Professional Experience & Background
Professional Certification & Licenses
Training in Alternative Dispute Resolution
2003 Annual Conference for Conflict Resolution
County Court Mediation Training, Florida Dispute
Resolution Center-12/1993
Dependency Mediation Training, Florida Dispute
Resolution Center-6/5/00-6/9/00
Family Mediation Training, Florida Dispute
Resolution Center-2005
Civil Circuit Mediation Training, Florida Dispute
Resolution Center-2006
5th Circuit Court of Appeal Mediation Training-
8/2006
EEOC Orientation Training-1999
Mediating Employment Disputes, American Bar
Association-3/23/99
Settlement Strategies, National Business
Institute-9/1998
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation Training
Florida Medical Quality Assurance, Inc. Training
Mediation/Dispute Resolution, Broward County Bar
Association-5/10/97
5th Annual Conference for Mediators and Arbitrators,
Florida Dispute Resolution Center
8/22/96-8/24/96
15th Annual Conference for Mediators and
Arbitrators, Florida Dispute Resolution Center
8/2006
Certified Arbitration Training, Florida Dispute
Resolution Center-8/22/96
Certified Labor Arbitration Training, Florida
Dispute Resolution Center-6/9/2006
Professional Associations & Memberships
Certified Training in Employment/Workplace Mediation (40
hours)
Certified as a Florida Supreme Court Circuit Civil
Mediator
Certified as a Florida Supreme Court Family Mediator
Certified as a Florida Supreme Court Dependency Mediator
Certified as a Florida Supreme Court County Mediator
Florida Supreme Court Mediation No.: 04989CCFD
Supreme Court Qualified Arbitrator
Admitted to Florida Bar 1992
Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution
Member of Association of Broward County Mediators
The Florida Academy of Professional Mediators
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Private Mediator and Owner,
Employment Dispute Resolutions, Inc.
d/b/a The Resolution Group
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Mediator for U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC)- 1999 to Present
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Mediator for 17th Judicial Circuit, Broward County-
1996-present |
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Mediator for Palm Beach County, Florida- 1996 to
present |
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Mediator for Miami-Dade County, Florida- 1996 to
present |
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Mediator for Department of Agriculture- 2003 to
present |
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Arbitrator for 17th Judicial Circuit, Broward
County-2003 to present
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Juvenile Arbitrator for Court Mediation and
Arbitration Program, Broward County
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Coach, Trainer- Nova Southeastern University
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Labor Relations Specialist, U.S.P.S.
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TESTIMONIALS:
"Please accept this note of appreciation and
thanks for your outstanding leadership during our mediation
session. Your relaxed demeanor and pleasant office
atmosphere made both parties feel at home and comfortable.
Our successful conclusions were easily reached as
a result
of your skills and approach to the mediation process." -
C.R.
Lyons
Unicco Service Company
Director of Physical Plant
Nova Southeastern University
"If Valerie can't resolve it-
it can't be resolved." - Joseph Eckelcamp,Esq.
Hiday & Ricke, P.A.
It is the goal of The Resolution Group
to introduce mediation services to the general public who
may have a legal issue to resolve, but can't afford the
expense associated with the judicial system.
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ABOUT
VALERIE
KIFFIN LEWIS, ESQUIRE
Valerie Kiffin Lewis is a Florida Supreme
Court Certified Mediator who established Employment Dispute
Resolutions, Inc. (“EDR”); a mediation company designed to
assist employers decrease exposure to liability by employing
alternative methods of conflict resolution. Ms. Kiffin Lewis
has mediated over a thousand cases as a private mediator,
contract mediator for the 17th Judicial Circuit Court,
Broward County and the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (“EEOC”). Her experience includes, but is not
limited to mediating disputes involving employment, sexual
harassment, wrongful discharge, personal injury, real
estate,
professional malpractice, landlord/tenant, and breach of
contract issues.
As a contract mediator for the EEOC, Ms. Lewis employs the
skills necessary to assist parties in resolving employment
disputes to avoid the cost and expense of litigation.
Additionally, Ms. Lewis is a Florida Supreme Court Qualified
Arbitrator, who is currently under contract with the 17th
Judicial Circuit Court. Ms. Kiffin Lewis’ initial contract
with the Court
Mediation Arbitration Program commenced approximately 20
years ago as a Juvenile Arbitrator. Among other
presentations in the area of employment and labor law, Ms.
Kiffin Lewis has lectured for the American Bar Association
on Employment Mediation. She has served as Chair, Mediator’s
Qualification Board, Southern Division, and continues to
serve as a Board and
Committee Member. She currently provides pro bono mediation
services for the Florida Bar, and is a panel member for
numerous organizations, such as Department of Business and
Professional Regulation (“DBPR”), Department of Vocational
Rehabilitation, Florida Department of Agriculture and the
Florida Medical Quality Assurance Inc., a Florida Medicare
Quality Improvement Organization for the State of Florida.
Ms. Kiffin Lewis is involved in an array of professional and
civic activities. As an attorney, Ms. Kiffin Lewis was
selected by her peers as one of South Florida’s “Up and
Coming” top lawyers.
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