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Logo Design Brief

This logo will be used on letterhead, business cards, simon-mediation.com and on email marketing materials. It's needed for my expansion to Los Angeles.Dan Simon, Certified Transformative Mediator

(Certified by the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and by Mediate.com)



As a teacher and practitioner of the transformative approach, I help parties have a constructive conversation about their differences. I received my law degree, cum laude, from the University of Minnesota School of Law, my M.A. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Minnesota, and my B.A., withTCM 8-6-14 #2 honors, from the University of California at Berkeley. Although I am licensed to practice law in Minnesota, I prefer to practice mediation exclusively. Before creating Simon Mediation, I worked as a business litigation attorney and as a family business consultant. Throughout my career, I have sought better ways to intervene in cases of highly emotional conflict, as well as cases that are all about money.




I am the Immediate Past Chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Section. Also, I am a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court’s ADR Ethics Board (which is responsible for upholding ethical standards of ADR providers). I’m a member of the Board of Directors and also a Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation. I have the highest possible rating (AV – Preeminent) from Martindale Hubbell and the highest possible rating (10.0 – Superb) on Avvo.com.

EDUCATION:

J.D., cum laude, University of Minnesota

M.A., Counseling Psychology, University of Minnesota

B.A., Humanities, University of California at Berkeley.

PUBLICATIONS:

“Transformative Mediation for Divorce: Rising above the law and the settlement”, chapter in Transformative Mediation – A Sourcebook(ACR & ISCT, 2010)

Dan Simon’s Blog for the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation

Dan Simon on Youtube

LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, AND QUALIFICATIONS

Licensed to practice law in Minnesota since 1992.

Qualified Neutral on the Minnesota Supreme Court Civil Roster since 1996.

Qualified Neutral on the Minnesota Supreme Court Family Roster since 1998.

Certified by the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation as a “Certified Transformative Mediator” since 2007.

Certified by Mediate.com as a “Certified Mediator” since 2009.

PROFESSIONAL RATINGS

AV – highest possible rating, Martindale -Hubbell.

10.0 out of 10, Superb, Avvo.com .

Client Comments

RECENT SPEAKING AND TRAINING

“Introduction to Transformative Mediation for Divorce”, The Mediation Center Training, St. Louis Park, MN, October 2014

“What’s Mediation Really About?”, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN, October 2014

“Early Intervention Workplace Mediation”, Private Client, Fridley, MN, August 2014

“Certified Civil Mediation Training”, St. Paul, MN, June 2014

“Certified Family Mediation Training, St. Paul, MN, March – May, 2014

“Divorce Mediation Tele-Seminar”, Association for Conflict Resolution, April 2014

“Mediation: More than Agreement”, Heartland Mediators Association Annual Conference, April 2014

“Healing the Heart of Conflict,” Minnesota Association of School Business Officials, April 2014

“Healing the Heart of Conflict,” private client, St. Paul, MN, January 2014.

“Certified Civil Mediation Training”, St. Paul, MN, November 2013.

“Introduction to Transformative Mediation”, International ACR Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 2013.

“Advanced Mediation Training”, St. Paul, MN, September 2013.

“40-Hour Certified Family Mediation Training”, St. Paul, MN, July 2013.

“Transformative Mediation of Family Cases,” 2nd International Conference on Transformative Mediation, Rome, Italy, June 11, 2013.

“Legal Definitions of Mediation,” 2nd International Conference on Transformative Mediation, Rome, Italy, June 10, 2013

“The Heart of Conflict”, private client, Minneapolis, MN, April 10, 2013.

“Introduction to Transformative Mediation”, William Mitchell College of Law ADR Course, March 12, 2013.

Advanced Mediation Training: The Transformative Approach to Elder and Family Cases, Pasadena, CA, February 28 – March 2, 2013.

Certified Civil Mediation Training, Saint Paul, MN, January 24 – 28, 2013.

“Approaches to Commercial Mediation”, panel discussion at the ADR Institute, Minneapolis, MN, October 26, 2012.

MEDIA APPEARANCES AND QUOTES

Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 2014

“News and Views”, AM Radio WCCO 830, February 2014

“News and Views”, AM Radio WCCO 830, December 2013

Amish Baby Machine Comedy Podcast, December 2013

Amish Baby Machine Comedy Podcast, September 2013

Interview at MediatorAcademy.com August 2013

Radio Talkshow on WHYY in Philadelphia, August 2013

Interview at CuttingEdgeLaw.com, August 2008

Minnesota Lawyer, October 2007

St. Paul Pioneer Press, March 2003

Minnesota Law and Politics, February 2000

- See more at: http://www.simon-mediation.com/about-us/dan-simon/#sthash.9UofRaV3.dpuf

Target Market(s)

People who are in the throes of an intense dispute. They are tempted to go to lawyers and start a lawsuit - but this logo persuades them to do the more constructive, heallthy, enlightened thing and go to Simon Mediation instead.

Industry/Entity Type

Business

Logo Text

Simon Mediation

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Requirements

Must have

• A sense of class, sophistication and trustworthiness

Nice to have

• Some elements of my previous logo attached. Also, a sense that this approach is more enlightened, more cutting-edge, and healthier than dealing with lawyers would be.

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