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Dr. Steele is an Arbitrator for FINRA, AND an EEOC Mediator in Los Angeles California, State Mediator with SOAH of Texas, Civil & Commercial Mediator with ADR Vantage in Washington, DC, and Department of Defense (US AIR FORCE) and Mediation Worlds, PLLC.
I worked for 20 years a an Arbitrator and Mediator at Mediation Worlds, and Professor of Mediation at Univ Texas Arlington. I mediate various cases employment, religious, family, International cases, human traffic, sexual harassment, breach of contract, educational, financial banking, and community mediation cases. I have taught mediation courses at both the Univ Texas Arlington, and Richland College, teaching, basic mediation, employment, family, transformative, Civil and tort law, Child Protective Services Mediation, Marital mediation, and construction mediaiton over 20 years of experience.
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