Lynn Andretta Profile

Mediation Experience & Profile

In the mid-eighties I opened a solo practice which continues to date. I have mediated or arbitrated several hundred cases in that time, beginning pro bono for the DC Superior Court and the Better Business Bureau. These primarily involved workplace disputes and various forms of employment discrimination, family and alternative (gay) family law, landlord/tenant disputes and small business/contractor/consumer claims.

Relevant Professional Background:

• Admitted to Practice, DC Bar, 1975

NLRB Advice Attorney (1975 to 1985) When I left the NLRB, I was a GS-15 supervising six other attorneys. My specialty was in exploring the boundaries between the NLRB and the EEOC.

Better Business Bureau (Autoline and Construction)--Trained by Moira Duggan, first as Arbitrator and then as Senior Arbitrator (Certified, 1985 and 1986)

American Bar Association/DC Superior Court Multi-Door Experimental Program--Trained in family law for the program's "freshman" class by Linda Singer and Michael Lewis, Center for Dispute Resolution in DC, and Harvard University (Certified, 1987)

Indiana University, School of Law (JurisDoctor with honors, 1975) Concentrated on Civil Rights, Individual Rights and Labor Law. Did my first arbitration case under the aegis of my mentor, Professor Jack Getman, now of Harvard University.

References:

• Hon. Birch Bayh, Former Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, Venable, , LLP, 575 7th Street, NW, Washington, DC
• Harold J. Datz, Esq., Chief Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1099 14th Street, NW, Suite 11404, Washington, DC 20570
• Jack C. Hanna, Esq., American Bar Association, Director, Dispute Resolution Section, Fifteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC
• Carlos Velez, JD, Director of Training, National Minority Aids Council, 1624 U Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009

• Whitman-Walker Volunteer Attorney, since 1992
• DC Superior Court, Volunteer Mediator, since 1987
• Better Business Bureau, Volunteer Arbitrator, since 1985

• Getting the Most Out of Court Mediation (DC Bar, 2004)
• Representing Clients in the Mediation of Employment Disputes (DC Bar, 2001)
• Advanced Negotiation Skills Workshop (DC Bar/GWU, 2000)
• How to Mediate Employment Claims (DC Bar/GWU, 1999)
• Advanced Agreement/Contract Writing Seminar (GULC, 1999)

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