Carolyn A. Worrell
4236 Furgerson Ranch Road
Carson City, Nevada 89701
Office Phone: 775-884-4331
Place of Birth: Huntington, West Virginia
Supreme Court Mediation History:
- Date Appointed: 6/23/97
- Number of Cases Mediated: 948
- Current As Of: 1/3/23
Areas of Practice:
Bar Memberships:
- District of Columbia (1975)
| Colleges | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Location | Start | End | Type | Degree |
| West Virginia University | Morgantown, West Virginia | -- | -- | Undergraduate | B.A. |
| L'Universite de Bordeaux, L'Institute des Etudes Politiques | Bordeaux, France | -- | -- | Graduate, Fulbright Scholar | None |
| Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University | Summerville, Massachusetts | -- | -- | Graduate | M.A. |
| Law Schools | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Location | Start | End | Degree |
| Georgetown Law Center | Washington, D.C. | 1971 | 1975 | J.D. (1975) |
| Professional Experience | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Location | Description | Start | End |
| Nevada Legal Services | Carson City, Nevada | Executive Director. Responsible for: The supervision and delivery of high quality civil legal services to indigent clients from three law offices across Nevada, development of pro bono projects in southern and northern Nevada, work with the bar and courts on the development of the IOLTA program among a variety of other duties. | 1981 | 1986 |
| Law Coordination Center | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Interim Director. Responsible for providing extensive technical assistance to 21 legal aid programs. | 1988 | 1992 |
| Legal Services Corporation | Washington, D.C. | Director, Quality Improvement Project. Responsible for management and evaluation of 32 demonstration projects that examined methodologies to improve the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of legal services provided to indigent clients and Program Counsel. Responsible for oversight of assigned legal aid grantees in western and mid-western states and the quality of legal assistance provided to clients in civil cases. | Various | Various |
| Mediation and Other ADR Training | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Location | Description | Date |
| Harvard Law School | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 40-hour dispute resolution, principled negotiation course taught by Professor Roger Fisher, principle author of Getting to Yes, 12-hour alternative dispute resolution | 1987 |
| National Center for Dispute Settlement | Dallas, Texas | 24-hour mediation/arbitration training for "medi-arb" process for lemon law consumer disputes involving automobile warranties | 1997 |
| Nevada Supreme Court | -- | Advanced mediation sessions for settlement judges and/or roundtables twice a year | 1997 to 2004 |
| John Lemmon | San Francisco, California | 12-hour advanced family mediation seminar course conducted for First Judicial District family mediation panel | 2002 |
| Nevada Dispute Resolution Coalition | National Judicial College, Reno | 8-hour advanced mediation taught by Nancy Yeend | 2003 |
| Nevada Bar Association | Reno | Day-long arbitration training | 2004 |
| Association for Conflict Resolution | San Francisco | Annual Mediation Training | 2004 |
| Nevada Supreme Court | Reno | Advanced Appellate Mediation Training | 2007 |
| Nevada Supreme Court | Reno | Advanced Appellate Mediation Training | 2008 |
| Nev. Dispute Resolution Coalition | Carson City | The Activist Mediator-Rethinking the Place & Role of the Mediator | 2007 |
| Nevada Supreme Court | Reno | Advanced Appellate Mediation Training - Preventing and Breaking Impasse | 2010 |
| 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 |
| State Bar of Nevada | Reno | Annual Family Law Conference | 2012 |
| Nevada Supreme Court | Reno | Implicit Bias Issues in Mediation | 2012 |
| Nevada Supreme Court | Reno | Procedural & Ethical Issues in Mediation for Settlement Judges | 2013 |
| 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 |
| Carson Mediation Center | Carson City | Child Custody and Divorce Mediation Training | 2018 |
| Nevada Supreme Court | Reno | Impasse and Ethics: A Facilitated Discussion for New and Experienced Settlement Judges | 2018 |
| Nevada Supreme Court | Reno | Impasse is a Fallacy: An Advanced Mediator's Forum | 2019 |
| 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 | Tips & Techniques for Successful Results in Custody & Other Relationship-Based Settlement Conferences (Part 1) - Instructor | 2020 | |
| Nevada Supreme Court | Tips & Techniques for Successful Results in Custody & Other Relationship-Based Settlement Conferences (Part 2) - Instructor | 2020 | |
| Nevada Supreme Court | Sanctions 101 | 2021 | |
| Nevada Supreme Court | The Inside Scoop on Settlement Mediation Strategies - Part 1 | 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 | Overview of Common Procedural Issues for Settlement Judges | 2022 | |
| Mediation and Other ADR Experience | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Location | Description | Start | End |
| Conflict Management Services, Principal | -- | Have provided a variety of dispute resolution services including mediation, coaching, and meeting facilitation for a wide variety of clients, including the ABA and legal aid organizations | 1992 | Present |
| Mediator, Family Mediation Program | First Judicial District ,Carson City | Serve as mediator in cases with disputes involving custody, visitation, or other issues regarding children | 1992 | Present |
| Workshop Leader | -- | Have conducted more than 30 dispute resolution workshops and training events for attorneys, managers, bar associations, legal aid organizations, and public defenders across the United States | 1992 | Present |
| Supreme Court Settlement Judge | Northern & Southern & Rural Nevada | Mediation of appellate cases | 1997 | Present |
| Mediator, Sierra Nevada Board of Realtors | -- | Serve as mediator for buyer-seller real estate disputes | 2001 | Present |
Professional Organizations
- National Legal Aid and Defender Association
- Nevada Dispute Resolution Coalition
- District of Columbia Bar
Awards
- Teaching Fellow, Harvard Law School, Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard Negotiation Project. Served as a teaching fellow under Professor Roger Fisher, primary author of Getting to Yes
- Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board, Graduated with high honors (B.A.), Fulbright Scholar to France