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Murray Miskin Mediator:

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Murray Miskin, a practicing litigation lawyer called to the Ontario Bar in 1981, is very experienced in the role of counsel to parties involved in disputes resolved by mediation or negotiation. He has frequently been consulted for many years and advised mediators on legal issues and in how to best handle cases before them. In litigation with multiple parties he has often played a key role in getting other parties to the table talking and resolving their differences. As a trial lawyer Murray Miskin has generally been seen as co-operative, fair, reasonable and moderate. This positive reputation from court experience combined with years of ADR teaching experience make him an ideal choice for mediator. 

After 13 years in Arbitration, Murray Miskin received his mediation training in February 1998 at Osgoode Hall Law School  and received advanced mediation from Dr. Christopher Moore of Boulder Colorado in October 2003.  He was a roster mediator from an early stage for the Toronto Roster of the Ontario  Mandatory Mediation Program.  Murray has spoken on the subject of Mediation in general and mandatory mediation in particular at Bar Association, Law Society and educational institute programs about  ADR, litigation and mediation.  Murray is frequently requested by parties to law suits as mediator in mandatory mediation and has  withdrawn from the Court Roster to allow him sufficient time for other aspects of his work.  Services for mandatory mediations are still available on a more limited basis and not at the tariff rate.  The applicable hourly rate is $275.00.

Nancy Miskin, Mediator 

  Nancy is a highly skilled mediator who is also the wife of Murray Miskin. She is not a lawyer. Her mediation services are available at the rate of $150.00 per hour. She became  a Toronto Court Roster Mediator in 2001.  Prior to that she conducted mediations through a Pilot Project of the Richmond Hill Small Claims Court.  Since joining the Toronto roster Nancy has mediated complex multi-party commercial cases plus a variety of others subject to mandatory mediation.  She received mediation training through the University of Windsor Law School Toronto program run by the Stitt, Feld law firm and further training at Osgoode Hall Law School.  She has attended litigation and ADR seminars of the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Ontario Bar Association.  In October 2003 Nancy received advanced mediation training from Dr. Christopher Moore of Boulder Colorado.  Nancy brings to Mediation years of experience in health, social and human services. She has a Masters of Science Degree from the Pharmacology Department of the University of Arizona.  In the 1980s she worked in Toronto in the fields of Addiction, Children's Mental Health Services and Employee Assistance.   She spent most of the 1990s working with patients who have been injured in auto accidents and as such is very familiar with auto accident bodily injury claims a frequent subject of court action and resolution by mediation. She is also a water colour landscape artist. Her interpersonal and counselling skills make her an excellent choice for mediator in personal disputes such as estate conflicts.   Nancy is very experienced in Condominium mediations .  She has conducted condominium dog, noise, construction, parking and even odour disputes and has close to a 100 percent success rate in condominium mediation.  Click here for further information.

Call Nancy at 416-492-0989, Extension 123 for further information or e-mail her now at nancy@adrworks.com You may also speak with Lea-Ann, our ADR Co-coordinator, at Extension 117 to book a mediation with Nancy.