Now available to all mediators and advocates: IMI Mediation Logbook and Feedback Hub! Learn more here

Susan Andrews

Susan Andrews
Susan Andrews

I guide people in dispute or conflict, with empowering neutrality, so that they can achieve a peaceful resolution.

I am committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.

This user account status is Approved
About About
Blog Posts Blog Posts
Blog Comments Blog Comments

This user has not added any information to their profile yet.

IMI Qualified Mediator
Young Mediator
United States
Kentucky
English
Facilitative, Transformative
Yes

The Mediators' Green Pledge, issued by the World Mediators Alliance against Climate Change, outlines a list of measures that mediators can take to reduce the climate impact of their work. View the pledge at https://womacc.org/take-the-green-pledge/.

Mediation International
Mediation Profile

From an early age, I developed an internationalist perspective that has inspired my empowering neutrality approach to Negotiation and Mediation. My approach focuses on fostering cooperation rather than influencing outcomes by using empowering neutrality to power the alternative dispute resolution process, enabling parties in dispute to be in control of the outcome.

I specialize in Online Dispute Resolution focused on Negotiation and Mediation. I am the first International Mediation Institute (IMI) Qualified Mediator via Certified Mediator Training Program (CMTP), Mediation International, am qualified for recognition as an IMI Certified Mediator via Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP), Mediation International, am a Member of the IMI Young Mediators’ Initiative (YMI), and have completed the assessment and, therefore, training requirement, for IMI Online Mediator Specialization via IMI Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP) Instituto de Certificação e Formação de Mediadores Lusófonos (ICFML) via ODR Foundations.

  • Founder and Principal, Andrews Dispute Resolution, AndrewsDisputeResolution.com , Kentucky, United States
  • Having experience in the retail, hospitality, insurance, recruiting and legal industries, I have a broad base of knowledge and practical experience from which to draw in dealing with disputes, whether it be legal or alternative dispute resolution. I have worked for Fortune 500 multinational companies and for both corporate legal departments and law firms in a wide range of practice areas. 
  • Received a Certificate of Commendation by the City of Los Angeles for my work as a Law Clerk in the Office of the City Attorney, Los Angeles Harbor Division, California, United States. 
  • Received a Certificate of Appreciation by the Honorable J. Spencer Letts, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, United States, for my work as a Judicial Extern.
  • Licensed Active Life and Health Agent by both the Kentucky and California Departments of Insurance, United States
  • Notary Public State at Large commissioned by the Kentucky Secretary of State and a Notary Signing Agent Certified and background-screened by the National Notary Association and Certified by Loan Signing System
  • Volunteer Mediator, Fayette County District Court, Small Claims Court Volunteer Mediation Program, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
  1. Attorney, Active Member, Kentucky Bar Association, Kentucky, United States of America
  2. Qualified Mediator, International Mediation Institute (IMI) via Certified Mediator Training Program (CMTP), Mediation International
  3. Qualified for recognition as an IMI Certified Mediator via Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP), Mediation International
  4. IMI QAP Instituto de Certificação e Formação de Mediadores Lusófonos (ICFML) Online Mediator Specialization (in progress)
  5. Volunteer Mediator, Fayette County District Court, Small Claims Court Volunteer Mediation Program, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
  6. Kentucky Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section, Member and Officer (Treasurer)
  7. Kentucky Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
  8. Member, American Bar Association (ABA) Dispute Resolution Section Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Task Force Working Group III (Guidance with respect to special issues relating to private ODR)
  9. Member, ABA Dispute Resolution Section Planning Committee of the inaugural Dispute Resolution Tech Expo
  10. Member, IMI Young Mediators' Initiative (YMI)
  11. Individual Panel Member, ADR ODR International
  12. Legal Member, Internetbar.org Institute (IBO)
  13. Associate Member, International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR)
  14. Exceeded the requisite Kentucky Court of Justice General Civil Litigation Mediation Roster training at IMI QAP, Mediation International
Training and Education
  1. Completed the assessment for IMI Online Mediator Specialization via IMI QAP Instituto de Certificação e Formação de Mediadores Lusófonos (ICFML) via ODR Foundations, 2021
  2. Advanced Issues in ODR with Susan Guthrie, Kentucky Bar Association (KBA), Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, 1 hour of Continuing Legal Education credit, 2021
  3. Instituto de Certificação e Formação de Mediadores Lusófonos (ICFML) and Holistic, 2020 Solutions, Inc. (HSI), ODR Foundations Training, Online Dispute Resolution Practitioner Certification Program, Edition #3, 2021
  4. ADR ODR International Master Class Training Series (First), 2020
  5. Biased? Me? How Lawyers Can Recognize and Improve Interpersonal Skills, LawPay, Kentucky Bar Association (KBA), 1 hour of Continuing Legal Education, 2020
  6. Learn to Mediate Online, Susan Guthrie, LLC, Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, 1 hour of Continuing Legal Education credit, 2020
  7. Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) 2020 Kentucky Law Update, Justice Through Peacemaking, KBA, 17.75 hours of Continuing Legal Education credits, 2020
  8. Instituto de Certificação e Formação de Mediadores Lusófonos (ICFML) and Holistic, 2020 Solutions, Inc. (HSI), ODR Foundations Training, Online Dispute Resolution Practitioner Certification Program, Edition #2, 2020
  9. edX Course, Communicating and Negotiating in a Dynamic Global World, 2020
  10. IBO Academy Course, Practical Technology Tools for Professionals, 2020
  11. Instituto de Certificação e Formação de Mediadores Lusófonos (ICFML) and Holistic Solutions, Inc. (HSI), ODR Foundations Training, Online Dispute Resolution Practitioner Certification Program, Edition #1, 2019
  12. Litigating in a Divided Nation: Navigating Opinions & Presumptions While Seeking Justice, LawPay, Kentucky Bar Association (KBA), 1 hour of Continuing Legal Education credit, 2019
  13.  National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution (NCTDR) ODR Cyberweek Online Conference, 2019
  14. Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) 2019 Kentucky Law Update, Use of Experts in Mediation and Other Strategies that Maximize Settlement (or Win at Trial), KBA, 10 hours of Continuing Legal Education credits, 2019
  15. Kentucky Bar Association 2018 Continuing Legal Education Award for obtaining a minimum 60 CLE credit hours within a three year period, 2019
  16. Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and Family Law Section Basic Mediation Training, KBA, 8 hours of Continuing Legal Education credits, 2018
  17. Virtual Mediation Lab Hands-On Training in Online Mediation, 2018
  18. The Negotiation Academy inaugural full semester The Master Negotiator Course Certificate of Excellence for top 10% rank, 2018
  19. Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) Alternative Dispute Resolution Section CLE Seminar Strategic Negotiation Skills with Thomas J. Stipanowich, William H. Webster Professor of Law, Pepperdine University and Dean, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, KBA, 5 Hours of Continuing Legal Education credits, 2018
  20. American Bar Association Program, Where Mediation's Model Standards Are Failing: What Should We Do About It?, Kentucky Bar Association, 1.25 Hours of Continuing Legal Education credits, 2017
  21. Mediation International, International Mediation Institute (IMI) Qualified Assessment Program, 80 Hours of Mediation Training (2016-2017 Advanced, Beginner and Custom Training Program and 2017 World Mediation Summit Participant) and 30.5 Hours of Kentucky Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Credits, 2017
  22. Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) 2017 Kentucky Law Update, What's Happening in Kentucky ADR, 14 hours of Continuing Legal Education credits, 2017
  23. Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) New Lawyer Program, Mediation: Nuts and Bolts, KBA, 13.5 hours of Continuing Legal Education credits, 2017
Publications
Contact
Susan
Andrews
Susan Andrews
859.433.4124
859.433.4124
Attorney, Mediator, Negotiator
Andrews Dispute Resolution
United States

International Mediation Institute