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Thomas J. Oswald
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2540 West Oakwood Road, Oak Creek, WI 53154 •
USA
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Phone 860.326.8686
TOswald@MediationTransformation.com
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Mediator & Conflict Consultant
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Mediator,
Conflict Consultant
Mediation
Transformation, principal
Mystic,
Boston, Cleveland, Milwaukee
1997
- present
Court
Mediator, Civil Division
Summit County Court of Common Pleas, employee
Akron, Ohio
2003
- 2005
Employment
(EEOC) Mediator, US Postal Service
Equal
Opportunity Employment Commission discrimination cases
Northeast
and Midwest US
2007
- present
Ranges of Experience
Over
800 mediation cases
All
manner of civil case material
Case
values into seven digits
With
up to 49 parties
Over
80 arbitration Cases
Consultant
on 3 international commercial conflict and dispute cases
Consultant
on the resolution of several domestic commercial conflicts
and disputes
Professional
Service Organizations, Positions and Memberships
Secretary, Board of
Finance, Town of North Stonington, Connecticut
2008 - 2010
Chair, North Stonington
Business Association, 2009-20010
Charter
Member, Mediators Without Borders
2007-present
Mediation
Trainer, Monrovia, Liberia (Scheduled for May
2008)
Board
Member, Commercial Section, Association for Conflict
Resolution
1999-present
Co-Chair,
Commercial Section, Association for Conflict Resolution
2
year term, 2001-2003
Editor,
Commercial Section, Mediate.com, 2000-2006
Associate
Member, Dispute Resolution Section, American Bar
Association
2000
- present
Member,
North East Chapter of ACR, 2004 - 2008
Other
ACR Service Includes:
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Ad Hoc Section Election
Advisory Committee, 2003
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National Leadership Council,
2000-2003
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Authored ACR Section Election
Guidelines, 2002
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Nat'l Annual Conference
Program Committee, 2002 and 2003
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Editor, Section Newsletter,
Commercial Section, 1999 - 2003
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Joint Section Mid-Year
Conference Planning Committee, 2002
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Presenter, Annual Conferences,
2003 and 2004
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National Leadership Council,
2000-2003
Panelist,
Vis Moot International Arbitration Competition preparation,
with the Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association
and Northwestern Law School, 2001.
Vice
President and Public Outreach Officer, Association
for Advancement of Professional Mediation, SE regional Wisconsin,
2001
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Professional Training and Continuing
Education
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Advanced Commercial Mediation Institute, 16 hour, Oct.
2006. Presented by the Commercial Section of the Association
for Conflict Resolution, Harvard University - Harvard Negotiation
Insight Initiative, and the American Arbitration Association.
Sheraton Philadelphia City Center.
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NEACR Fall Training and Conference, 8 hour, 2005.
North East Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution,
Boston MA.
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International Commercial Arbitration, 16 hour, examination,
2002 Chartered Institute
of Arbitrators, North American Branch and Northwestern University
School of Law
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Consulting for Conflict Resolution, 2002
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Mediation, Center for Conflict Resolution, Chicago, 32
hour, 2002
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Arbitration, Consumer, 24 hour, 2000
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Mediation, Workplace, 1999
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Mediation, Divorce, 40 hours, 1999
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Various Mediation Training, over 120 hours, 1996 to date
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Conferences, Seminars, Continuing Education events, over
300 hours, 1997 to date
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Other Professional Experience
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Project
Manager, US State Department, US Mission to West Berlin,
West Berlin
Assistant
Manager, Golf and Country Club, US Army Berlin
Import
/ Export, several products, W. Berlin and Prague, CZ
Manager,
Service Federal Credit Union, West Berlin Branch Offices
Purser,
American Yacht Club Berlin, West Berlin
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