PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nancy Maisano has mediated more than 1,000 cases. She is a frequent speaker on alternate dispute resolution and employment law. She conducts trainings for human resources personnel and management as well as members of the employment bar on handling EEOC charges, effective mediation advocacy and a variety of employment laws and policies.

MEDIATION

Maisano Mediation, LLC -- Full-time mediator and founder of a mediation and employment solutions services firm based in Seattle and serving the Pacific Northwest region. Expertise in employment and labor disputes involving discrimination, wage and hour and non-competes as well as other employment-related disputes.

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -- Full-time mediator responsible for convening and conducting more than 100 employment discrimination mediations per year, consistently achieving a greater than 90 percent success rate. Invited frequently to give training and presentations on alternative dispute resolution and employment law.

Federal Executive Board ADR Consortium -- Volunteer mediator for the resolution of employment disputes involving federal, state and local government agencies.

Federal Emergency Management Administration -- Equal Rights Officer for Hurricane Katrina disaster relief efforts in New Orleans on a temporary assignment from the EEOC. Responded to and resolved through alternative dispute resolution internal complaints of employment discrimination by FEMA employees and its contractors and citizens' complaints of civil rights violations. Conducted training for new employees on diversity, sexual harassment and FEMA employment policies and complaint procedures.

LITIGATION

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -- Trial attorney responsible for all stages of employment discrimination litigation brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Equal Pay Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Schwerin Campbell Barnard, LLP -- Associate representing both plaintiff and defense in employment discrimination and civil rights litigation. Represented labor unions in litigation, arbitration and a variety of alternate dispute processes.

Whitman-Walker Legal Clinic -- Volunteer attorney representing people living with HIV and AIDS in various discrimination claims pursuant to federal and local discrimination laws and the newly-enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act.

LEGISLATION

U. S. Maritime Administration - Legislative and policy attorney focusing on labor, environmental and maritime laws and policy.

EDUCATION

University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1990
Louisiana State University, B.A., cum laude, 1987

BAR ADMISSIONS

Maryland, 1990 (inactive)
District of Columbia, 1991 (inactive)
Washington, 1998

COURT ADMISSIONS

Maryland Supreme Court 1990
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland 1990
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia 1991
Washington State Supreme Court 1998
U.S. District for the Western District of Washington 1998
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 1999

MEDIATION TRAINING

American Arbitration Association, Advanced Mediator Training, Seattle, 2010

NW ADR Conference, 12 hours/conference, Washington Law School Foundation, Washington State Bar Association and Washington Mediation Association, Seattle, 2002-2010

American Bar Association ADR Section Conference, 20 hours/conference, Seattle, WA, 2002, 2008, New York, NY, 2009, San Francisco, 2010

Crossroads of Conflict - Advanced Mediation Training with Kenneth Cloke, 6 hours/session, Antioch University and Washington Mediation Association, Seattle, WA, 2007, 2009

A Place at the Table Training Conference, 10 hours, Seattle Federal Executive Board, Seattle, WA, 2006

Pepperdine University Advanced Mediation Practice, 20 hours, Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution, Malibu, CA, 2005

Advanced Mediation Training, 24 hours, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., 2003

Professional Mediation Skills Certificate Training, 40 hours, University of Washington Law School/Washington State Bar Association, Seattle, WA, 2002

Mediation Skills Training, 40 hours, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., 2001

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

American Arbitration Association Certified Mediator -- Panel mediator with AAA

Mediate.com Mediator -- Panel mediator on www.Mediate.com

Rule 39.1 Certified Mediator -- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

American Bar Association -- Labor & Employment Law and Dispute Resolution Sections

Washington Women Lawyers

Washington Mediation Association -- Certified mediator since 2004

Washington State Bar Association -- Labor & Employment Law and Dispute Resolution Sections

King County Bar Association -- Labor & Employment and Dispute Resolution Sections; Pacific Coast Labor and Employment Law Conference planning committee member

AWARDS

Random Acts of Professionalism Award, Washington State Bar Association, for public service work as an Equal Rights Officer with FEMA, 2006