
845-355-3069
8/29/2011 -
8/28/2014
19
Previously Approved Courses Name of
Course
Name of
Organization
Name of
Trainer
Type of Course
Approval
Focus or Case
Type
Contact Information Approval
Period
Intro to Basic
Mediation and
Applying the
Approach to
Parenting Cases
Saul, Judith A. Judy Saul Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training & 16
hours of
Additional
Mediation
Training
Custody/Visitation Judy Saul
607-273-4086
5/23/2011 -
5/22/2014
Basic
Transformative
Mediation:
Principles and
Practices
Saul, Judith A. Judith A. Saul Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial with PINS Judith A. Saul
607-273-4086
5/23/2011 -
5/22/2014
Basic
Mediation
Westchester
and Rockland
Mediation
Centers
Jenny Besch,
Tajae Gaynor
Part 146
Approved for
24 hours of
Initial
Mediation
Training
Initial Jenny Besch
914-963-6500 ext. 207
11/8/2012 -
11/6/2018
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