Friarylaw ADR Staff:

Oliver J Connolly

Oliver J. Connolly is a graduate in law and lecturer in law at Trinity College Dublin (where he teaches civil & commercial arbitration and mediation on Trinity’s LL.M programme). He has practiced as an attorney in New York and as a barrister at both the English and Irish Bars. Oliver has also been admitted to the Bar of Northern Ireland. He holds various ADR qualifications (Dip Arb., Dip Int Arb., FCIArb, Accredited Mediator) and is a ADR committee member of the American Bar Association (ABA) and international Bar Association (IBA) and has previously served on the Bar Council’s ADR & Arbitration Committee and on the ruling council of the Irish Commercial Mediation Association (ICMA). In 2002-2003 he served as the Hoellering World Fellow in residence with the American Arbitration Association (where, in particular, he observed the AAA’s US and international case management arbitration and mediation procedures) and was admitted to practice before the Bar of the United States Supreme Court upon petition by the Irish American Lawyers Association. Oliver is the founder of Friarylaw and leads an active team of lawyers and non lawyers  highly committed to (a) the promotion and servicing of time and cost effective dispute resolution in Ireland, north and south, and to (b) the promotion of Ireland, north and south, as an eventual hub for international dispute resolution.

Deirdre Khuwais

Deirdre Khuwais Dip. Law, Accredited Mediator is a Director of Friarylaw Mediation Case Management & the Head of Administration. Dee Khuwais is a very experienced legal executive and has worked in Ireland, Britain and the Middle East in international litigation projects. Dee is also the chief administrator of the very successful New York and California Bar Programmes. Dee coordinates Friarylaw’s Mediation Case Management and is an Accredited Mediator with Friarylaw / ADR Group.

Peter Mitchell

Peter Michell BCL (German) (NUI) LL.M (Dub), Solicitor, Attorney-at-Law (New York). Peter holds an honours degree in Law and German from University College Cork and a Masters degree in law from Trinity College Dublin. He is a qualified Solicitor and New York Attorney. Since graduating Peter has worked as a law clerk in the Legal Advisory Section of the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He has also worked as a researcher at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and has held an investigation into allegations of war crimes committed during the Nagorno-Karabkh conflict in the early 1990′s for Baroness Cox of the N.G.O. Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust.

Gordon Wade

Gordon Wade BBLS(NUI), LL.M (Dub.) Attorney-at-Law (New York) holds am honours degree in Law and Business from University College Dublin since 2008 and graduated with a first class honours LL.M from Trinity College in 2009 (having attained first in his class on Oliver’s Civil & Commercial Arbitration & Mediation Module). Gordon has several publications in the area of mediation in the Irish setting and wrote his Master’s thesis on Mediation in the Irish Healthcare System from which he was awarded  the Friarylaw Mediation Research Fellowship. Gordon is a Friarylaw & ADR Group Accredited Mediator and a volunteer Mediator at the Northside Community Law Centre. Prior to joining the Friarylaw Team, he interned with two international law firms in Dublin and was invited as external consultant to, and member of, the HSE Mediation Steering Group Committee.

Michael J Gorman

Michael J Gorman BA, JD, LL.M (Dub.) was  general counsel for a privately-held corporation. In that capacity, he represented his employer in mediation sessions, administrative hearings, and other commercial proceedings. He was also responsible for ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal law in the areas of employment and regulatory compliance. He was a federal judicial law clerk for a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, where he researched and drafted initial copies of opinions and orders in civil and criminal cases. As a law clerk, he also witnessed numerous court-conducted mediations in civil and commercial matters.

For a short while, he was also an associate with an international law firm. With a background in political methodology, he has a keen interest in empirical legal studies. While at his undergraduate university, he was a researcher for the Federal Elections Project (a National Science Foundation grant recipient). The project sought to match 2000 Presidential elections results to figures from the 2000 National Census. Currently, he maintains a part-time boutique practice catering to US-based SMEs.

Sandra Salman

Sandra Salman joined Friarylaw in 2005 and is an experienced administrator. Sandra contributes to a highly effective administrative team that coordinates Friarylaw’s activities. Sandra is at the forefront of organising Friarylaw’s very successful New York Bar programme.

Civil & Commercial Mediation Trainer:

Paul Gale

Paul Gale has a degree in Humanities and a Masters Degree in Training. His early career involved negotiations in Europe and South America before becoming the training manager of a large UK financial services organisation. Paul has over 30 years experience in development and training skills and has delivered ADR workshops and seminars, throughout Europe, to a wide variety of professional groups. Paul joined ADR Group in 1995 and developed their innovative distance learning CD-ROM. Paul also designed and developed ADR Group’s mediation training and accreditation programme which is delivered in Ireland in conjunction with Friarylaw. Recently, Paul was formally canvassed by the University of Cambridge to direct their higher diploma in Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Family Mediation Trainers:

Joanna Campbell

Joanna Campbell was awarded a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Manufacturing Systems Management and a Diploma in Industrial Studies from the University of Ulster, Joanna commenced her career as process improvement engineer in Northern Telecom, Belfast. Processing excellent communication and interpersonal skills, it was not long before she was chosen to become a certified trainer and deliver corporate training programmes to the staff. After spending several years as Quality Manager in various industries, her natural career path development brought Joanna to form ‘Joanna Campbell & Associates’, an management consultancy specialising in the implementation and maintenance of certified Management Systems including Health and Safety, ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001, Excellence Through People etc. and management of the interaction with external bodies such as the Health and Safety Authority, National Quality Association and National Standards Authority of Ireland. In October 2004, together with fellow Dundalk Institute of Technology colleague, Annmarie McHugh, Training For Excellence was formed.This company specialises in the development and delivery of management programmes for small and medium size enterprises. As an experience lecturer in her areas of specilisation and having qualified as an accredited mediator with Friarylaw & Adr Group in March 2005, Joanna joined Friarylaw with specific focus on the development of the Friarylaw ADR. Included within this remit is Mediation Training & Accreditation Programmes, Mediation Pupilage Programmes, Mediation Case Management, and partnering with other stakeholders in the growth of mediation in Ireland.

Sabine Walsh

Sabine Walsh holds an honours degree in law from Trinity College, Dublin, and a Masters (LL.M) degree from NUI, Galway. Before qualifying as a solicitor she worked as a legal assistant in the Department of Foreign Affairs and tutored in Law in NUI Galway.She worked in practice as a solicitor for seven years before gaining accreditation as a mediator with Friarylaw and ADR Group. She is a native German speaker, and holds qualifications in legal German and translation. Sabine is a Director of Mediation Training Ireland and practices as a mediator throughout Ireland. Based in Sligo, she is a Member of the Business and Professional Women’s Organisation and the Women Lawyer’s Association. She is a founder member and Secretary of Mediation Solutions Northwest. Along with providing private client mediation services, Sabine also runs seminars and training courses in mediation for business and professional organisations.

LL.B, LL.M, Solicitor, Accredited Mediator.

Mediation Training Ireland

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