Stan Sitnick J.D. is a Senior Associate Trainer and Mediator with Indian Dispute Resolution Services, Inc. Mr. Sitnick has provided mediation and facilitation services, and training in cross-cultural communication, negotiation and mediation skills and processes to IDRS clients throughout the country. He is a talented practitioner with over twenty-five years of experience in the field of non-adversarial dispute resolution.

Mr. Sitnick currently is on the faculty of Portland State University in Portland Oregon. As an Adjunct Professor, he has teaching responsibilities in the Masters Program in Dispute Resolution and maintains a private practice providing mediation, facilitation and training services. He specializes in domestic relations, civil litigation, family, workplace and public policy settings. He also provides training to governmental units, businesses and organizations in conflict resolution, interest-based negotiation, mediation, team-building and intercultural communication.

In the past, he served as the Program Coordinator for the Clackamas County Dispute Resolution Center (CCDRC) in Oregon. In this capacity, he directed the community-based mediation program serving county residents in a wide variety of cases involving neighborhood, community, landlord/tenant, governmental, workplace, family, school and criminal disputes. He was responsible for program management and development, training and supervision of staff and volunteers, mediation of sensitive and complex cases and professional trainings in conflict resolution and mediation.

At one time he served as a U.S. Speaker and Specialist Consultant with the U.S. Department of State’s Office of International Information Programs to provide mediation training for school administrators and government officials in Windhoek, Namibia. He served as the Litigation Director for Oregon Legal Services and Multnomah County Legal Aid Service, and as a consultant to National Legal Services Corporation in the areas of lawyer training and program evaluation.