Linda Scher
Family Mediator and Facilitator
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About Linda Scher
Linda Scher is a family mediator and facilitator who has been providing private and confidential mediation services to families in Portland since 1990. She provides mediation in all family situations.
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Linda also frequently serves as a role play coach and assistant trainer for public and private mediation training programs.
Linda earned her law degree at the University of Washington School of Law in 1986. She is a member of the Oregon Mediation Association and was honored with their Award for Excellence in Mediation in 1998. Linda is a practitioner member of the Family Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution, and serves on the State Family Law Advisory Committee.
Linda subscribes to the Core Standards of Mediation Practice set forth by the Oregon Mediation Association, and the Standards of Practice for Family and Divorce Mediation set forth by the Association for Conflict Resolution.
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LINDA SCHER, Mediator
Services Offered: Mediation, Mediation Training, and Group FacilitationNature of Practice: Since 1990, private mediation practice specializing in family matters
Type of Issues: Reconciliation, divorce, and post-divorce related matters, including custody, visitation, child support and property division; all other family related matters, including separation, parent-teen, unmarried couples, probate and adoption
Training/Experience
* University of Washington
Juris Doctorate degree awarded 1986
* Pacific Family Mediation Institute
Forty hour Family Mediation Training, 1986
* Portland Neighborhood Mediation Center
Thirty hour Facilitation Training, 1988
Volunteer mediator and facilitator 1989-97
* Clackamas County Family Court Service
Twelve month Internship Program, 1989-90
Parent-Teen Mediator since 1997
* Multnomah County Small Claims Court
Forty-six hour Mediation and Mediation Trainer Training, 1991
Volunteer mediator and supervisor 1991-96
* Metro-Portland Realtors Association
Eight hour Real Estate Mediation Training, 1991
Panel mediator 1991-96
* Tri-County Youth Services Consortium
Eight hour Advanced Parent-Adolescent Mediation Training, 1992
Volunteer mediator 1992-96
* Cooperative Adoption Mediation Project
Twenty-four hour Open Adoption Mediation Training, 1993
Panel mediator since 1993
Professional Affiliations/Honors
* Member, Washington State Bar Association since 1986 (inactive)
* Member, Oregon Mediation Association since 1988
* Board of Directors/Officer, Oregon Mediation Association 1989-97
* Advanced Practitioner Member, Association for Conflict Resolution
(formerly the Academy of Family Mediators) since 1990
* Recipient, OMA Outstanding Mediator Award, 1997
* Member, Statewide Family Law Advisory Committee since 1998
Contacting Linda Scher
3282 S.E. Hawthorne BoulevardPortland, Oregon 97214
phone: (503) 232-8550
fax: (503) 232-8494
e-mail: Linda@Schermediate.com
On the web at schermediate.com