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The Office of Dispute Resolution (ODR) approves mediators who are trained to mediate with parents who are developing or modifying a parenting plan. Approved mediators have received the required training, experience,  and continuing education requirements. ODR also approves mediation centers that provide mediation services to parents and offer a sliding fee scale based on income. Income verification is required to be placed on a center's sliding fee scale.

Below is a searchable list of approved mediators and centers.  You can search by name or by county. If an individual mediator is not available for your county, contact the mediation center for your county. The center will work with you as how (in person or virtual) and where services are provided.

Map of mediation centers

 

Dalton W. Tietjen
Lincoln NE
County: Lancaster
Supervisory Status: Yes
SADR Trained: Yes
Mediation Center(s): The Mediation Center

I am a long-time attorney who retired from the practice of law in 2022. I received Basic Mediation Training & Parenting Act Training in the summer of 2016. Since then, I have mediated many Parenting Act and divorce cases while affiliated with the Mediation Center in Lincoln.

http://www.themediationcenter.org/

 

Sovida Tran
610 J Street, Suite 100
Lincoln NE 68508
County: Lancaster
Supervisory Status: Yes
SADR Trained: Yes
Mediation Center(s): The Mediation Center

Graduate of UNL College of Law with a concentration in Alternative Dispute Resolution. On staff as Director of Facilitation and Training at The Mediation Center in Lincoln, NE.

 

 

Kathryn Twit
Omaha NE 68127
County: Douglas
District: 4
Supervisory Status: No
SADR Trained: No
Mediation Center(s): Central Mediation Center, Concord Mediation Center

Grounded in the knowledge that all is connected and the how matters as much as the what, I meet my clients with presence and trust. I hold a BA in psychology and Spanish from Creighton University, an MA in Spanish from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an MS in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from Creighton University, along with certifications in Mindfulness and Yoga.

I have been affiliated with Concord Mediation Center since Fall of 2022, where I serve as a Parenting Plan Mediator and a surrogate for Youth Conferencing. In my private practice I offer nature based workshops, conflict coaching, communication training, and empowerment circles. Before my mediation and facilitation work, I was a teacher of Spanish, yoga, and mindfulness.
 

Charles Valle
Omaha NE 68130
County: Douglas
Supervisory Status: No
SADR Trained: Yes
Mediation Center(s): Concord Mediation Center

Charles Valle holds an Master’s Degree in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from Creighton University, Juris Doctorate from the Universidad Catolica de Cuenca, Ecuador. He is fluent in English and Spanish. He is devoted entirely to providing alternative dispute resolution services (primarily mediation), to clients who seek a non-adversarial, problem-solving approach to conflict resolution that allows them to keep in control of their case.

Committed to making the mediation process more cooperative and respectful, as well as more cost-effective, he endeavors to treat every client as if they were his only client.

Karen Vervaecke
440 Regency Parkway Dr
Suite 203
Omaha NE 68154
County: Douglas
District: 2
Supervisory Status: No
SADR Trained: Yes
Mediation Center(s): Douglas County DCCMS, Private

Karen L . Vervaecke has successfully engaged in the practice of law for over 30 years. She specializes in and is passionate about Family Law but also has extensive experience in Criminal Law, Elder Law, mediating construction related disputes, residential foreclosures, and landlord tenant law. She has been a mediator since 1993 and is considered a Nebraska Parenting Act Mediator and a High Conflict (SADR) mediator. She received Omaha Magazine’s Best of Omaha award in 2021 for her successes as a divorce mediator and she continues to excel in the field.

Lynn Wallasky
3003 Sunset Drive #119
Cedar Creek NE 68016
County: Lancaster
Supervisory Status: Yes
SADR Trained: No
Mediation Center(s): The Mediation Center

Lynn began mediating with The Mediation Center in January of 2021. She has focused primarily on family cases and has also worked on several victim-offender conferences as part of TMC's restorative justice program. Lynn has been in education since she graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1978. Since then, she has received two Masters degrees in Education: the first in Special Education in 1995; the second in Educational Leadership in 2007. Lynn has worked with elementary school-aged children since the beginning of her career. More recently, she has been using her training and expertise to help children and families in a variety of ways, including support for young adults aging out of the foster care system, arranging shelter for single parent immigrant families, and promoting awareness of human trafficking and children in poverty. changed to Lynn began mediating with The Mediation Center in January of 2021. She has focused primarily on family cases and has also worked on several victim-offender conferences as part of TMC's restorative justice program. Lynn has been in education since she graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1978. Since then, she has received two Masters degrees in Education: the first in Special Education in 1995; the second in Educational Leadership in 2007. Lynn has worked with elementary school-aged children since the beginning of her career. More recently, she has been using her training and expertise to help children and families in a variety of ways, including support for young adults aging out of the foster care system, arranging shelter for single parent immigrant families, and promoting awareness of human trafficking and children in poverty.   She is presently working as a Consultant for Nebraska Children and Family Foundation.  

Teresa Walsh
Conciliation Office, Suite 155
1819 Harney Street
Omaha NE 68183
County: Douglas
District: 4
Supervisory Status: Yes
SADR Trained: Yes
Mediation Center(s): Douglas County DCCMS
Brenda Walter
615 South Beltline Highway West
Scottsbluff NE 69363
County: Scotts Bluff
Supervisory Status: No
SADR Trained: No
Mediation Center(s): Mediation West

Brenda began work in mediation in 2020. She has worked on various types of mediation including, parenting plan cases, organization mediation, and child welfare. During her time working at Mediation West, she has grown to have great respect for the mediation process and the resulting non-arbitration-based results when clients actively participate.

Corey Wasserburger
Johnson Flodman Guenzel & Wasserburger LLP
1227 Lincoln Mall
Lincoln NE 68508
County: Lancaster
District: 3
Supervisory Status: No
SADR Trained: No
Mediation Center(s): Private

I am a practicing attorney in Lincoln, Nebraska who practices family law primarily.

www.johnsonflodman.com

Kandi Weinbender
Scotts Bluff NE
County: Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Hooker, Keith, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sioux
Supervisory Status: Yes
SADR Trained: Yes
Mediation Center(s): Mediation West

Independent Mediator at Integrated Options. I have more than 20 years of experience working with families and children. I'm passionate about the possibilities of mediation for families and value the opportunity to assist them in addressing their needs for the future through the process of mediation. I meet the requirements set forth by the Office of Dispute Resolution to be considered an approved Parenting Act Mediator.  

Paula Welke
Long Pine NE
County: Brown
District: 5
Supervisory Status: Yes
SADR Trained: Yes
Mediation Center(s): Nebraska Mediation Center
Terrin Williams
412 West 48th Street Suite 22
Kearney NE 68845
County: Adams, Blaine, Buffalo, Chase, Clay, Custer, Dawson, Dundy, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Garfield, Gosper, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Howard, Kearney, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, McPherson, Merrick, Nuckolls, Perkins, Phelps, Red Willow, Sherman, Thomas, Valley, Webster, Wheeler
Supervisory Status: No
SADR Trained: Yes
Mediation Center(s): Central Mediation Center

Originally from the Kearney area, I received my bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Oklahoma State University in 2011 and my master's degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Oklahoma in 2019. During my graduate research I focused on criminal justice reform, including restorative justice and offender rehabilitation.  I have experience in non-profit, as I worked for the Oklahoma State University Foundation for five years, as well as experience with offenders, as I was the Local Administrator for Community Sentencing, a diversion program for the State of Oklahoma. Currently, I am the Executive Director for Central Mediation Center located in Kearney, Nebraska.

 

David Williams
Lincoln NE 68502
County: Butler, Cass, Douglas, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Washington, York
District: 3
Supervisory Status: No
SADR Trained: No
Mediation Center(s): The Mediation Center, The Resolution Center

I have been an attorney (Creighton Law) for almost 40 years.  I have significant litigation experience and have represented clients in complex cases of various types across the country – about 50-75 of which have involved mediation.   I have legal expertise in contract law, insurance law, securities law, employment law, tort law, and administrative law.   I am also an approved FINRA arbitrator. 

I have been a trained mediator for 3+ years.  I am also an ODR-approved Parenting Plan mediator. I total I have mediator about 75+.  I am available to mediate in-person or via Zoom, any place in Southeast Nebraska, including Omaha and Lincoln.  I may be contacted through the 2 Centers with which I am affiliated or can be contacted directly.

info@themediationcenter.org  (Lincoln)

info@theresolutioncenter.org  (Beatrice)

dwilliamspa@gmail.com 
 

Justin Williams
Scottsbluff NE
County: Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Hooker, Keith, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sioux
Supervisory Status: No
SADR Trained: Yes
Mediation Center(s): Mediation West

Justin Williams currently works and resides in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He has been an approved mediator since August 2005. Since then, Justin has mediated numerous cases ranging from: farm credit, family estate disputes, neighbor neighbor, and numerous workplace conflict cases. In addition to his traditional mediation portfolio, Justin mediates parenting act cases in Western Nebraska.

Justin hold a B.S. degree in International Agriculture Economics and an M.S. degree in Agriculture Business, both from the University of Wyoming. 

Elizabeth Wollmann
3401 N. 191st Ave.
Elkhorn NE 68022
County: Douglas
Supervisory Status: No
SADR Trained: No
Mediation Center(s): Concord Mediation Center, Private

Liz Wollmann is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Mediator based in Omaha, Nebraska. Liz received a Master’s Degree in Social Work at the University of Nebraska – Omaha in 2007. She gained clinical experience while working for over twenty years in the child welfare, behavioral health, and developmental disabilities service systems in Nebraska. Liz opened her private practice in 2022 and currently works with adults and couples as a Mental Health Therapist. Liz is a trained Discernment Counselor and also conducts Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities as an Independent Provider with DHHS. 

Vicki Wood
610 J Street # 100
Lincoln NE 68508
County: Lancaster
District: 2
Supervisory Status: No
SADR Trained: No
Mediation Center(s): The Mediation Center

I was trained in Basic Mediation in the fall of 2021. I started work in Small Claims Court once a month until I retired. I took the Family Mediation training in November 2022 and started work as a parenting plan mediator after that.

I have done roughly 25 Small Claims Court mediations and 30 parenting plan/separation of property/parenting plan modifications since 2023.

I worked as a Librarian all of my professional career.

Joseph Wright
412 W. 48th Street
Suite 22
Kearney NE 68848
County: Adams
Supervisory Status: Yes
SADR Trained: Yes
Mediation Center(s): Central Mediation Center
Leif Yourston
Omaha NE
County: Douglas
District: 2
Supervisory Status: No
SADR Trained: Yes
Mediation Center(s): Douglas County DCCMS, Private