Elizabeth S. Walker
Elizabeth Smyth Walker
As one of the founding members of Consilia Conflict Resolution, LLC, an ADR firm focusing on alternative dispute resolution services, I provide mediation, mediation training and meeting facilitation services. My ADR practice includes mediating disputes involving land use, real estate (commercial and residential), earnest money, landlord/tenant relationships, breach of contract, divorce, parenting time, and employment issues. My ADR practice is informed by my business experience including my role as president of Vertical Real Estate Consulting, Inc., a real estate acquisition company, specializing in leasing and acquiring governmental land use entitlements. I worked with corporations and property owners negotiating contracts and drafting real estate documents. I also worked with governmental entities to obtain land use entitlements. I represented clients before boards of county commissioners and planning commissions and facilitated stakeholder meetings in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. My ADR and legal experience includes resolving disputes regarding breach of contract, divorce/parenting time, land use, real estate, insurance, and employer/employee disputes. I have prepared and led 40 hour Introduction to Mediation Trainings as well as a 16 hour class on Advanced Mediation. I have been a moderator and presenter at CLE ADR trainings, on subjects such as ethics and real estate. In addition to my private mediation practice, I am the Executive Director of the Colorado Bar Association Court Mediation Services program. |
CURRENT POSITIONS
Executive Director of Court Mediation Services RECENT PRESENTATIONS “Mediation Ethics,” Speaker at ADR Section Presentation. November 6, 2015. "The Use of Mediation in Real Estate Matters," Speaker at ADR Section CLE. March 4, 2016. EDUCATION J.D. Creighton University School of Law, 1995 M.A. University of Tulsa, 1991 B.A. Colorado State University, 1988 BAR ADMISSIONS Nebraska, admitted 1995 Colorado, admitted 1996 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Colorado Bar Association ADR Section of the CBA Real Estate Section of the CBA Colorado Wireless Association The Mediation Association of Colorado ADR TRAINING (50+ hours of training) 40 Hour Mediation Training – CBA Mediating Health Care Disputes, American Health Lawyers Association Numerous ADR trainings through the Colorado Bar Association and other CLE program providers LEGAL/ADR EXPERIENCE ADR First Mediation, Mediator, 2006 – 2009 Associate Attorney, Ayd and Johnson, 2003 – 2005 Associate Attorney, 1996 – 1998 PUBLICATIONS Above Ground Level, “Top 11 Ways to Prepare for a Neighborhood Meeting” June/July 2009. |