Ms. Ellen Kandell is the President of Alternative Resolutions. After years as a lawyer both defending and prosecuting cases, she now focuses her efforts on settling and preventing disputes using non-confrontational methods. Her comprehensive mediation and facilitation experience is built upon a solid foundation of over 25 years of litigation and public policy work in the public and private sectors. In addition, she designed alternative dispute resolution programs for the federal government. This diverse background has enabled her to understand her clients’ issues and help them confront challenges and find solutions suited to their organizational culture.
Ms. Kandell trained as a mediator at Harvard Law School in 1992, has mediated nearly 400 cases and has arbitrated over 100 cases. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland University College and Catholic University of America and she is a frequent presenter for the business, legal and non-profit communities.
Neutral Panels
District of Columbia Superior Court and Maryland Circuit Courts
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority- Mediation and Arbitration Panels
Morris Udall Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
National Arbitration Forum
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Consensus & Dispute Resolution
U.S. Postal Service Redress Program - Blue Ribbon Panel
Education and Training
JD, Temple University School of Law
BS, University of Maryland
Mediation 40-hour Workshop, Harvard University Law School
Over 225 hours advanced mediation and facilitation training
Mediator certification-Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution –performance based
Partnerships
Alternative Resolutions partners with various consultants to offer a wide range of services.
Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County – Advisory Board Member
Association for Conflict Resolution
Presentations
Galludet University and George Washington University, “Getting What You Want and When to Say No”, Forward to Professorship Workshop, Kellogg Conference Center, June 2010
Sidwell Friends School Alumni Network, “Collaboration @ Work: Turning Conflict into Consensus,”, February 2010
Montgomery Medical Society, “Learn How to Handle Conflict Effectively", rdquo;,January 2010
Chesapeake Employee Assistance Professionals Association, “How
to Resolve Disputes More Effectively”, April
2009
BNA Webinar, “Conflict Resolution
in a Nutshell ”, January 2009
Maryland Mediators Convention, “ Hash
it Out in Half the Time ”, December 2008
Women's Forum, University System of Maryland, “ Turning
Conflict into Consensus: How to Resolve Disputes More
Effectively and Build Better Teams”, November
2008
Maryland Association of Healthcare Quality, “Use
of Conflict Resolution Skills and Strategies in Healthcare
Disputes”, November 2008
Potomac Employers'
Roundtable, “How to Resolve Disputes More Effectively
and Save the Bottom Line”, October 2008
Society
for Human Resource Management, “Alternative Dispute
Resolution 101”, October 2008
Society for Federal Labor Relations Professionals, “Listening
and Communication Strategies in Mediation”, May
2008
Montgomery County Bar Association Law
Day, “Effective Mediation Strategies and
Tactics”, May 2008
Montgomery County
Bar Association Continuing Legal Education “When
Difficult Clients and Ethics Collide”, April
2008
Maryland Mediator's Convention, "The
Convening Process for Complex Multi-Party Mediations",
December 2006
Maryland Mediator's Convention, "The
Business of ADR", December 2006
Capital
City Law Group Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, "ADR
in Employment Disputes", September 2006
Executive
Forum Group and Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, "The
Positive Side of Conflict", June 2006
Washington
Business Radio, "Conflict Resolution for
Small Business", June 2006
Montgomery
County Bar Association Law Day, "Integrating
Dispute Resolution Options for Business Clients",
May 2006
Montgomery Cable TV, Channel 16, "A
Mediator's Story", December 2005
Washington
Women Information Network, "Benefits of Early
Dispute Resolution," November 2005
Jackson & Campbell, "Integrating
Dispute Resolution Processes for Business Cliients," June
2005
Montgomery County Bar Association, Estates
and Trusts Section Meeting, "Mediation of Estate
and Probate Disputes," May 2005
Maryland
Mediators Covention, "Bringing a Wise Presence
to Mediation: How to Follow the Parties Without Getting
Stuck to Them," December 2004
Affiliations
Maryland Department of Transportation- Certified Women-Owned Business
