Marin Mediator and Trainer Nancy Foster: Northern California Mediation Center

NANCY J. FOSTER, J.D., is Director of the Northern California Mediation Center and has been mediating divorce, family, business and organizational disputes since 1988. She also practices as a collaborative divorce attorney. Nancy received her law degree from the University of Michigan Law School then practiced commercial litigation, securities and real estate law for over ten years prior to becoming a mediator. Nancy has taught at Pepperdine University School of Law, the Academy of Family Mediators, and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. She has specialized in the study of communication skills and has coached communication skills at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, and the law schools at Hastings, Boalt Hall, U.C. Davis and Stanford. She serves on the mediation panels of the U.S. District Court for Northern California, the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District, San Francisco Superior Court, Marin County Superior Court, California Lawyers for the Arts and the Keybridge Foundation. Nancy serves on the board of Collaborative Family Law Professionals of Marin, is past president of the Northern California Mediation Association and past Vice-President of Marin County Women Lawyers. Nancy is a member of the Marin County Bar Association (ADR and Family Law Sections), and is an Advanced Practitioner Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution Family Section.