Trainers:
Sequoia Stalder, Esq. and Adam J. Berner, Esq.
Location:
VIRTUAL FORMAT (Zoom platform)
Space is limited. Early registration is strongly encouraged.
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Approved under Part 146 by the NYS Unified Court System’s Office of ADR Programs. This course meets the 16-Hour Advanced Family and Divorce Mediation Training requirement.*
New York CLE Approved for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys
16 CLE Hours (Includes 2 Ethics)
CLE provided by NY Center for Interpersonal Development
Join us for a comprehensive 16-Hour Advanced Matrimonial Mediation Training. This program is designed to provide participants with an understanding of the conceptual backdrop, legal framework and advanced skills necessary to support their work in family and divorce mediation. Utilizing a combination of interactive exercises, presentations and comprehensive role-plays, this dynamic and engaging program will offer practical information and specialized techniques to effectively manage the financial and interpersonal aspects of matrimonial cases within the context of the law and the interests of the parties.
Topics covered will include:
- Harnessing the power of mediator understanding to assist the parties in reaching fuller, more comprehensive agreements.
- An introduction to the substantive law surrounding family and divorce disputes.
- Financial aspects of divorce and parenting issues.
- Specific advanced skills and techniques to address challenging family dynamics.
- A focus on the role of law and lawyers in divorce mediation.
Who Can Participate?
This is an advanced training and is only open to those who have completed a prior Basic Mediation Training. (If you are unsure whether your training meets this requirement, please call us at (917) 580-2253 to discuss.)
*Note that final placement on any court roster is at the discretion of the local Administrative Judge and participation in a course that is approved does not guarantee placement on a local court roster. Pursuant to Part 146, court-based mediation rosters require both a combination of mediation training and experience mediating. Acceptance on court rosters depends on a court’s need for mediators at any given time and may include a court’s need for mediators with specific case-type training or experience and mediation experience.
What Participants Have Said About This Training:
“Sequoia and Adam are clearly highly skilled and knowledgeable mediators that have so much to offer in terms of their experience and their methodology. I highly recommend this program to anyone looking to enter into divorce mediation.”
“As a non-attorney mediator this course really made me feel included and gave me the knowledge and confidence to go forward with opening my own mediation business.” -Eric H.
“This training is absolutely phenomenal. I appreciate both Sequoia’s and Adam’s style, and the two of them have a great professional partnership. This training inspired me to move on to more formal steps for my future divorce mediation work.” -Tina B.
“Sequoia and Adam are both treasures. Their training offered a wonderful balance of fine mediation technique and practical skills, including the substantive areas of the law. I so often come away from a training feeling like there was too much wasted time. Not so with this one. Every moment of each day was valuable. Consider me a new Adam and Sequoia groupie.”
“A most worthwhile training taught by experienced and knowledgeable trainers. Highly recommended!!” -William W.
“I did not think it would be this good on Zoom, but the platform was actually very smooth — easy to understand and adjust to. Your tech people were so helpful and patient.”
“Although it is wonderful to be together in person, Zoom actually allowed for more face-to-face time. We could all see and speak to each other as we wished. And it moved quickly.”
About the Trainers:
Sequoia Stalder, Esq.
Sequoia Stalder is a mediator and attorney with nearly two decades of experience mediating complex and high-conflict cases. Having mediated over a thousand cases, he has dedicated his career to the non-adversarial resolution of conflict and is a recognized expert in the mediation and conflict management field. Sequoia’s approach focuses on the interpersonal dimensions of conflict and the key role that communication dynamics and ongoing relationships play in mitigating and resolving disputes. Central to Sequoia’s work is the use of increased understanding and improved communication as the core of the mediation and facilitation processes. His approach emphasizes party empowerment and support rather than coercion or threat as the primary drivers of conflict resolution.
With this approach as his backdrop, Sequoia founded Stalder Mediation, to provide mediation services as well as mediation and conflict resolution trainings. Sequoia specializes in family & divorce mediation and business and workplace mediation.
In addition to his private practice, Sequoia regularly lectures and teaches in academic and public settings. He is an Adjunct Professor of negotiation and mediation at both Columbia University’s International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR) and Columbia’s Masters Program in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (NECR). Additionally, Sequoia is one of the most sought after mediation trainers in New York State, and his introductory and advanced mediation trainings are certified by the New York Courts to qualify judges, lawyers, therapists and other professionals to serve as court-referred mediators. Sequoia has trained and counseled thousands of professionals in mediation and conflict management techniques.
Sequoia also holds the positions of Senior Director of Conflict Resolution Services and Senior Director of the Mediation Training Institute at New York Center for Interpersonal Development (NYCID), a New York State Court-designated Mediation Center. In these roles, he guides over 50 full-time staff and volunteer mediators and oversees all mediation programs and trainings, with an annual caseload of approximately 850 cases and 2500 case screenings. Sequoia created and implemented the Richmond County Supreme Court Matrimonial Part Divorce Mediation Program, and continues to oversee this program as part of his work with New York Center. Sequoia also served as a member of the Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee for the New York State Courts.
Adam J. Berner, Esq.
Adam J. Berner is a practicing Mediator and Collaborative Lawyer in the New York City and New Jersey area with offices in Manhattan, New York and Bergen County, NJ. Having worked in a general law firm, specializing in matrimonial and family law, he brings to his practice the experience and familiarity with the law and its alternative processes for resolving disputes. Adam’s practice of mediation, primarily in the areas of family, divorce, employment and workplace disputes, is based on the principles of facilitating understanding, enabling parties to work out their own agreements, according to their own values, priorities and schedules.
Adam is recognized as one of the most active mediators in the New York – New Jersey mediation community. He is a Past President of the Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York where he has chaired the Continuing Education Committee and sat on the Board of Directors for 7 years. Adam served on the ADR Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York as the Matrimonial Committee liaison to the Committee. He is an Advanced Practitioner Member of the Association of Conflict Resolution (Family Section) where he also serves on its Training Committee, an Accredited Member of the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation and the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators as well as a Certified Mediator at the Manhattan and Brooklyn Mediation Centers. Adam serves on the selective panel for the Matrimonial Mediation Pilot Program currently underway in New York County’s Supreme Court.
In addition to his mediation practice, Adam has an active Collaborative Law Practice. He is a founding member of the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals where he has served as co-chair of its Continuing Education Committee and currently serves on its Curriculum Committee commissioned to establish best practices of Collaborative Training. Adam also currently serves as the founding President of the North Jersey Collaborative Law Group, based in Bergen County, NJ.
In addition to his private practice, Adam is an Adjunct Professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law where, for over a decade, has taught Divorce Mediation in addition to having taught family law at the law school. Adam is an experienced trainer in mediation and A.D.R., having trained attorneys, court personnel, law students and corporate staff throughout the New York City area and is certified by the New York State Office of Court Administration’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Office to provide Basic and family mediation training. He has served as the Director of Training at the Dispute Resolution Training Institute for New York Center for Interpersonal Development (NYCID), where he still provides mediation training. Prior to that position, Adam also taught law and ethics at the undergraduate division of Yeshiva University.
Register for this Training
Online registration is closed. If you are interested in registering for this training, please contact Julia at julia@staldermediation.com.
Pay for this Training
Cost: $1,500
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Stalder Mediation LLC
PO Box 332
Cold Spring, NY 10516-0332
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Cancellation Policy:
All cancellations will be subject to a $100 administrative fee.
Due to the limited size of this program, no refunds will be granted after October 31st. Any requests for refunds must be emailed to julia@staldermediation.com prior to that date.
Financial aid available. Please contact us for more information.