The Miller & Steiert Approach to ADR

Alternative Dispute Resolution Approach

Since she began her legal career in 1980, Katy Miller has concentrated almost exclusively on litigating employment matters. Since 1995, she has been successfully mediating disputes for private and public employers and employees throughout Colorado in all types of employment related matters. Katy's credentials include 40 hours of mediation training, as well as sexual harassment and employment arbitration training, and she has served as a contract mediator for the EEOC and the Office of Dispute Resolution for the State of Colorado. Her expertise in employment law qualifies her for service as an arbitrator in employment cases and Katy is listed on the arbitration panel of the American Arbitration Association for the Rocky Mountain Region. She has successfully mediated hundreds of cases and has served as a trainer for the Colorado Bar Association.

As a legal staff assistant in 1975, Mike Miller gained his first mediation experience conducting settlement negotiations for the parties in almost every domestic relations case in Arapahoe Country District Court before the cases proceeded to hearings. Since then, he has become widely recognized throughout the Colorado District Courts for his ability to prepare and try commercial and family law disputes and for his ability to assist parties in resolving their disputes amicably, without incurring the expense and spending the time involved in litigation. Mike has settled commercial and domestic relations cases through mediation, which help parties avoid the cost and emotional toll imposed by protracted litigation. Mike completed mediation training at CDR, Inc., the settlement masters training program in Arapahoe County District Court and the mediation-training program offered by the Arapahoe County Bar Association.

Gary Clexton earned an undergraduate degree in Social Work and worked in that field before obtaining the advanced degrees of a Master in Public Health and Juris Doctor. Gary's legal career has been entirely in the litigation arena. He has tried or arbitrated many civil and commercial cases, as well as those involving personal injury and product liability. Since over 95 percent of all lawsuits settle, Gary has extensive experience in resolving cases through mediation, thereby avoiding the personal and financial expenses of trial. Gary has had 40 hours of mediation training and serves as a mediator with Jefferson County Mediation Services. With his ever increasing mediation work, Gary has come full circle back to using his original training in social work skills, enhanced by his years of successful litigation work and experience.