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Thorns Craven
Mediation, Inc.
PO Box 15458
Winston-Salem,
NC 27113
Tel: (336) 777-1477
Fax:
Website: www.mediationincnc.com
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ADR Services Include:Mediation; ADR Training/CME
Thorns Craven has substantive case experience in the following areas...
ADA Disability |
Arts (Fine, Performing) |
Civil Rights |
Commercial/Business |
Community Associations |
Construction |
Consumer Fraud |
Contract Disputes |
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Debt/Foreclosure |
Education |
Environmental |
Health Care |
Insurance |
Land Use/Planning |
Landlord/Tenant |
Local Government |
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Non-profit Organizations |
Personal Injury |
Professional Fees |
Professional Negligence |
Real Estate |
Torts |
Transportation |
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BIOGRAPHICAL:Full time mediator since 1992; In addition to serving as a mediator in several thousand cases, Craven has been one of the principal trainers in Mediation, Inc. 40 hour course for lawyers and others seeking certification as a Superior Court mediator. Since the course began in 1994, Craven has helped train over 4,000 people in mediation skills.
Practice devoted exclusively to conducting mediated settlement conferences and teaching others mediation skills and techniques
EDUCATION:- JD, University of North Carolina School of Law - 1969
- BA, Washington & Lee University - 1962
- Certified Mediator: Superior Court Settlement Conferences - 1992
- Participant, Harvard Negotiation Project, Cambridge, MA - 1992
- Principal Trainer in Mediation, Inc.'s 40 hour course on Civil Superior Court Mediation - 1994-present
- Participant, KeyBridge Foundation Workshop on Mediation in Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA) cases - 1999
- Advanced Mediator Training, Straus Institue for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law - 2000
LanguagesEnglish, German
Memberships & AffiliationsMember, NC State Bar
Member, NC Bar Association (Director, Special Committee on Indigent Legal Services Delivery Systems; Legal Services Planning Committee; Dispute Resolution Section)
Member, National Legal Aid & Defenders Association (Board of Directors; Executive Committee)
Board of Directors, North Carolina Legal Services Resource Center
Member, LegalAidNet National Advisory Committee
Rates$175 per hour and a one-time administrative charge of $175. No charge for travel, but a four hour minimum fee for travel over 2 hours from Winston-Salem.

Thorns Craven is a member of the NC Academy of Superior Court Mediators, the state's premier roster of certified attorney-mediators. The NCASCM profile includes more specific local information, such as counties and regions served, and can be visited directly at www.ncmediators.org/thorns-craven
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