TRISH ELLEDGE, MA

Professional ADR Practitioner, Trainer, Systems Designer

9838 S. Spring Hill Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

Phone: 303/791-3574

Email: elledgegroup@aol.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1986 to MEDIATION: Over 30,000 cases, approximately 70% of caseload comprised of divorce with financial

Present and parenting issues; pre-filing, initial filing, and modification; voluntary and court mandated cases;

intact family facilitation; divorce coaching; and med-arb. (Also highly experienced in workplace, business,

neighborhood/HOA, court civil matters, and large group facilitation.)

ARBITRATION: Over 150 cases arbitrated in areas of consumer, domestic relations, employment,

business contract, securities. Contract arbitrator for Colorado 18

Judicial District, Denver Better

Business Bureau, and National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).

DISPUTE RESOLUTION SYSTEMS DESIGN: Design, direct, and/or administer dispute resolution

programs for businesses, organizations, and agencies. Client List: Idaho Fourth Judicial District Friends

of the Court Program (Co-Designer), Idaho School Peer Mediation, (Co-Designer) Colorado Judicial

Department 18

Judicial District Office of Dispute Resolution (Program Administrator), Douglas County

Small Claims Court Mediation Program (Program Designer, Director), Elledge Group Professional

Mediation Internship Program (Designer, Director), CO 18

J.D. Truancy Mediation Pilot (Co-Designer),

Douglas County Women’s Crisis Center Mediation Program (Designer); Colorado Civil Rights Division

(Trainer/Consultant); and Colorado 911 Operators (Trainer/Consultant).

TRAINING/COACHING: Over 30 years of experience teaching and coaching in communication and

conflict management/resolution; international trainer and coach in communication and negotiation skills.

Selected topics: Becoming a Professional Mediator; 40-Hour Basic Mediation Training; Divorce

Mediation Intensive; Communication and Confrontation Skills, Mediating in the Face of Domestic

Violence, Mediating High Conflict Cases, Court Mandated Mediation, and more.

PUBLICATIONS

Author Contested Divorce: How to Lose Your Money While Losing Your Mind 7/07 Release Date

Author Divorcing Wisely, The Handbook 7/07 Release Date

MEMBERSHIPS

Memberships: Past Memberships: Chair, Professional Mediator Approval Committee, CO Council of Mediators

(CCMO); Assn of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC); Assn of Conflict Resolution (ACR); CO

Collaborative Law Professionals (CCLP); CO Bar Assn ADR and Judicial Liaison Sections. Current

Memberships: ACR, ODR, theMAC, IACPM.

EDUCATION

1986 to ADR, Law, Com. Skills, Various trainers and orgs. (ongoing) in Professional

Present Trainers’ Training, Bus. Mgt., Mediation and substantive areas, 600+ hours; Development

Neg’n, Speaking, life-long learner. Education

7/02-1/03 DU Law School Contracts, Lawyer Process, Torts, Civ. Proc. Post-Grad

1997 Regis Univ. Management: Leadership Post-Grad

1986-89 Univ. of Idaho Adult Ed. - Conflict and Conciliation Post-Grad

1982 Univ. of CA/Irvine Theatre/Communication MA