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Jim Melamed co-founded Mediate.com in 1996 with John Helie and served as CEO of Mediate.com through June 2020 (25 years).
In 2024, Mediate.com and ODR.com (online dispute resolution) were purchased by the American Arbitration Association (ADR.org), the largest dispute resolution organization in the world.
Before Mediate.com, Jim founded The Mediation Center in Eugene, Oregon in 1983 and served as Executive Director of the national Academy of Family Mediators (AFM) from 1987 to 1993.
Jim was also the first President and Executive Director of the Oregon Mediation Association (1985-86).
Jim’s undergraduate degree is in psychology from Stanford University and his law degree is from the University of Oregon.
Jim has received the following awards: The Oregon Mediation Association’s 2003 Award for Excellence and 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award; The Oregon State Bar’s 2006 Sidney Lezak Award of Excellence; The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) 2007 John Haynes Distinguished Mediator Award; The 2012 Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM) “Getting To Yes” Award; and 2018 APFM Outstanding Mediator Award.
You may enjoy listening to the recent ICODR (International Council for Online Dispute Resolution) Podcast interviewing Jim about the past and the future of online mediation: HERE.
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