Chief Facilitator

 
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Valdemar Washington

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal SETTLEmate® Inc. 1996- Present

  • Chief Administrator, Mediator of complex issues to resolution.

  • Speaker and lecturer at National Conferences and Universities

  • Special Master for a major SE Michigan electrical utility company to effect change at the employee level.

  • Successfully met with multiple constituent groups to mediate and resolve issues.

  • Developed 18 successful programs that resolved multiple major company issues.

  • Established the first Trial Skills Workshop for Genesee County Bar Association.

  • Developed training materials/success goals; updated selection process and managed appointed Emergency Financial Managers for the Michigan Department of Treasury

  • Redefined and improved intra-organizational bureau, and court cultures

Interim Chief Judge 22nd District Court Inkster, MI 2011

State of Michigan Deputy State Treasurer Bureau of Local Government Services Lansing, MI 2007 - 2010

Chief Judge 7th Judicial Circuit, Genesee County Genesee County, MI 1990-1992

Visiting Judge Court of Appeals State of Michigan 1988+1995

Circuit Court Judge Genesee County, MI 1986-1996

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Juris Doctor - University of Michigan Law School Bachelor of Arts (With Highest Honors) - Michigan State University Membership class of '74 Club ♦ Michigan State University Rhodes Scholarship Nomination ♦The Athletic Department's Potsy Ross Award ♦ Varsity Lacrosse Most Valuable Player – 4 year Member of the Honors College

MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES & APPOINTMENTS

  • Past and Present State Bar of Michigan Current Associate Member, Ethics Committee 1996 - 1998

  • Member, Establishing a Law Practice Committee, 1996 - 1998

  • Genesee County Bar Association President of Genesee County Bar Association 1996 - 1997

  • Member of Board of Directors - Vice President 1995

  • Member of Executive Committee 1997 - 1998

  • Lawyer Referral Committee, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee Bench and Bar Committee, Negligence Panel, Plaintiff's Mediator Michigan Trial Lawyers Association Present Member Fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators Present Board Member, Homeless Empowerment Registry Organization 1994 - 1995

  • Honorary Board Member – Sam Duncan Memorial Scholarship Committee Community Member, Community Foundation, Flint Present Member Member State Supreme Court Race/Ethnic Bias Task Force 1987-1988

  • President McCree Theater Advisory Board 1979 - 1981

  • Big Sisters Board of Directors 1983 - 1984

  • NAACP Legal Redress Committee 1983 - 1986

  • Christ Episcopal Church Licensed Lay Reader 1986 - 1995

  • Board Member of the Urban League of Flint 1988 - 1990

  • Member of the Ecclesiastical Court of the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Michigan 1995-1998

  • The Institute of Continuing Education Technology Task Force 1997 - 2003

  • MENSA – Life Member

ADJUNCT LECTURES/PUBLIC SPEAKING

  • Adjunct Lecturer University of Michigan-Flint 1989 - 1996

  • Adjunct Lecturer Wayne State Law School 1996

  • Faculty Member ICLE Trial Skills Workshop 1994 - 1997

  • Presenter ATLA Nursing Home Section – Technology 1996

HONORS & AWARDS

  • Genesee County Bar Association Judicial Ratings

  • Received highest rating from members in their 28 year history

  • Argus Award - Consortium on Child Abuse & Neglect

  • Inductee to the Baltimore Polytechnic Alumni Hall of Fame