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Marilyn McKnight

Mediator

“Child Custody & Visitation Mediator”

Minneapolis, Minnesota
49+Years Exp

Core Practice Areas

4 Verticals
✓Family Law Mediation
✓Divorce & Separation
✓Child Custody & Visitation
✓Child Support Disputes
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

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Marilyn McKnight is a mediator, trainer, and author who has practiced exclusively in the field of mediation since 1977 after an extensive career in public social work. She received the Bush Leadership Fellowship Award for the study of mediation earning her M.A. in 1987 and is a leader in promoting the Client-Centered model of mediation. In 1988, Marilyn was elected to the Board of the Academy of Family Mediators where she began the movement toward the certification of mediators and later served as President of the Academy. In 1996, she and her partner, Steve Erickson, were awarded the Distinguished Mediator Award by the Academy for their outstanding contributions to the field of mediation. She served at president of ACR (the Association for Conflict Resolution in 2008. In 2012 she was a co-founder of the Academy of Professional Mediation. She is a founder and first president of the Professional Mediation Board of Standards in 2015 to the present. Marilyn and her partner Steve have co-authored six highly successful books on mediation. Marilyn is a former member of the ADR Section of the Minnesota Bar Association and has taught courses as an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work, at William Mitchell College of Law, and in the Master of Arts in Leadership program at Augsburg College.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

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Education

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Masters · Human Development: Psychology and Mediation

Class of 1994

Augsburg University

Bachelor of Arts · Sociology and Social Work

Class of 1967

Work History

4 Positions

Mediator

Erickson Mediation Institute

Adjunct Professor

University of Minnesota School of Social Work

Adjunct Professor

William Mitchell College of Law

Adjunct Professor

Augsburg College

Master of Arts in Leadership program

Honors & Recognition

2 Honors

Distinguished Mediator Award

Academy of Family Mediators

1996

Awarded for outstanding contributions to the field of mediation.

Bush Leadership Fellowship Award

1987

For the study of mediation.

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