Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master of the 9/11 Victims’ Compensation Fund, will be keynote speaker at the NJ mediator's conference, Nov 3, Somerset DoubleTree Hotel, NJ.
United States of America (Press Release) October 27, 2007 --
Trenton, NJ (October 28, 2007). Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master of the 9/11 Victims’ Compensation Fund, will be keynote speaker at the annual conference of the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM). The conference will be Saturday, November 3, 2007 between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM at the Doubletree Hotel, 200 Atrium Drive, Somerset. Registration is open to the public.
Kenneth Feinberg’s presentation is entitled “Client Anger—Crisis Management.” Mr. Feinberg was appointed Special Master of the U.S. Government's 9/11 Victims’ Compensation Fund. As the sole person in charge of dispensing the fund, his job was to attach a price tag to suffering, to injury, and a specific amount to each of 2,976 lives lost, whose families had opted to be compensated by the fund, instead of litigating in court. Feinberg worked for 33 months entirely pro bono. He also has settled class action lawsuits involving Agent Orange and asbestos, and was also one of two arbitrators selected to determine the allocation of legal fees in the Holocaust slave labor litigation.
Featured speakers, Julia Morelli and Dan Rainey will discuss “Culture & Mediation.” Ms. Morelli is a Virginia based mediator. Her experience includes work in Europe and Asia. Mr. Rainey is the Director of the Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution Services for the National Mediation Board, and is the agency's Ombudsman.
After a networking lunch, there will also be two sessions of afternoon workshops. These professional workshops are designed to educate and update those who practice mediation, those who are considering entering this growing field, and those working with professional mediators to solve disputes. Presenters include judges, attorneys, accountants, mental health professionals, human resource managers, and others with mediation expertise.
Advance registration for the conference and workshops is $155 for members, $175 for non-members and $115 for non-member students, government employees and special circumstances. The registration fee includes breakfast, lunch and conference materials. At the door registration is $20 extra. For more information and to register, please phone Monique Kramer at 800-981-4800 or email her at inform@njapm.org.
The New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators is a statewide, non-profit professional organization dedicated to fostering excellence in the field of mediation; promoting mediation as the preferred method of dispute resolution, encouraging and providing mediation education to the public, the government and the professions, training and accrediting professional mediators, and protecting the public through standards of conduct for mediators NJAPM distributes to the public, lists of Accredited Professional Mediators. The Association can be reached at 1-800-981-4800, and their website is located at www.njapm.org.
Kenneth Feinberg’s presentation is entitled “Client Anger—Crisis Management.” Mr. Feinberg was appointed Special Master of the U.S. Government's 9/11 Victims’ Compensation Fund. As the sole person in charge of dispensing the fund, his job was to attach a price tag to suffering, to injury, and a specific amount to each of 2,976 lives lost, whose families had opted to be compensated by the fund, instead of litigating in court. Feinberg worked for 33 months entirely pro bono. He also has settled class action lawsuits involving Agent Orange and asbestos, and was also one of two arbitrators selected to determine the allocation of legal fees in the Holocaust slave labor litigation.
Featured speakers, Julia Morelli and Dan Rainey will discuss “Culture & Mediation.” Ms. Morelli is a Virginia based mediator. Her experience includes work in Europe and Asia. Mr. Rainey is the Director of the Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution Services for the National Mediation Board, and is the agency's Ombudsman.
After a networking lunch, there will also be two sessions of afternoon workshops. These professional workshops are designed to educate and update those who practice mediation, those who are considering entering this growing field, and those working with professional mediators to solve disputes. Presenters include judges, attorneys, accountants, mental health professionals, human resource managers, and others with mediation expertise.
Advance registration for the conference and workshops is $155 for members, $175 for non-members and $115 for non-member students, government employees and special circumstances. The registration fee includes breakfast, lunch and conference materials. At the door registration is $20 extra. For more information and to register, please phone Monique Kramer at 800-981-4800 or email her at inform@njapm.org.
The New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators is a statewide, non-profit professional organization dedicated to fostering excellence in the field of mediation; promoting mediation as the preferred method of dispute resolution, encouraging and providing mediation education to the public, the government and the professions, training and accrediting professional mediators, and protecting the public through standards of conduct for mediators NJAPM distributes to the public, lists of Accredited Professional Mediators. The Association can be reached at 1-800-981-4800, and their website is located at www.njapm.org.
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