Academy Member Inducted 2023

Loraine Della Porta
235 Cypress Street
Suite 300
Brookline, MA 02445
Website: www.themediationgroup.org
Regularly travels out of state to: Rhode Island
Other ADR Services: ADR Training/CME, Facilitation & Systems Design
Available
- Practice Commenced1990
- # of MEDS (as of 5/6/23)1000
- # of ARBS (as of 5/6/23)50
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
Biographical
Loraine M. Della Porta is an experienced mediator, arbitrator and organizational consultant. She specializes in the areas of labor and employment, education, and land-use disputes.
Over her career, she has mediated hundreds of disputes focusing on EEO/civil rights, employment, union, labor/management, education, foreclosure, land-use, and environmental disputes. She recently added ERISA disability cases to her list of competencies. In addition to her own practice, she has trained and supervised upcoming mediators.
As a member of the Organizational Practice, she brings a wealth of experience in private and public sectors providing conflict prevention, conflict assessment and organizational development. Loraine is a skilled facilitator and has led facilitation teams for a number of consensus building and public engagement processes for federal, state and municipalities. She has designed and delivered conflict resolution trainings and internal capacity building programs with a focus on leadership development and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Loraine is a seasoned investigator providing a neutral and respectful approach to claims of harassment, retaliation and discrimination. She has a great deal of experience mentoring affiliate practitioners and providing consultation and coaching for public officials, agency sponsors and convenors.
Case Experience
- ADA Disability
- Agricultural
- Arts (Fine/Performing)
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Commercial/Business
- Contract Disputes
- Cross Cultural
- Discrimination
- Education
- EEOC
- Employment
- Entertainment Sector
- Environmental
- ERISA
- Family Businesses
- Labor/Unions
- Land Use/Planning
- Landlord/Tenant
- Lemon Law
- Non-profit Organizations
- Police
- Postal
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Public Policy
- Sexual Harassment
- Title Disputes
- Wage & Hour/FMLA
Education
- Juris Doctorate from Roger Williams University School of Law
- Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Providence College
- Studied extensively at Pepperdine University’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution.
Memberships & Affiliations
- Adjunct Professor of Law at Roger Williams University School of Law
- Past President of the New England Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution (NE-ACR)
- Past President of the Center for Mediation and Collaboration Rhode Island (CMCRI)
- Co-Chair American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section Public Disputes & Consensus Building Committee
Rates Information
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