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 since 2007. 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 staff mediator from 2001 – 2007 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
Pepperdine University Law School, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution — Malibu, CA, 20 hours/session, Advanced Mediation Practice, 2005; Mediating in the Red Zone, 2011; Tools of Mindful Awareness for Mediators, 2012
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, 2002-2011
American Bar Association ADR Section Conference — 20 hours/conference, Seattle, 2002, 2008, New York, NY, 2009, San Francisco, 2010
Advanced Mediation Training with Kenneth Cloke — 6 hours/session, Antioch University and Washington Mediation Association, Seattle, 2007, 2009
Seattle Federal Executive Board — A Place at the Table Training Conference, 10 hours, Seattle Federal Executive Board, Seattle, 2006
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — Advanced Mediation Training, 24 hours, Washington, D.C., 2003
University of Washington Law School/WA State Bar Association — Professional Mediation Skills Certificate Training, 40 hours, Seattle, 2002
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — Mediation Skills Training, 40 hours, Washington, D.C., 2001
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
American Arbitration Association — Certified AAA Mediator
Mediate.com Mediator — Certified Senior Mediator
National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals — Member of invitation-only association of mediation/arbitration professionals; Executive Committee Member
Rule 39.1 District Court for the Western District of Washington — Certified Mediator
American Bar Association — Member of Labor & Employment Law and Dispute Resolution Sections
Washington Women Lawyers — Member of King County Chapter
Washington Mediation Association — Certified Mediator
Washington State Bar Association — Member Labor & Employment Law and Dispute Resolution Sections
King County Bar Association — Member and Trustee/Secretary Labor & Employment Law Section; Member Dispute Resolution Section; 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