Curriculum Vitae
Rina M. Goodman, JD
Office Address:
Transforming Conflict, LLC
400 E. Pine Street
Suite 220
Seattle, WA 98122
Telephone: (206) 523-7100
Facsimile: (206) 524-4690
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Education:
Juris Doctorate, 1990
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Master of Arts, Arts Administration, 1985
New York University
Bachelor of Arts, 1977
Sarah Lawrence College
Bar Admissions:
State:
- Washington, 2004; District of Columbia, 1992 (inactive);
- New York, 1991 (inactive);
- Florida, 1991 (retired);
- New Jersey, 1990 (retired)
Federal:
- U.S. Supreme Court
Professional Associations:
American Bar Association (ADR & Family Law Sections)
Association for Conflict Resolution (Family Section)
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
King County Collaborative Law
Washington Bar Association (ADR & Family Law Sections)
Washington Mediation Association
Reported Cases:
On brief for Respondent: Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration v. National Transportation Safety Board and Richard A. Rolund, 57 F.3d 1144 (D.C.Cir. 1995). Petition denied.
Articles:
Goodman, R.M., Kuciemba, M., (2007, Jan.-Feb.). Is the Co-Mediation Model Working? Update Newsletter, Bellevue Mediation Program. Retrieved from http://www.cityofbellevue.org/pdf/PCD/NewsletterJan-Feb07.pdf
Lear, Gerard R., Goodman, Rina M., (1993) The Government Contractor’s Defense, American Trial Lawyers Association.
Special Appointments, Offices, Awards & Certifications:
Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Section, Washington State Bar Association (WSBA), Present
Member, Planning Committee, Annual Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference, University of Washington School of Law & Washington State Bar Association ADR Section, 2008 to present
Chair-Elect, ADR Section, WSBA, 2010-2011
Secretary, ADR Section, WSBA, 2008 to 2009
Chair, Education Sub-Committee, ADR Section, WSBA, 2008 to present
Member, Task Force, Executive Board Committee, ADR Section, WSBA, 2008
Member, Executive Committee, ADR Section, WSBA, 2007 to present
Washington Mediation Association
Board of Directors, 2008
Education Committee, 2008
2007 Mediator of the Year, Certificate of Recognition
Dispute Resolution Center of King County, Seattle, WA
Certificate of Completion, Mediation Practicum, Dispute Resolution Center of King County, Seattle, WA, 2004
Interviews:
Zeunder, Isabelle (2010, May 28) Kate Gosseline One Year After the Divorce; One Seattle Lawyer's Alternative to Lesson Blow of Divorce. Seattle Family Examiner.
Anderson, Patricia Nan (2009, December 7). Handling Difficult People Over the Holidays: An Interview with Rina Goodman. Parenting: A Field Guide.
Professional Experience:
Principal, Transforming Conflict, LLC, from 2004 to present. Provide mediation, facilitation, and conflict coaching for couples and families in crisis resulting from difficulties in marriage, divorce, elder care, estate planning, trust administration, probate, family business planning, and other relationship issues.
Contract Attorney from January 1997 to November 1999. Represented indigent defendants under the Criminal Justice Act. Co-counsel for plaintiffs in mediation of federal sector employment discrimination complaints.
Trial Attorney from March 1992 through December 1997, Speiser Krause, P.C., Arlington, VA. Represented plaintiffs at trial, mediation, and settlement conferences in cases arising out of mass aviation disasters.
Assistant Circuit Executive, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, NY, NY from
January 1991 to May 1991. Temporary assignment to manage activities of Judicial Counsel’s Historical Subcommittee on Exhibits.
Legal consultant to Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Lehrer, NY, NY from October 1990 to January 1991 on complex commercial law and bankruptcy issues.
Teaching and Speaking Engagements:
Instructor, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Family Law
Prof. D. Bowen’s Family Law Class
Seattle University School of Law
Seattle, WA (4/15/10)
Presenter, Negotiation and Mediation, Bridging the Gap Continuing Legal Education
Co-Sponsored by the Young Lawyers Division of the Washington State Bar Association
And the Young Lawyers Division of the King County Bar Association
Seattle, WA (3/26/10)
Panelist, Social Justice Tuesday: Role of Mediation
University of Washington School of Law
Seattle, WA (4/14/09)
Panelist, Building Mediation Markets/Demand
Seattle University School of Law; The Dispute Resolution Board; and King County Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution
Seattle, WA (4/3/09)
Instructor, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Family Law
Prof. D. Bowen’s Family Law Class
Seattle University School of Law
Seattle, WA (3/4/09)
Presenter, The Use and Abuse of Deception in Mediation
Skagit Volunteer Lawyer’s Program
Mount Vernon, WA (12/2/08)
Trainer, Family Mediation Intake
Dispute Resolution Center of King County
Seattle, WA (8/4/08)
Faculty, Alternative Dispute Resolution – ADR 2.0: Science, Technology & New Developments, ADR Section-Sponsored CLE Seminar, 2008
Instructor, Resolving To Use ADR: How Mediation Can Help You, Your Clients and Your Practice (with John Shaffer and Adrienne Keith)
King County Bar Association Breakfast Club CLE
Seattle, WA (11/8/07)
Instructor, What’s In Your Mediator Toolkit? Styles & Methods for Helping
Parties in Conflict (with Mark Kuciemba)
Pierce County Dispute Resolution Center, Tacoma, WA (8/7/07)
Facilitator, Is the Co-Mediation Model Working? (with Mark Kuciemba)
Pierce County Dispute Resolution Center, Tacoma, WA (11/30/06
Washington Mediation Association, Seattle, WA (3/13/06)
Continuing Education and Skills Training:
2011
18th Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference (8.25 CLE hr.)
University of Washington School of Law
Seattle, WA
Early Brain Development & Best-Interest
Decision-Making in Our Courts (3.0 CLE hr.)
Seattle University School of Law
Seattle, WA
Tactical Interventions in Mediation Preventing Impasse:
Dealing with Deeply Held Beliefs (1.25 CLE hr.)
American Bar Association
Teleseminar
2010
Ethics for Elder Law Attorneys (1.5 CLE hr)
Washington Bar Association
Seattle, WA
Ethical Considerations in Estate Administration (1 CLE hr)
Washington Bar Association
Seattle, WA
17th Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference
University of Washington School of Law
Seattle, WA
Collaborative Law Basic Training (6.5 CLE hr)
Seattle Collaborative Law Training & Learning Center
Seattle, WA
2009
Re-Authoring the Relationship Story Through Narrative Mediation (6 hr)
Presented by John Winslade, Ph.D.
Antioch University and Snohomish County Dispute Resolution Center
Seattle, WA
16th Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference
University of Washington School of Law
Seattle, WA
A Deeper Look at Divorce and Family Mediation (6 hr)
Presented by Joan Goldsmith
Antioch University
Seattle, WA
2008
Ethical Dilemmas In Handling Civil Settlements
Washington State Bar Association
Online Seminar (49 minutes)
Ethics in Mediation: Keeping Yourself Out of Trouble
Washington State Bar Association
Online Seminar (61 minutes)
Ethics of Mediation
Washington State Bar Association
Online Seminar (38 minutes)
Intergenerational Conflict
Presented by Thomas McWhinnie, Deputy Dir., Center for Education and Development, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Puget Sound Health Care System & Kathleen Erskine,
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Seattle, WA
Mediating with Lawyers at the Table
Presented by Marilyn Endriss, JD
King County Dispute Resolution Center
Seattle, WA
Mediating Truth to Power: Techniques for Responding to Power Struggles,
Power Plays and Power Imbalances (2 hours)
Presented by Kenneth Cloke
King County Bar Association, Collaborative Law Section
Seattle, WA
Washington’s Domestic Partnership Expansion Bill:
What Every Family Practitioner Needs to Know (2 hours)
King County Bar Association, Seattle, WA
2007
Co-Mediation In-Service Training (2 hours)
King County Dispute Resolution Training, Seattle, WA
Conflict Personalities (3 hours)
Presented by Ann McBroom and Pam Wyss
Dispute Resolution Center of King County
Expanding the Story Line (1.5 hours)
The Federal Interagency Sharing Neutrals Program, Wash., DC
Teleconference
High Conflict People in Legal Disputes (12 hours)
Presented by William A. Eddy, High Conflict Institute
For Family Law Professionals
National Conflict Resolution Center & Family Law Solutions
Seattle, WA
Kenneth Cloke’s Crossroads of Conflict:Advanced Mediation Training (5 hours)
Washington Mediation Association & Antioch University, Seattle, WA
The Abusive Use of Conflict (1 hr)
King County Bar Association, Kent, WA
Advanced Certified Professional Guardian Issues (6.75 hr)
King County Bar Association, Seattle, WA
4th Annual Trusts & Estates Litigation Seminar (6.5 hr)
Washington State Bar Association, Seattle, WA
Fundamentals of Guardianship (3 hr)
National Legal Training Program & AARP
Live Web Training
2006
The Six Thinking Hats for Mediation: A Different Paradigm (1.5 hr)
The Federal Interagency Sharing Neutrals Program, Wash., DC
Teleconference
The Path of Impasse (Teleconference) (1.5 hr)
The Federal Interagency Sharing Neutrals Program, Wash., DC
Dealing with Anger in the Mediation Session (Teleconference) (1.5 hr)
The Federal Interagency Sharing Neutrals Program, Wash., DC
The Family Law Attorney’s Guide to Divorce-Related Tax Issues
The American Bar Association Family Law Section & The ABA Center for
The Fundamentals of Compassionate Listening: Healing Our World (12 hr)
From the Inside Out, with Leah Green
The Compassionate Listening Project, Seattle, WA
Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Forms of Dementia:
From Diagnosis to Litigation – How to Protect Your Client (6.5 hr)
Washington State Bar Association, Seattle, WA
Special Issues in Working with Divorcing Parents: Domestic Violence and High Conflict Parents (presented by Joan Kelly, Ph.D.) (6 hr)
Seattle Children’s Home & Washington Law School Foundation,
Seattle, WA
2005
What You Need To Know to Get Ready for the New Mediation Act
Washington State Bar Association (Dispute Resolution Section) &
University of Washington’s School of Law (CLE Dept.)
Seattle, WA
Advanced Mediation Training (6.5 hr)
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
& Association of Conflict Resolution’s Family Section
Seattle, WA
Solving the Family Court Puzzle: Integrating Research, Policy & Practice
(16.25 hr)
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Seattle, WA
Using Child Development and Divorce Research to Develop Appropriate Parenting Plans (3.0 hr)
The Washington Law School Foundation and the Seattle Children’s Home
Seattle, WA
How the Experts Develop Parenting Plans: Point and Counterpoint (1.5 hr)
The American Bar Association Section of Family Law
Teleconference
Mediating Divorce Agreement (15 hr)
Certificate of Completion
Mediate.com (The Oregon Mediation Center)
DVD Recording
Adult Guardianship/Family Caregiver Mediation (16 hr)
Thurston County Dispute Resolution Center, Olympic, WA &
The Center for Social Gerontology, Ann Arbor, MI
Olympia, WA
2004
Transformative Mediation Training (16 hr)
Transportation Security Administration & Mediation
Consortium, Seattle Federal Executive Board
Seattle, WA
Protecting the Rights of Relationships – Advising The Unmarried
or Gay/Lesbian Couple (6.75 hr)
Washington State Bar Association
Seattle, WA
What About the Children? (Local Rule 94.04) (4.0 hr)
Superior Court of Washington
Seattle, WA
Collaborative Law Symposium (6.25 hr)
Washington State Bar Association
Seattle, WA
2003
Domestic Mediation Training (20 hr)
Dispute Resolution Center of King County
Seattle, WA
2002
Professional Mediation Skills Training Program (36 hrs)
University of Washington Law School
Seattle, WA
1999
Certificate: Workplace Mediation & Conflict Resolution (76 hr)
Northern Virginia Mediation Services
Fairfax, VA
Skills-Based Mediation Training (40 hr)
Maryland Institute of Continuing Professional Education for Lawyers
Baltimore, MD
Community Service
Volunteer Mediator, King County Dispute Resolution (2004-2008)
Volunteer Mediator, Seattle Federal Executive Board Mediation Consortium (2004-2006)