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lorianneWMO Membership Level: Mediator. Professional Background: Business and Human Rights Advisor and project coordinator. Project manager in digital supply chain worker-voice solutions. Experience in supporting companies and business associations in their efforts to implement human rights due diligence processes.United States (US)Richard McDevittWMO Membership Level: Mediator. I’m grateful to serve as a Mediator at McDevitt Mediation Center, a company I founded in 2011 after leaving my position as Circuit Court Magistrate Judge in Northwest Indiana, roughly forty miles from downtown Chicago. I refer to myself as a Peacemaker because I find it much more descriptive of how I approach my efforts to help people resolve conflict; that, and the fact that most people have no idea what a mediator is. I help people involved in legal disputes to resolve their differences on their own terms, rather than asking a judge or jury to decide their fate. I’m honored to have worked with lawyers and their clients from all over the country in nearly every type of legal dispute, including complex personal injury and wrongful death cases, medical and legal malpractice, corporate litigation, municipal disputes, workplace issues, contracts, and eminent domain, to name a few. My mission is to bring peace to the parties by offering them a faster and less expensive solution than going through the court system. It’s my nature to inject humor into everything I do. In my practice that’s often difficult because many of our cases involve death, injury and personal and business financial disruption and ruin. Our Wall of Fame is an example of my effort to encourage an atmosphere of cordiality and joy. When litigants enter our mediation center, the first thing they see is that walls are covered in 8” by 10” framed photographs of people, mostly lawyers, shaking hands or having their arms around each other. The Wall started as a joke a few years ago when two attorneys, Tim Schafer and Bruce Clark, were at my office for Court-ordered mediation in a case involving serious personal injury. Mr. Schafer arrived at my office in a white Rolls Royce, and Mr. Clark jokingly told him that he would give him a gift if the case settled. Later that morning the case did settle, and Mr. Schafer asked about the gift. Mr. Clark took us out to the parking lot where he had installed a 'Bruce Clark and Associates' license place holder on Mr. Schafer's Rolls. I took their photo crouching behind the car, mounted it in an 8 x 10 frame and hung it on the wall in my Center. Eventually, another attorney asked how he could get his photo on the Wall, and I told him if he settled his case I'd put his photo on the Wall, too. The Wall now has hundreds of photos, which I also display on my social media pages. Having helped to settle thousand of cases, I welcome the opportunity to help you to resolve your disputes (and get your photo on our Wall).United States (US)Kristina_mShilpa Bhasin MehraWMO Membership Level: Mediator. Professional Background: A legal consultant from India, based in Dubai, UAE for the past 25 years. I had extensive experience in the legal field through my working with law firms as well as in-house. I write regularly for law magazines in India and a daily newspaper in UAE. I am an associate member of CIArb.United Arab EmiratesHugh McCallWMO Membership Level: Mediator. Hugh’s career has focused exclusively on dispute resolution, and he has extensive experience in adjudication, arbitration and mediation. Hugh has excellent listening and communication skills, a deep respect for others, and an ability to remain impartial and non-reactive. Hugh is able to put people in conflict at ease. One of the great joys of being Canadian is that we have two official languages. It makes Canada a very special place. Hugh has embraced our linguistic heritage and has been fortunate to do the work he loves in both languages.CanadafseethalerMohialdeenWMO Membership Level: Mediator. Legal Adviser - Commissioner for Human Rights at the High Commission for Human Rights in Iraq - Lawyer specializing in human rights - Specializing in conflict resolution, negotiation, mediation and interfaith dialogue from the American Institute of Peace - Director of the Iraqi Institute for Human Rights (NGO).Iraqsanjayjain