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Crowley, Margaret M.

121 Washington Street
Reno, NV 89503
Office Phone: (775) 233-6711
Fax: (775) 201-0800
Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington

Settlement Judge History:

Date Appointed: December 23, 2009
Number of Cases Mediated: 107
Current As Of: 1/3/22

Areas of Practice:

Mediation; Arbitration; Human Resources; Labor Law; Contracts: Administrative Law; General Civil Practice

Bar Memberships:

Nevada (1991)
Federal District Court of Nevada (1991)
9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1993)

Colleges
Name	Location	Start	End	Type	Degree
University of Nevada	Reno	1983	1987	Undergraduate	B.A. English Literature

Law Schools
Name	Location	Start	End	Degree
University of California	Davis	1988	1991	J.D.

Professional Experience
Name	Location	Description	Start	End
Washoe County District Attorney's Office	Reno, NV	Civil Deputy District Attorney. Represented local government in a variety of settings including arbitration, mediation, litigation and administrative hearings. Gave daily civil legal advice to various government departments.	1/1993	6/2008
Hill, Cassas & DeLipkau (now Parsons Behle & Latimer)	Reno, NV	General civil practice; litigation.	9/1991	12/1992
Crowley Mediation	Reno, NV	Private mediation services in a variety of areas.	2009	present

Mediation and Other ADR Training
Name	Location	Description	Date
Labor Law & Labor Arbitration	Chicago	In-depth training for labor law advocates	2006
Beginning Mediation & Conflict Resolution	University of Nevada, Reno	40-hour mediation certificate program	2008
Advanced Mediation & Conflict Resolution	University of Nevada, Reno	40-hour advanced mediation certificate program	2009
Nevada Supreme Court	Reno	Foreclosure Mediator Training	2009
Nevada Dispute Resolution Coalition	Reno	Advanced Training in Conflict Resolution/Advanced Mediation Techniques-Building at the Table	2011
Nevada Supreme Court	Reno	Roundtable/Procedural Issues for Settlement Judges	2011
Nevada Dispute Resolution Coalition	Reno	Increasing a Mediator's Harmonic Range of Asking Questions	2012
Nevada Supreme Court	Reno	Implicit Bias Issues in Mediation	2013
State Bar of Nevada	Reno	Hot Topics in Mediation and Judicial Settlement	2014
State Bar of Nevada	Reno	Psychology of Negotiation	2015
Nevada Dispute Resolution	Reno	Brain Science & Mediation Skills	2016
Nevada Supreme Court	Reno	Techniques & Best Practices in Civil Mediation at the Appellate Level	2016
Nevada Supreme Court	Reno	The Premediation Process: A Facilitated Discussion for New and Experienced Settlement Judges	2018
Nevada Dispute Resolution Coalition	Reno	De-Escalate: How to calm an angry person in 90-seconds or less	2019
Crowley Mediation, L.L.C.	Reno	The Neuroscience of Conflict: How to Keep Everyone Calm, Cool, & Collected	2019
Nevada Supreme Court		Appellate Mediation: Tips, Tactics & Techniques (Instructor)	2020
Nevada Supreme Court		Using an Online Platform to Conduct Mediation (Instructor)	2020
Nevada Supreme Court		Do Virtual Settlement Conferences Work? Mediating in the Times of Coronavirus	2020
Nevada Supreme Court		Tips & Techniques for Successful Results in Custody & Other Relationship-Based Settlement Conferences (Part 1)	2020
Nevada Supreme Court		Tips & Techniques for Successful Results in Custody & Other Relationship-Based Settlement Conferences (Part 2)	2020
Nevada Supreme Court		Sanctions 101	2021
Nevada Supreme Court		The Inside Scoop on Settlement Mediation Strategies - Part 1 (Instructor)	2021
Nevada Supreme Court		The Inside Scoop on Settlement Mediation Strategies - Part 2	2021
Nevada Supreme Court		Making the Most of the Pre-Mediation Process (Instructor)	2021
Nevada Supreme Court		Joint Sessions vs. Caucuses	2022

Mediation and Other ADR Experience
Name	Location	Description	Start	End
Civil Deputy District Attorney	Reno	Acted as advocate in multiple NERC/EEOC mediations; lead attorney in multiple labor law arbitrations	1992	2008
Owner, Crowley Legal Solutions	Reno	Providing private mediation services in a variety of areas, including human resources, community, business and elder care	2009	Present
Nevada Foreclosure Mediation Program	Reno	Acting as mediator in foreclosures involving homeowners and lending institutions	2009	Present
Neighborhood Mediation Center	Reno	Program Director/Mediator for non-profit community mediation center	2009	Present
Federal District of Nevada Early Mediation Program for Pro Se Inmates	Reno	Volunteer mediator for Federal Court in pro per prisoner section 1983 litigation	2009	Present