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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 serves as the Program Coordinator for the Clackamas County Dispute Resolution Center (CCDRC) in Oregon. In this capacity he direct 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 is 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.
In addition to his work with the Center, he maintains a private practice in mediation and facilitation. He provides a broad range of mediation and conflict resolution services primarily 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.
Mr. Sitnick currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at Portland State University where he teaches core courses in its Conflict Resolution Graduate Program. and as an Adjunct Professor: Northwestern School of Law (Lewis and Clark College) where he also teaches courses in conflict resolution to law students.
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,
Mr. Sitnick is an Attorney in practice of general civil law. He earned his B.A. from Georgetown University and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. He has been admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and the state of Oregon. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the ADR Section of the Oregon State Bar. He served on the Board of Directors of the Oregon Mediation Association from 1993-1999.Having issues? Contact the webmaster!