“I have known Jim for roughly 8 or 9 years. We met when he began doing mediations with our organization (The Conflict Resolution Center). He has done quite a number of mediations over the years — perhaps a hundred or more. As a mediator, he is one of our strongest. He is calm, extremely well-balanced, kind, helpful, intelligent, and steady. His legal background has served him well in this line of work. Like most of our gifted mediators, Jim achieves very high resolution and client satisfaction rates. Outside the conference room, I mostly know Jim from bumping into him on a regular basis in the small-town places we both frequent – especially if they involve books. We always find time for an extended talk about mediations, town life, and life’s surprises. In addition to showing up with the same traits that he exhibits as a mediator (reliability and capability being 2 qualities that I especially appreciate), he also has a fun sense of humor.”