Background
Harcourt McWilliams, Joan was born on September 28, 1942 in Denver, Colorado, United States.
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Joan Harcourt McWilliams
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University of Colorado at Boulder (Bachelor of Science, 1964). University of Denver College of Law (M.S.J.A., 1976. Juris Doctor, 1982).
Career
Worked at McWilliams Mediation Group Limited. (Denver, Colorado) specializing in Domestic Mediation, Commercial Mediation, Domestic and Commercial Arbitration. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Colorado.
Member, Denver Law Journal, 1981-1982.
Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert H. McWilliams, Junior, United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth Judicial District, 1982-1983.
Author: "Ethical and Legal Dilemmas in Mediation," 3 MDICCC News (1995), "The Role of the Attorney in Mediation," 43 Trial Talk, April, 1994. "Alternative Dispute Resolution: Restoring the Balance," 20 Colorado Lawyer 1087, June, 1991.
"Alternative Dispute Resolution Contract Clauses," 18 Colorado Lawyer 867, May 1989.
"Mediation Revisited: Amendments to the Colorado Dispute Resolution Acting," 17 Colorado Lawyer 1297, July 1988. "Alternative Dispute Resolution," II Economic Studies Quarterly. 39, 1987. "Attorney Disclosure: The Model Rules in Corporate/Securities Area," 12 Colorado Lawyer 1985, December, 1983.
"Reporter"s Privilege-Pankratz v.
District Court," 58 Denver Law Journal 681, 1981. Lecturer: Continuing Legal Education, Incorporated.
Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. Colorado Bar Association.
Business Law Institute, Incorporated.
Colorado Council of Mediators and Mediation Organizations. Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants. Adjunct Professor, Mediation and Negotiation, University of Denver College of Law, 1989.
Judicial Nominating Commissioner.
Panel Member: Dalkon Shield Arbitration Panel. American Arbitration Association, Sexual Abuse Fact Finding Panel and Arbitration Panel and the Faegre Group.
Associate and Partner, Gorsuch, Kirgis, 1983-1989. Shareholder, Accetta-McWIlliams, Professional Corporation, 1989-1993.
Member: Denver (Past Chairman, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee), Colorado (Past Member, Board of Governors.
Immediate Past Chairman, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. Business and Family Law Sections) and American (Business Law and Family Law Sections) Bar Associations. Colorado Women"s Bar Association.
Academy of Family Mediators (Senior Member).
Colorado Council of Mediators and Mediation Organizations. Colorado Judicial Institute.
The Family Firm Institute.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Denver Law Journal, 1981-1982. Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert H. McWilliams, Junior, United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth Judicial District, 1982-1983.
