Jim Melamed
Jim Melamed co-founded Resourceful Internet Solutions (RIS) and Mediate.com in 1996. Before this, Jim founded The Mediation Center in Eugene, Oregon in 1983 and served as Executive Director of the national Academy of Family Mediators from 1987 to 1993. Jim is past-Chair of the Oregon Dispute Resolution Commission and a member of the Oregon State Bar. Jim teaches Mediation at the Pepperdine University School of Law's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution.
Jim was the first President and Executive Director of the Oregon Mediation Association (1985) and received the OMA's 2003 Award for Excellence. He Received the Oregon State Bar Dispute Resolution Section's 2006 Sidney Lezak Award of Excellence and the 2007 John Haynes Distinguished Mediator Award from the Association for Conflict Resolution. Jim's undergraduate degree is in psychology, with honors, from Stanford University and his law degree is from the University of Oregon.
What people have said about him:
"Jim's ability to imprint the wisdom he's gained through his myriad of mediation experiences is literally "amazing!" His eloquence, creativity, role playing and other teaching abilities allow a class representing a broad spectrum of professions, backgrounds and interests to each gain new understandings and abilities that will benefit them and their future mediating parties." - Mark Eissler, J.D., Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR
"Jim Melamed is the most informative instructor I have encountered in 25 years." - William L. Brooks, J.D., Nashville, TN
"Melamed is mediation! You're gonna love it." - Janis Checcia, Legal Services Manager, SAIF Corp.,Salem, OR
"In 15 years as a mediator and trainer of mediators, I have found Jim to be the most dynamic, knowledgeable and competent trainer I have experienced." - Lauren Burton, Fmr. Exec. Dir., Dispute Resolution Services, L.A. County Bar Assn.
"You have put the parts together in such a remarkably inspiring and useful way that one can't help but come away feeling competent, confident and eager to mediate." - Terrill Croghan, J.D., San Francisco, CA
"Jim Melamed's mediation seminars deliver the goods. They teach skills that are immediately useful to mediators, as well as lawyers and mental health professionals with conventional practices. I use skills that I learned from Jim virtually every day in working with my own clients and dealing with the other lawyers involved in my cases." - Franklin R. Garfield, J.D., Los Angeles, CA
"Jim is an exceptional trainer." - Dennis Sargent, C.P.A., Corvallis, OR
"Excellent instruction in a very timely and much needed process." - Fr. Matthew Tate, Milwaukee, OR
"Jim Melamed offers incredible insights into human behavior and moving people towards agreement." - Megan Hassen, J.D., Salem, OR
"Jim's energy and commitment to mediation is awesome." - Susie Leo Piper, Eugene, OR
"Jim is a learned man in his field. His insight and organized course keeps the participant focused and interested. A clear communicator - always thinking about outcome of mediation for the parties." - Judy Ware, Ph.D., Boise, ID
"Great job. Great class. Great help!" - Jim Ware, Boise, ID
"I would take another training from Jim in a minute". - Sue Reuling Furness, Ph.D., Boise, ID
Currently, Mr. Melamed is teaching Mediating Divorce Agreement, Maximizing Mediation: Assisting Participants to be at their Best in Mediation, for the AIM Institute.
