Address: 5305 Village Center Dr.
Suite 136 Columbia, MD 21044
Phone: 410.531.1619
Email: cynthia@lifsonmediation.com

Education and Training

In addition to her formal education, beginning in 1996 with “Mediator Boot Camp,” a forty-hour seminar in basic mediation training, Cynthia has frequently participated in seminars and workshops to enhance her mediation skills. On occasion, she has also served as a mentor to rookie mediators by evaluating their performance in certification programs. Cynthia has been honored to be among the mediators approved by the courts in various Maryland jurisdictions and routinely receives referrals from the courts in family, estate, and business cases.

 

Education

  • University of Maryland Law School, Baltimore, Maryland, JD
  • Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC, MA
  • Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, BA

 

Further Training: Select Certifications

  • Estate and Probate Disputes
  • Trust and Estates Interdisciplinary Protocols Training
  • Advanced Mediation-Related Training Domestic Focus
  • Mediation &Advocacy in Life Changing Events
  • Things my Mediation Trainer Never Taught Me
  • Domestic Mediation

 

Professional Affiliations

  • Maryland State Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Council
  • Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution (MCDR)
  • Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO), Administrative Office of the Maryland Judiciary