Training Assistant

Nancy Faye Karkowsky, Esquire

**** ****** ****

Silver Spring, Maryland 20902-3426

Telephone: 301-***-****

Cell: 301-***-****

Facsimile: 301-***-****

E-mail: **********@***.***

Bar memberships

Maryland (1995), District of Columbia & US District Court for the District of Maryland (1997)

Certifications

Advanced Mediation Training, Circuit Courts for Baltimore County/Baltimore City, Towson, MD (2010)

Practitioners’ Institute- Mediating for the MD Courts, Judicial Education Center, Annapolis MD (2009)

Child Welfare Law Specialist (CWLS), National Association of Counsel for Children, DC (2009)

Permanency Planning/TPR/CINA Mediation Advanced Training, Bernie Mayer, Annapolis, MD (2008)

Elder Mediation Training, Senior Mediation & Decision-Making, Inc., Silver Spring, MD (2008)

Conflict Transformation & Statements Training, NBC/Sheppard Pratt Mediation Programs (2008)

Practitioners’ Institute, Advanced Transformative Training, Baltimore Mediation Center (2007)

Representing Children in Contested Custody Cases, Maryland Courts, Family Administration (2007)

Special Education Law & Practice Training, DC Superior Court/Public Defender Service, DC (2007)

Fundamentals of Probate Practice, DC Superior Court Probate Division (2007)

Advanced Marital Property Mediation Skills, Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, MD (2006)

Collaborative Law, Montgomery County, MD, Initial (2004)/Advanced (2005)

Advanced Mediation Skills: Estates & Trusts, Orphans’ Court for Baltimore City, Maryland (2004)

Transformative Mediation II: Intensive Advanced Skills & Practice, N. Virginia Mediation Center (2003)

Marital Property Mediator, Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland (2002)

Employment/EEO Mediator, REDRESS I & II, USPS, Capitol Metro Area (2002, 1998)

Child Protection Mediation Program, Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland (2002)

Advanced Child Welfare Mediation Training, Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, MD (2002)

Child Protection Mediation Program, Multi-door Division, DC Superior Court (2001)

Child Protection Mediation Program, Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland (2002)

Advanced Child Welfare Mediation Training, Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, MD (2002)

Civil & Domestic Case Mediator, Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Maryland (2001)

Consumer Complaints Arbitration, Better Business Bureau, DC/Virginia/Maryland (2001)

Civil & Domestic Case Mediator, Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland (2000)

Civil & Domestic Case Mediator, Seventh Judicial Circuit Court of Maryland (2000)

Civil Mediator, Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Maryland (1999)

Civil & Small Claims Mediator, District Court for Montgomery County, Maryland (1997)

EDUCATION

Washington College of Law, American University Washington, DC

Juris Doctor, May, 1994, GPA: 3.29

Columbia University New York, NY

Master of Fine Arts, Film & Television Production, 1973

Departmental Assistant, 1971-1972

University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA

Bachelor of Arts, English, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna cum laude

Continuing Legal/Mediation Education Maryland; DC

CLE/CME courses in mediation, family law, litigation, evidence, representing children, adoption

EXPERIENCE

Solo Practitioner 1996-present

DC Metropolitan Area, Maryland

I have mediated numerous civil cases, including domestic, workers’ compensation, personal injury, child protection, workplace/EEO, & small claims, in DC, Maryland, & northern Virginia.

I represented minors, juveniles, & adults in personal injury, domestic, child protection, & juvenile law cases, & volunteered at a public defenders' office & a pro se domestic law clinic in Montgomery County.

Independent Consulting: Legal Writing/Editing 1994-present

Washington, DC

I synopsized cases for the case digests section of the Legal Times, DC’s legal newspaper.

My paper, "Legal Implications of Neonatal & Fetal HIV Testing," was published in the Children's Legal Rights Journal, ABA Center on Children & the Law, Fall, 1995.

I wrote & designed a pamphlet, "Finding & Hiring a Lawyer in DC," which was published & distributed by the DC Bar as a community service.

I prepared & sent memoranda to members of Congress clarifying issues in a proposed amendment (subsequently passed) to the Ryan White Health Care Act .

I researched, edited, & wrote on topics such as welfare reform, child support, child abuse & neglect, & family law, & re-wrote a chapter on commuting & travel-related injuries for a book explaining workers' compensation to professional lay people.

Independent Consulting: Freelance Writing/Producing 1971-present

Washington, DC; New York, New York; Miami, Florida

I researched, wrote, designed, & developed materials such as television scripts, discussion guides, magazine articles, & children's books. Clients included the Children's Television Workshop, ABC, KIDSNET, A&E, the Embassy of Israel, FDA Consumer Magazine, Kar-Ben Publications.

Legal Clerkship 1996-1998

Office of Bar Counsel of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC

I assisted in the investigation of complaints alleging legal misconduct & assisted in prosecutions before the Board of Professional Responsibility & the DC Court of Appeals. I analyzed jurisdictional, procedural & substantive issues, researched, drafted, & edited legal memoranda, filings, correspondence.

Law Clerk/Writer 1992, ‘93-‘94

Federal Judicial Center, Washington, DC

Katz, Frome & Bleeker, Rockville, Maryland

I wrote & developed the script for a video introduction to the Reference Manual of Scientific Evidence for federal judges, staff, & counsel. I assisted with cite checks & source verification.

I researched & wrote memos & presentations in the areas of family law, employment law, & tort suits; obtained witness statements & evidence; prepared & filed documents in court; summarized depositions; assisted with organizing & scheduling CLE & pro bono programs; maintained client contact.

Lay Counsel 1987-1989

Silver Spring, Maryland

In hearings before the Maryland State Board of Education, I represented the parent/student body of a private school concerning actions by the Montgomery County Board of Education,

Media: Director/Producer, Production Assistant, Instructor 1972-1981

I wrote, developed, & produced educational multi-media.

I taught a course in video graphic arts production in Jersey City State College, New Jersey.

Publications

ADR Articles

Fear Family Disputes? Washington Senior Beacon Dec ‘03

Mandate Mediation

Legal Articles

Case digests Legal Times ‘98-‘99

Legal Implications of Children's Legal Rights Journal, Fall ‘95

Neonatal & Fetal HIV Testing ABA Center on Children & the Law

Finding & Hiring Practice Management Section, DC Bar in press

a Lawyer in DC

Media Productions & Scripts

Video introduction to the Federal Judicial Center 1994

Reference Manual of Scientific Evidence

The Hidden Treasure Otsar 1985

Keeping It in Place: Project Maryland Instructional Television 1984

Basic--The Maintenance Plan

The Black Jews of Ethiopia Board of Jewish Education of NY 1981

Books & Booklets

Grandma’s Soup Kar-Ben Publications 1995

(A Sydney Taylor Honor Book)

Journal of Our Land KIDSNET /Embassy of Israel 1991

The Ten Commandments: Behrman House Publishers 1988

A Text/Activity Book for Children

Teachers’ Guide to Exploring Behrman House Publishers 1979

Our Living Past

Discussion Guide to The Holocaust: Behrman House Publishers 1976

A History of Courage and Resistance

Newspaper & Magazine Articles & Stories

Help Yourself: FDA Consumer Magazine 1989

Preventing & Treating Minor Sports Injuries

Wall of Iron KIDSNET /NEA Today 1989

A Gift of Love: Saying ‘No’ The World and I 1987

The Other Holiday Shofar Magazine 1985

How to Talk--and Listen-- to Patients’ Digest 1983

Your Doctor

Public Television: Sky Magazine 1982

The Changing Picture

New York, New York: Sky Magazine 1982

City of Neighborhoods

Children’s Television Workshop: Sky Magazine 1980

It Isn’t Just for Kids Anymore

The Fine & Valuable Art of Sky Magazine 1980

Porcelain

A Tishrei Tale World Over Magazine 1973

Episodes/Two for the Record Jewish Life Magazine 1971

A Critical Analysis of a Yavneh Review 1969

Critical Analysis: A Review of the

Story ‘Forevermore’ by S.Y. Agnon

Discussion Guides

The Wonder of Israel Kidsnet/Embassy of Israel 1994

Discussion Guide to ABC/NYNEX/Kidsnet 1993

President Clinton:

Answering Children’s Questions

Discussion Guide to Ready of Not/ Showtime/Kidsnet 1993

Chris Cross

Discussion Guide to Lincoln ABC/Kidsnet 1992

Discussion Guide to Roger & Me, ABC/Kidsnet 1992

Pets or Meat: Return to Flint

Discussion Guide to In the Discovery Channel/ 1992

Company of Whales Kidsnet

Discussion Guide to The ABC/Kidsnet 1991

Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Discussion Guide to Pearl Harbor: ABC/Kidsnet 1991

Two Hours That Changed the World

Discussion Guide to The Gulf War: ABC/Kidsnet 1991

Answering Children’s Questions

Discussion Guide to Just Say ABC/Kidsnet 1990

‘No Way’: A Special Segment of

‘Full House’ about Teenage Drinking

Discussion Guide to Challenger ABC/Kidsnet 1990

Discussion Guide to HBO/Kidsnet 1988

You Don’t Have to Die

Values Guide to ABC/Kidsnet 1988

War and Remembrance

Text Material

Teachers’ Edition: Paragraphics 1984

Language Arts

New Frontiers in Electricity Paragraphics 1984

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