Contact Israela Brill-Cass

I am Executive Director and ADR Program Manager at Boston Law Collaborative, LLC (BLC). I'm an attorney and have been a trained mediator and facilitator, since 1998. I mediate commercial cases, provide facilitation and systems design for workplace conflicts and serve as a hearing officer and neutral fact-finder. I am also a Parenting Coordinator in family law cases. I'm a member of the Administrative Office of the Trial Court’s Standing Committee on Dispute Resolution (2011 - ) and I teach Conflict and Negotiation at Emerson College. I am part of MCLE’s faculty for ADR training programs and I Co-Chaired the Annual ADR and the Law Conference for its first three years (2009-2011). I have taught mediation, negotiation, conciliation, and arbitration for almost 15 years in conjunction with a variety of organizations including the American Bar Association, The Mass. Administrative Office of the Trial Court, MCLE, The Mass. Office of Dispute Resolution(now MOPC), and BLC. I have designed and managed conflict resolution programs for the Superior Court, the Commonwealth of Mass., federal agencies, and private corporations including the Gillette/Procter and Gamble Severance Denial Appeal Program. My work includes facilitating intra-agency disputes and I created the first federally-funded Agricultural Mediation Program in New England. I'm a 2011 and 2012 New England Super Lawyer-a list published annually by Thompson-Reuters of lawyers viewed by their peers as being in the top 5% of the profession, and named a Top Woman Attorney in Mass(Boston Magazine April,2013).

Executive Director & ADR Program Manager at Boston Law Collaborative, LLC 2003–present Adjunct Professor of Conflict and Negotiation at Emerson College, 2012 - present ADR Program Manager at Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution (MODR) 1998–2003 Case Manager for Large, Complex Commercial Cases at American Arbitration Association 1996–1998 Attorney in small, general practice firm at Cass Law Associates 1993-1996

Suffolk University Law School Law JD - Juris Doctor 1993 Brandeis University BA - Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy and Sociology) - 1990

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