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Dr. Lynne C. Halem

Senior Mediator

“Director, Centre for Mediation & Dispute Resolution”

MassachusettsRemote available
44+Years Exp

Core Practice Areas

11 Verticals
✓Family Law Mediation
✓Divorce & Separation
✓Child Custody & Visitation
✓Pre-Nuptial Agreements
✓Elder Law & Care Disputes
✓Commercial Contracts
✓Partnership Dissolution
✓Real Estate Transactions
✓Landlord-Tenant Disputes
✓Trust Administration Disputes
✓Education & School Disputes
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

Neutral Profile

The Centre for Mediation & Dispute Resolution is under the directorship of Lynne C. Halem. Dr. Halem has worked in the mediation field since 1982 and is a Certified Divorce and Family Mediator by the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation. Our focus and approach enable people with a conflict to openly discuss, through directed means, creative solutions for resolving disputes, including, but not limited to, separation, divorce, post-divorce agreements, prenuptial agreements, child custody and parenting issues, trust and estate disputes, business conflicts, and family business planning. She is on the Family Dispute Service Panel of the American Arbitration Association and a past board member of the Divorce Center, Inc. She has been featured in Boston Globe and Boston Herald articles on divorce mediation and dispute resolution and has appeared on numerous television and radio programs as an expert in the field of mediation and alternative dispute resolution. Dr. Halem is a recognized specialist in family policy and family law with a masters degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate from Harvard University. She is the author of two scholarly books on divorce: Divorce Reform: Changing Legal and Social Perspectives (Free Press of Macmillan, 1980), a featured selection of the Lawyers’ Literary Club, and Separated and Divorced Women (Greenwood Press, 1982), a Choice book of the year selection for academic excellence. She has served as a consultant to corporations in the public and private sectors and taught at various colleges and universities.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

Primary Verifications

License

Certified Divorce and Family Mediator

Education

Harvard University

Doctorate

University of Pennsylvania

Masters degree

Work History

4 Positions

Director

Centre for Mediation & Dispute Resolution

1982 – Present

Consultant

Corporations in the public and private sectors

Board Member

Divorce Center, Inc.

Past board member

Panel Member

American Arbitration Association

Family Dispute Service Panel

Honors & Recognition

3 Honors

Choice book of the year selection for academic excellence

Choice

1982

For the book 'Separated and Divorced Women'

Featured selection

Lawyers’ Literary Club

1980

For the book 'Divorce Reform: Changing Legal and Social Perspectives'

Senior Mediator

Mediate.com

Certified Senior Mediator status

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