One of our Corporate Sponsors, Tom Valenti of ValentiLaw, wearing his InkstersGive T-Shirt in Chicago.

Tom recently returned from a trip to Haiti where he went to assess the need for conflict management skills after the early responders have left and there is a lull in activity. As a result of this visit Tom intends to train Haitians in mediation, facilitation, advocacy, dialogue and in training itself. He and Alan Gross (a NY & PA mediator, trainer and facilitator who has worked all over the world) are taking steps to start a program to train Haitian lawyers in mediation to work on the  existing 7 – 10 year backlog of cases in the Haitian judicial system. This can eventually include the development of community mediation centers to handle disputes at a local level by people from the community. They hope to work with existing NGOs to start peer mediation training in the schools, which in many respects need a fresh look at how to get kids into school; how to keep kids in school and how to treat kids while there. They hope to empower Haitians to be able to advocate for themselves so that from the rubble and chaos, there arises a new Haiti that provides the Haitians with a home; an education; a job; and a country in which they have pride.

Read more: Mediators as early responders – follow up and a discussion of a recent trip to Haiti

Follow Tom Valenti on Twitter: @ValentiLaw and @ChicagoMediator

Our latest Corporate Sponsor is Valentilaw. Chicago attorney, Thomas P. Valenti, has been a litigator throughout his legal career on behalf of plaintiffs involved with personal injury claims or on behalf of commercial and insurance defendants. He has been involved in many jury trials as well as a number of bench trials, arbitration hearings, and mediations.

His law practice areas have included a broad range of subjects, including personal injury, insurance, construction and contract matters; however, Thomas  P. Valenti has had the most ongoing involvement with the areas of personal injury and tort claims, business disputes and insurance coverage issues.

Thomas P. Valenti offers arbitration and mediation services.

I know Tom through Twitter where he tweets as @valentilaw and @chicagomediator. He, like our other tweeting Corporate Sponsors, The Trial Warrior and Silverman Sherliker, has become a good friend, a reliable source of information and a reciprocal re-tweeter. I am very pleased that Tom was able to join our Corporate Sponsors.

  To learn more about Thomas P. Valenti visit valentilaw.com

Follow Tom on Twitter at @valentilaw and @chicagomediator.

Tom blogs at Just Appease Me