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Tobin Lay

COO

“Commercial Mediator”

Roseville, Minnesota

Core Practice Areas

6 Verticals
✓Family Law Mediation
✓Divorce & Separation
✓Child Custody & Visitation
✓Commercial Contracts
✓Partnership Dissolution
✓Public Policy Disputes
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

Neutral Profile

Tobin Lay, JD, MBA, is the COO of Mediation Center, Inc., a facilitator, and a qualified neutral (civil and family mediator) under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice. Tobin is passionate about improving communications and understanding around him and in empowering people to choose their own fates through collaborative problem-solving and mediation. He feels driven to enhance growth and satisfaction in others by recognizing and facilitating meaningful connections. In addition to mediating cases, Tobin also teaches others to become mediators and/or to learn interest-based conflict resolution skills through Mediation Center, Inc., and as an occasional Adjunct Professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law; teaching Mediation, Negotiation, Theories of Conflict, and Organizational Conflict Management.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

Primary Verifications

License

Qualified Neutral under Rule 114

Education

Hamline University

Master of Business Administration (MBA) · Business

Class of 2016

Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Doctor of Law (J.D.) · Law

Class of 2014

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) · Business Management

Class of 2011

Work History

5 Positions

COO

Mediation Center, Inc.

COO and facilitator.

City Administrator

City of Landfall Village

Public administrator.

City Administrator

Birchwood Village

Public administrator.

City Administrator

North St. Paul

Public administrator.

Adjunct Professor

Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Teaching Mediation, Negotiation, Theories of Conflict, and Organizational Conflict Management.

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