Peter Edward Bort, JD

Pennsylvania divorce Mediator

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center: Juris Doctor, May 1984
  
• University of Binghamton: -Bachelor of Arts, May 1980
  
• University of Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA:

  -Certificate in Counseling, July 1992
  -235-hour program

Professional Training and Certifications

• Interdisciplinary Collaborative Law Training, 2010
• Mediation Training, Community Dispute Settlement Program, 1994
• Child Custody Mediation Training, 1995 (CDSP 40 hrs.)
• Divorce & Custody Mediation, 1999.  (AFM approved 40 hrs.)
• Special Topic on Ethics: Dual Professions and Mediation, November 2000
• Custody Mediation Orientation Program, 1999
• Mediation Process, Purpose & Perspectives, November 2002
• The Impact of Grief and Loss in Family Mediation, 2004
• Hot Topics in Mediation, February 2004
• Creativity in Mediation, March 2004
• Training for Mediation Coaches, September 2004
• Spin, Counterspin: How Lawyers Manipulate Mediators, September 2006
• Expand Your Practice and Productivity as a Client Coaching Mediator, November 2006
• Introduction to Conflict Coaching, 2009

Past and Present Professional Organizations

• Board of Directors, Montgomery Conflict Mediation Center
• Academy of Family Mediators
• Pennsylvania  Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
• Pennsylvania Council of Mediators
• ACR - Delaware Vally
• Delaware County Bar Association
• Montgomery Bar Association
• Philadelphia Bar Association
• Family Law Section, Delaware County Bar Association
• Family Law Section, Montgomery County Bar Association
• Family Law Section, Philadelphia Bar Association
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Delaware County Bar Association
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Montgomery County
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Mediation Committee, Montgomery County Family Law Section
  

Dispute Resolution Experience

• Mediator, Court-connected Custody Program, Montgomery County
• Mediator, Center for Resolutions, Media, Pennsylvania
• Mediator, Montgomery Conflict Mediation Center, Norristown, Pennsylvania
• Mediator, Community Dispute Settlement Program, Media, Pennsylvania
• Mediator, Private (1995-Present)
• Arbitrator, United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• Arbitrator, Delaware County Court of Common Pleas
• Arbitrator, Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas

Presenter

• “From Issues to Process: The Choices that Lead to Peace”
  Institute for Individual and World Peace
• Center for Resolutions-Custody Mediation Training, October 2006
• Introduction to Montgomery County Custody Mediation Orientation Program, Most Years
• People’s Law School, Montgomery County Bar Association, 2003 and 2004