<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Founding Director – Canada &amp; US</strong></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1">Pete is one of Canada&rsquo;s Chartered Mediators and a Qualified Arbitrator, as well as being a Registered Mediator in the United States. He has completed over 3,300 mediations covering 13 countries and four continents. His portfolio of high-profile mediations includes working with the U.S. soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and Germany; a firefighters&rsquo; labor dispute; a wrongful death suit; several trade agreements between Asian countries; the kidnapping of a child to Japan during a custody battle and the murder of a celebrity.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1">His mediation firm, "The Negotiators", has offices in Edmonton, Calgary, Ft. McMurray, Saskatoon, Las Vegas, Chicago, Miami and Atlanta, where several years ago it was named one of Atlanta&rsquo;s top 10 Small Businesses of the Year.</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1">Family mediations focus primarily on divorce /separation or wills and estates (Probate Mediation). He believes both are among the most emotional and volatile of all disputes.<br></span><span class="s1"><br> Many of his corporate mediations focus on bullying, wrongful dismissal, sexual harassment, contracts and allegations of failure to deliver a product or service at an agreed price or within an agreed time frame. </span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1">He is also pioneering “Dispute Resolution Panels” of lawyers, mediators and arbitrators who can make awards or render findings in any corporate or personal conflict at a fraction of the cost of conventional options. </span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1">Pete teaches mediation and conflict management to organizations throughout Western Canada and North Western United States. He is the Executive Director of the Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society, a federally registered charity with the mandate to educate people on various forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution and make these services more available to the general public.</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1">Pete&rsquo;s record of success is formidable, his reputation is well-known, his compassion is obvious to those who meet him, and his dedication to fairness and professionalism is absolute.&nbsp;</span></p>