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Ms Hawbaker attended Case Western Reserve School of Law, and worked in a general law practice for 10 years. As an attorney, she began providing mediation services as part of her law practice and in 1993, closed her legal practice, and has been engaged in mediation exclusively since that time. She is currently the Program Coordinator of the Ashtabula County Joint Court Mediation Program (JCMP) where she began working in March of 1998. Ms Hawbaker is a founding member and past president of the Mediation Association of Northeast Ohio (MANO), and past president of the Ohio Mediation Association (OMA) and a member of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section. She conducts private mediations, trainings and mentoring for mediators.

The Joint Court Mediation Program handles mediation in a range of cases including personal injury, medical malpractice, construction, business, real estate, foreclosures, domestic relations, juvenile, probate and small claims matters. As Program Coordinator, Ms Hawbaker’s duties include coordinating mediations in this multi-court program, mediating cases, parenting coordination, development and oversight of the program, and supervision and training of volunteer mediators who work with the program.