CLARA  I. GOMEZ
5907 Serrano  Terrace Ln.  Houston, Texas 77041
Tel (713)594-4449   Fax (281) 416-5360  
cigojd@gmail.com

Education:

J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1995.

M.L.A., Master of Liberal  Arts, University  of Saint Thomas, Houston,  Texas,  1991.

M.S., Master of  Science -  Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,  Texas, 1976.

B.S., Bachelor of  Science -  Bacteriology, Universidad Javeriana, Bogota,  Colombia,1965.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Training & Experience:

Community Mediation 40 Hours, Harris County  Dispute Resolution  Center,  Houston, Texas (1992). 

Family  Mediation, Harris County  Dispute Resolution,  Houston,  Texas (1993).

Arbitration,  University  of Houston,  Houston, Texas (1993).

Family  Mediation, University  of Houston, Texas (1994).

Mediation  in  Health Care and Science, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston,  Texas (1995).

ADR Mediation Skills, Harris County  Dispute Resolution  Center,  Houston,  Texas (1995).

Conflict Management System Design, Chorda Management Inc, University  of Texas, Austin,  (1996).  

Victim  Offender Mediation, Harris County Dispute Resolution  Center,  Houston,  Texas (1996).

Peer Mediation for Schools, Harris County  Department of Education, Houston,  Texas (1997).

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, (1998).

Transformative Mediation,  Redress Program, US  Postal  Service,  Houston,  Texas  (1999).

Child Protective Services Mediation,  Children’s Justice Act. Houston,  Texas (1999, 2001).

International Commercial Arbitration, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Houston, Texas (2000).

Advanced Mediation Training  Employment Disputes, University of Texas, Austin, Texas (2001).

Mediating Across Cultures, State Bar of Texas ADR, University of Houston, Houston, Texas (2002).

Transformative Mediation  Skills, Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation Inc, South  Texas College of Law,  Houston,  Texas (2004)

Experience & Work in ADR:

Community Mediation: Harris County Dispute Resolution  Center and  Satellite Courts (1993 - present).

Community & Family Bilingual Mediation: ( Spanish/English ), Harris County  D.R.C. (1993 - present).

Family  Mediation: Since 1993 many  cases on  child custody, child support and property division.

Mediation in  Bioethics: M.D. Anderson,  Cancer Center, Legal  Department,  Houston,  Texas (1995).

Special  Education Bilingual  Mediator: Texas Education  Agency (TEA),  Texas ( 1998-2003).

Consultant and Trainer in  Conflict Resolution ACDI/VOCA for Latin  America  ( 1998-present). 

Mediator for the US Postal  Service (USPS), Employment  Title VII,  Texas  (1999-present).

Mediation of Child Protective Services (CPS), Harris County  District Courts (1999-2005 ).     

World Bank  Group’s  Roster of External  Mediators,  Employment cases ( 2000-present).

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution  (USIECR) Roster (2000-present).

U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission,  San  Antonio District Office, Texas (2000-present)

Teaching Experience:

Manousso Mediation & Conflict Resolution Coaching and Training, Houston, TX (2009)

The Panama Initiative I & II University of Texas, Austin , TX & Panama City, Panama (2007-2008)

Restorative Justice & V/O Mediation, Guatemala Institute for Criminal Studies, Guatemala (2002)

Managing Organizational  Conflict, United Way of Texas Golf Coast,  Houston,  Texas, (2001).

Alternative  Dispute Resolution,   Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas (1998,1999).

“Alternative Dispute Resolution  Seminar”, Sponsored  by ADCI/ VOCA, EE.UU,  CERES,  and the Chamber of Commerce, BOLIVIA (1998).

“Mediation & Conciliation”,  Centro  de Conciliacion  y  Arbitraje,  Manizales,  Colombia  (1997).

Spanish Mediation Program for Harris County Mediators,  South  Texas College of Law &  Dispute Resolution  Center, Houston,  Texas  (1997).

Community & Family Mediation, Harris County  Dispute Resolution Center, Houston,  Texas (since 1997).

Partners  in Peer Mediation, Harris County  Department of Education, Houston, Texas (since 1997).

Multicultural Issues for  Public Schools,  Innovative Alternatives,  Inc.  Houston, Texas (1999).

Basic Training in Mediation for the Houston Police Department, Rice University, Houston, Texas (1999).

Community  and Family  Mediation Training, Innovative Alternatives Inc, Houston,  Texas (1999).

Family  Mediation, Houston  Police Department, 1200 Travis, Houston,  Texas (1999).

Mediation  & Court Appointed Advocate for Child Advocates,  Houston,  Texas (2000).

Negotiation  &  Dispute Resolution  Skills, Harris County Sheriff’s Academy,  Houston, Texas (2000).

The Mediation: Resolution of Conflicts in  Business, University  of Houston Small  Business Development (HSDBC),  Houston,  Texas (1999, 2000).. Conflict Resolution  Seminar Gulf Coast HealthCare, Houston,  Texas  (2001). Child Protective Mediation,  South  Texas College of Law,  Houston, Texas (2001).

Community Mediation (Spanish), University of Houston, Houston, Texas (2001).

Conflict Resolution and Mediation Skills Seminar, University of Colombia  (2002, 2004, 2006).

Transformative Mediation Application to Victim Offender Mediation, Justice Department, Institute for Criminal Sciences of Guatemala, Guatemala (2004) and Colombia  (2004, 2006). 

Professional Memberships:

Advisory Board member,  former President, Secretary, and Director at Large of the Association for Conflict Resolution Houston Chapter; Chair Person for Bilingual  Mediation  Issues and former Board member of the Texas Association of Mediators; Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution; Member of the Texas Bar Association  ADR Section; Advisory Board member for The Frank  Evans Institute in  Houston.

Member of the Project Blueprint of United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast; former Board Member of Innovative Alternatives for Conflict Resolution, The American  Society  for Microbiology, and  Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society of Texas.  
 

Honors:

President of the Association  for Conflict Resolution Houston  Chapter 2003- 2004

Chair of Texas Association of Mediators Bilingual Mediation  Issues 2002 to present

Member of the City of Houston  Citizen Review Committee 2000-2005

Who is Who Among   American Law Students: 1993 and 1994.

Who is Who Among Texas Mediators (  2007) 
 

Languages:

English and  Spanish. 

Publications & Presentations in ADR & Conflict Resolution:

Latinos in USA: Conflict, Concerns and  Needs. ACR Annual Conference Phoenix, AZ 2007.

Mediation Programs  for Latin American Populations .ACR, San Diego, CA, 2002., U.S.A.

Spanish  Speaking  Participants in  Mediation: Past, Present and Future at Texas Dispute Resolution Center.”  The Texas Mediator” Vol. 17 Fall 2002, Texas, U.S.A.

Bilingual & Spanish  Mediations: Trust and Empowerment of the Parties in  Conflict. First International  Conference of the Association  for Conflict Resolution, October 13, 2001 Toronto,  CANADA.

Resolución de Conflictos en Salud: Métodos Alternativos de Resolución  de Conflictos ,”El  Acuerdo” No. 24 Junio 1988,  Buenos Aires,  ARGENTINA.

Resolución de Conflictos en Salud: Negociación  Multidimensional  Integrada, “ El  Acuerdo”  No.27 Septiembre 1988, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.

Programa de Capacitación en  la Concentración y  Manejo Democrático  de Conflictos,  Centro  de Estudios de la Realidad Económica y  Social (CERES) en BOLIVIA,  S.A.  “ACDI/VOCA”,  Asignación # WF3065, Washington (1998).

El  Concepto Puerta Múltiple y  su Aplicación  en Texas, ”Conflictos”,  No. 2/3, 1999, Cochabamba, BOLIVIA.

Resolution de Conflictos Publicos Teniendo en Cuenta el Consenso General de las Partes.  Centro de Estudios de la Realidad Economica y Social (CERES), BOLIVIA. (2000).