Rina M. Goodman

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

J.D. | Law

New York University

M.A. | Arts Administration/New Museology

Sarah Lawrence College

B.A. | Literature/Art History

Owner; Divorce and Family Mediator

Transforming Conflic, LLC

2004 - Current

Provide mediation and facilitation services as well as conflict coaching for divorce, elder care, estate planning, trust administration, probate, family business planning, and other family issues.

Contract Attorney

Self-Employed

1998 - 1999

Represented petitioners in prisoner habeas corpus actions before the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Also drafted litigation, arbitration, mediation and settlement documents; edited appellate briefs, negotiated settlements; and served as plaintiff's counsel in mediation of federal sector employment discrimination complaints.

Associate Attorney

Speiser Krause

1992 - 1997

Second-chair trial attorney with full responsibility for preparing plaintiffs= damages trials in cases arising out of mass aviation disasters, including selecting and preparing fact and expert witnesses, defending and taking depositions, drafting litigation documents, and arguing motions in limine. Represented plaintiffs at mediation and settlement conferences.

Acting Assistant Circuit Executive

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

1991 - 1991

Managed activities of Judicial Counsel=s Historical Subcommittee on Exhibits, directly reporting to the Honorable Roger J. Miner and Circuit Executive Steven Flanders and consulting with Second Circuit judges, court personnel, attorneys, law associations, and designer. Planned agendas for subcommittee meetings and presented progress reports to subcommittee.

Legal Consultant

Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Lehrer

1990 - 1991

Drafted memoranda on perfecting security interests in deposit accounts, lender liability, entitlements to post-petition rents, and preference periods applicable to payments on insider-guaranteed loans.

Task Force on Elimination of Court Costs in Litigation (ECCL), Washington State Bar Association

Member

2012 - Current

Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Washington State Bar Association

Chair

2011 - Current

Planning Committee, NW Dispute Resolution Conference

Member

2008 - Current

Washington State Bar  # 35196

Member

2004 - Current

Activities: Chair Elect, ADR Section (2010-2011); Secretary, ADR Section (2008-09); Chair, Education Committee of ADR Section (2008-2011)

District of Columbia

Since 1992

New York

Since 1991

Washington

Since 2004

• Free Consultation

• Family Mediation
• Divorce Mediation
• Business Mediation
• Workplace Mediation
• Conflict Coaching