Ellen Kandell, Family Mediator in Maryland

Ellen Kandell has over 10 years of experience as a mediator, dispute resolution professional and President of Alternative Resolutions.  She has over 30 years of experience as a lawyer in the public and private sectors.  She started her career as a consumer advocate and sees mediation practice as an extension of her interest in self determination.  She has helped resolve over 400 cases.  She is certified by the  Maryland Circuit Court as a family and civil mediator in Montgomery, Howard and Frederick counties in addition to a civil court mediator in Baltimore City and Baltimore County.  In addition, she has been mediating child abuse cases (Child in Need of Assistance or CINA) for Montgomery County since 2003 and has specialized training in family law issues.  Finally, Ellen was selected for the Baltimore City Orphans Court mediation pilot and serves on the roster for the Baltimore County Orphans Court mediation program. Having previously practiced law in the trusts and estates field she understands the legal issues that can arise in these cases.

Ellen received her basic mediation certification from Harvard Law School and has over 300 hours of advanced and specialized mediation and negotiation training.  Moreover, Ellen conducts training in basic mediation, communications and conflict management.  For more information click here.

In 2001, Ellen Kandell passed a performance based mediator certification, the only such certification in the US, by the Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution. For more information on the mediation process, see Mediation FAQs.

She is  President of the Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution and past chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution section of the Montgomery County Bar Association.  She is a frequent presenter at professional and business conferences and radio and television programs.

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