Richard Russell, B.A., LL.B., C.Med.
Chartered Mediator, (AMIC), Fellow, International Academy of Mediators

Rick Russell has a broad range of experience in dispute resolution, having practiced as a civil litigation lawyer, ombudsman, mediator, facilitator, arbitrator, third party fact finder and trainer since 1988.

Rick has mediated well over one thousand cases since 1988. These include business and commercial matters, bodily injury, disability and general insurance claims, workplace and employment, estates, human rights, insolvency, securities, real estate and land use matters.

Rick is active as a trainer, offering public courses in ADR and Advanced Mediation in association with the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo. He also instructs in the University of Toronto's Certificate Program in Dispute Resolution, and for Queen's University's Industrial Relations Centre. His in house training clientele include Royal & SunAlliance insurance, Sun Life Financial, Parks Canada Agency, Canada Customs & Revenue Agency, Morrison Hershfield Consulting Engineers, and many others.

Rick has done pioneering work in the use of the Partnering model in the fields of mining, construction, financial services, labour relations, health care and communication across Canada. He has facilitated nearly one hundred workshops in every region of the country and has successfully adapted the Partnering model to many novel applications.

Rick has acted as a consultant in the field of integrated conflict management systems design, in the public, non profit and private sectors, and is the author of numerous papers, as well as The Ombuds Model, a chapter in the CCH Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Manual.

A Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators, and a Chartered Mediator (ADR Institute of Canada), Rick is a graduate of Law at the University of Western Ontario and lives in Dundas, Ontario with his two sons, Richard and Cameron.