CHUCK DORAN | Mediator
MWI Workplace & Employment Panel
Four Faneuil Hall - Fourth Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02109-1632
Phone: 617-973-9739 | Fax: 617-973-9532 | Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Web: www.mwi.org/workplace

“After mediating over 1000 cases since 1992, I’ve learned that successful mediations are the result of parties and the mediator approaching the case prepared and with a commitment to address tough issues in a focused and systematic manner.”

Dispute Resolution Experience Charles "Chuck" Doran is an experienced mediator specializing in the resolution of employment, workplace and other commercial disputes. A mediator since 1992, he has provided employment and workplace mediation and other ADR services to a variety of clients including AT&T, Bose, Coca-Cola, Oxfam America, and the United States Postal Service. Chuck serves as a mediator with the CPR Dispute Resolution Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), and the USPS REDRESS I and REDRESS II Mediation Panels. In 1993, Chuck completed a Specialization in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. In 1994, Chuck founded MWI, a nationally recognized dispute resolution service and training organization based in Boston, Massachusetts that provides individual and corporate clients with the highest level of professional service in the areas of negotiation consulting and training, mediation and arbitration services, and mediation training. Chuck served as a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Dispute Resolution and was Chair of the Qualifications Subcommittee. He is an arbitrator with the Massachusetts Bar Association's Fee Arbitration Board and is a past president of the Association for Conflict Resolution, New England Chapter. Representative Matters Worked with a leadership team working on a $525M project to resolve series of matters impacting the timely completion of the project; Successfully mediated hundreds of Title VII discrimination claims with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the United States Postal Service REDRESS I and II mediation panels since 1998; Worked with business principals on multiple occasions to create tailored partner dissolution agreements and succession plans. Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities Appointed to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Dispute Resolution and was Chair of the Qualifications Subcommittee (1999-2003); President and Director of the Association for Conflict Resolution, New England Chapter (NE-ACR) (formerly the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution - SPIDR). Elected to serve as President and former President-Elect and Director of the six state regional chapter of ACR International (1997-2004); Chair, Massachusetts Budget Coalition. Led statewide collaborative effort with 15 mediation providers across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to secure over $950,000 in legislative funding for court-connected mediation services (1997-2000). Arbitrator with the Massachusetts Bar Association's Fee Arbitration Board (1996 to present); Lectures and ADR Trainings Conducted Mediation Trainer. Designed and served as lead trainer for over seventy-five 20 to 40 hour basic and advanced training programs, totaling over 2250 hours since 1994. Mediation training clients include Coca-Cola, Bose Corporation, MWI, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and the Harvard Mediation Program at Harvard Law School. Negotiation Instructor and Presenter. Chuck has worked nationally and internationally with top sales, procurement, and delivery professionals to diagnose and resolve negotiation challenges across multiple industries including financial/consulting, healthcare, and high tech. Served as a negotiation instructor for the internationally attended “Program of Instruction for Lawyers” Negotiation Workshop at Harvard Law School as a teaching assistant to Professor Roger Fisher on multiple occasions. Background and Education Graduate: Completed two-year Specialization in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, at the Program On Negotiation, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA (1993) Undergraduate: B.A., Philosophy, Binghamton University, SUNY, Binghamton, NY; President Philosophy Club / Tenure Committee (1989)