LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lake County Mediations and the Lake County Bar Association have invited Lawrence R. Mills, a mediator and arbitrator with JAMS, to discuss the use of positive psychology in mediation, on Monday, July 24.

The presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Chamber at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St. in Lakeport.

Members of the community interested in learning more about mediation or who have received Mediation training in the past are encouraged to attend this presentation. There is no cost to attend.

Attorneys and paralegals will be provided with one hour of general mandatory continuing legal education credit for $10 by the Lake County Bar Association.

Mills brings an accomplished and multi-faceted career of more than 35 years as an attorney specializing in commercial litigation and business counseling, and more than 25 years of experience as a mediator and arbitrator to his dispute resolution practice.

He is well known nationally in the field of alternative dispute resolution, having served as chair of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution. 

He is a distinguished fellow of the International Academy of Mediators and a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. 

For information regarding Mills’ dispute resolution practice, visit www.jamsadr.com/mills .

For additional information about the program please contact Barbara Johnson, executive director of Lake County Mediations, at 707-263-6800, or Mary Heare Amodio, president of the Lake County Bar Association, at 707-263-5759.