Madelyn Shipman

  • 5650 Mt. Rose Highway
    Reno, Nevada 89511
  • Office Phone: 775-849-1763
  • Office Fax: 775-849-1794
  • e-mail: shipmanheikka@gmail.com
  • Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts

Supreme Court Mediation History:

  • Date Appointed: 6/1/99
  • Number of Cases Mediated: 104
  • Current As Of: 1/2/24

Areas of Practice:

  • Public Law, Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Contracts, Land Use

Bar Memberships:

  • Nevada (1983)
  • Minnesota (inactive) (1977)
  • Federal/ District Minnesota (1978)
  • Federal/District Nevada (1983)
  • U.S. Supreme Court (1980)
Colleges
NameLocationStartEndTypeDegree
 
The American University Washington, D.C. 1960 1964 Undergraduate B.A. (1964)
Law Schools
NameLocationStartEndDegree
 
Hamline University St. Paul, Minnesota 1974 1976 J.D. (1976)
Professional Experience
NameLocationDescriptionStartEnd
 
Anoka County District Attorney Anoka, Minnesota Deputy County Attorney (civil) 1977 1981
Attorney General, State of Nevada -- Deputy Attorney General (DOT) 1982 1987
City of Reno Reno Chief Deputy City Attorney 1987 1995
County of Washoe Reno Assistant District Attorney 1995 2005
Retired -- -- -- Present
Mediation and Other ADR Training
NameLocationDescriptionDate
 
Negotiation Strategy Institute San Francisco, California Cutting Edge for Lawyers 2003
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Advanced Appellate Mediation Training 2007
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Advanced Appellate Mediation Training 2008
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Foreclosure Mediator Training 2009
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Advanced Appellate Mediation Training - Preventing and Breaking Impasse 2010
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
NDRC Reno Advanced Mediation Training - Increasing The Mediator's Harmonic Range of Asking Questions. 2012
MSN  Reno Mediating Difficult Financial Issues 2012
NDRC Reno Advanced Mediation Training - Mediating with Difficult Clients 2013
NDRC Reno Advanced Mediation Training - Getting to the Heart of Conflict 2014
NDRC Reno Advanced Mediation Training - The Dance of Opposites 2016
NDRC Reno Advanced Mediation Training - Brain Science & Mediation Skills 2016
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Techniques & Best Practices in Civil Mediation at the Appellate Level 2016
Nevada Dispute Resolution Coalition Reno      Mediation Renovation:  Retooling Your Skills 2018
Nevada Supreme Court Reno The Premediation Process:  A Facilitated Discussion for New and Experienced Settlement Judges 2018
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Impasse and Ethics:  A Facilitate Discussion for New and Experienced Settlement Judges 2018
Nevada Supreme Court Reno Impasse is a Fallacy: An Advanced Mediator's Forum 2019
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
The National Judicial College Reno Civil Mediation in a Time of Social Distancing - A Mediator's Response to COVID-19 2020
Nevada Supreme Court   Appellate Mediation: Tips, Tactics & Techniques 2020
Nevada Supreme Court   Using an Online Platform to Conduct Mediation 2020
Nevada Supreme Court   Do Virtual Settlement Conferences Work? Mediating in the Times of Coronavirus 2020
Nevada Supreme Court   Sanctions 101 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 2021
Nevada Supreme Court   Joint Sessions vs. Caucuses 2022
Nevada Supreme Court   Online or In-Person, Psychological Insights for Supreme Court Settlement Judges 2022
Nevada Supreme Court Nevada Settlement Judge & Senior Judge 2023 Workshop2023
Nevada Supreme CourtRenoPreparation, Stakeholders, Malpractice, and Agreements: Issues All Professional Mediators Will Encounter2024
Mediation and Other ADR Experience
NameLocationDescriptionStartEnd
 
Supreme Court Settlement Judge Reno Mediation of appellate cases 1999

Present

Foreclosure Mediation Program Carson City     Mediator 2009 Present

Professional Organizations

  • Washoe County Bar Association
  • Member/Lobbyist, Nevada Dispute Resolution Coalition

Awards

  • Distinguished Public Lawyer Award (1993)
  • Nevada Legislature's Lobbyist Hall of Fame (2003)