Approved Federal Mediator - James E. Gordon

Contact Information

DeMars, Gordon Law Firm
P.O. Box 81607
Lincoln, NE 68501-1607

Work Phone (402) 438-2500
Fax (402) 438-6329
E-Mail jgordon@demarsgordon.com
  • Admitted to practice in the state of Nebraska on 06/25/1974.
  • First approved as mediator by US District Court on 04/16/1998.
  • Reapproved as mediator by US District Court on 07/21/2008.
  • Hourly Rate: $225.00.
  • Willing to travel to other parts of Nebraska to mediate cases in primary subject areas of competence.
  • Willing to travel to other parts of Nebraska to mediate cases in secondary subject areas of competence.
Related Training: 
  • NCLE & NSBA Family Law (8 Hrs.) - October 9-10, 1991
  • ODR Basic Mediation Training (30 Hrs.) - April 3-5, 1995
  • ODR Basic Mediation Training (30 Hrs.) - July 12, 1995
  • Federal Mediation Training (16 Hrs.) - Aug. 17-18, 1995
  • Federal Mediation Training (16 Hrs.) - August 18, 1995
  • ODR Family Mediation Training (30 Hrs.) - August 28-31, 1995
  • ODR Domestic Violence Training (30 Hrs.) - August 31, 1995
  • Annual Mediation Skills Workshop - May 1997
  • ODR Ethics in Mediation - May 7, 1997
  • Annual Mediation Skills Workshop - April 1998
  • Role Play - Family Issues (1.5 Hrs.) - May 12, 1998
  • Family Workshop - Family Issues (2 Hrs.) - July 21, 1998
  • Role Play - Family Issues (1.5 Hrs.) - August 11, 1998
  • Family Workshop - Family Issues (2 Hrs.) - Sept. 15, 1998
  • Video - Restorative Justice (1 Hr.) - December 1998
  • Family Workshop - Family Issues (2 Hrs.) - January 19, 1999
  • UNL Law Sch Coaching - Community Iss (2 Hrs.) - Mar. 2, 1999
  • Family Workshop - Family Issues (2 Hrs.) - March 24, 1999
  • Annual Mediation Skills Workshop - July 1999
  • Family Workshop - Family Issues (2 Hrs.) - July 21, 1999
  • Fed. Med. Meeting - Fed. Issues (8 Hrs.) - July 30, 1999
  • Process Skills Workshop (1.5 Hrs.) - August 27, 1999
  • Process Skills Workshop (1.5 Hrs.) - October 13, 1999
  • Family Workshop - Family Issues (2 Hrs.) - November 17, 1999
  • Process Skills Workshop (1.5 Hrs.) - November 30, 1999
  • Process Skills Workshop (1.5 Hrs.) - January 21, 2000
  • Name Change Meeting - Facilitation (2 Hrs.) - Feb. 9, 2000
  • UNL Law Sch Coach - Community Iss (2 Hrs.) - Feb. 21, 2000
  • Family Workshop - Family Issues (2 Hrs.) - March 29, 2000
  • Process Skills Workshop (1.5 Hrs.) - April 13, 2000
  • Process Skill Work/Reality Testing (1.5 Hrs.) - May 12, 2000
  • UNL Law Sch Coach - Community Iss (2 Hrs.) - May 23, 2000
  • Family Workshop - Family Issues (2 Hrs.) - May 23, 2000
  • Family Workshop - Case of Willie (2 Hrs.) - July 26, 2000
  • Annual Mediation Skills Workshop - September 2000
  • Process Skills Workshop (1.5 Hrs.) - September 22, 2000
  • Family Workshop - Family Issues (2 Hrs.) - Sept. 26, 2000
  • Federal Workhop - Federal Issues (6 Hrs.) - Sept. 29, 2000
  • Proc Skills Work/Reflect Practice (1.5 Hrs.) - Jan. 18, 2001
  • Proc Skills Work/Harm to 3rd Pty (1.5 Hrs.) - Feb. 15, 2001
  • Difficult Conversat/Harvard Speaker (2 Hrs.) - Mar. 1, 2001
  • Proc Skills Work-Deal w/Hostility (1.5 Hrs.) - Mar. 15, 2001
  • Family Workshop - Child Advoc. Ctr. (2 Hrs.) - Mar. 28, 2001
  • Pre-Conf Work/Transformative Med (5.5 Hrs.) - Apr. 5-6, 2001
  • Peace Odyssey Conf/Med. Skills (7.25 Hrs.) - Apr. 6-7, 2001
  • Proc Skill Work/Power of Mediators (1.5 Hrs) - Apr. 19, 2001
  • Proc Skill Work/Self-Awareness (1.5 Hrs.) - May 17, 2001
  • Proc Skills Work/What Drive Med. (1.5 Hrs.) - June 21, 2001
  • Process Skills Workshop (1.5 Hrs.) - August 22, 2001
  • Proc Skill Work/Mediators as Mgr (1.5 Hrs.) - Sept. 11, 2001
  • Family Workshop - Family Issues (2 Hrs.) - November 28, 2001
  • Proc Skill Work/Supr. & Mentoring (1.5 Hrs.) - Dec. 11, 2001
  • Proc Skill Work - Problem ID Stmt (1.5 Hrs.) - Jan. 15, 2002
  • Proc Skill Work/Skills to Tranf Inter (1.5 Hrs.) - Feb. 2002
  • Family Workshop - Uniform Med. Act (1 Hr.) - Feb. 20, 2002
  • UNL Law Sch Coach/Community Iss (2.25 Hrs.) - Mar. 12, 2002
  • Proc Skill Work/Focus on Feedback (1.5 Hrs.) - Mar. 12, 2002
  • Family Workshop/Case Suit. & CS (1.5 Hrs.) - Mar. 20, 2002
  • Proc Skill Work/Eval. & Reflection (1.5 Hrs.) - May 14, 2002
  • Domestic Violence Awareness (3 Hrs.) - October 22, 2002
  • Annual Mediation Skills Workshop - November 2002
  • Proc Skill Work/Personality Types (1.5 Hrs.) - Nov. 19, 2002
  • Proc Skill Work/Agreement Writing (1.5 Hrs.) - Dec. 17, 2002
  • Proc Skill Work/Gender Issues (1.5 Hrs.) - January 14, 2003
  • Article Review/Picture orf Jamie (1 Hr.) - May 12, 2003
  • TMC/Process Skills Workshop (1 Hourr) - July 16, 2003
  • TMC/Process Skills Workshop (1 Hour) - August 14, 2003
  • TMC/Process Skills Workshop (1 Hour) - September 16, 2003
  • TMC/Process Skills Workshop (1 Hour) - May 25, 2004
  • TMC/Process Skills Workshop (1 Hour) - June 24, 2004
  • TMC/Process Skills Workshop (1 Hour) - March 15, 2005
  • Domestic Violence & Mediators (1 Hour) - November 1, 2005
  • Employment First Workshop (1.5 Hours) - August 29, 2006
  • Ethics & ADR w/Arthur Pearlstein (2.5 Hrs) - Nov. 2, 2006
  • Mediators' Orientation (2 Hours) - November 20, 2006
  • Writing a Good Parenting Plan (1 Hour) - April 30, 2007
  • The 3rd Story & the Missing Story (1 Hour) - May 24, 2007
  • The New Policies of TMC (1 Hour) - July 16, 2007
  • Supervisory Mediators Training (2 Hours) - July 30, 2007
  • Federal Mediation Training (24 Hours) - August 23-25, 2007
  • Issues in Mediation (1 Hour) - August 28, 2007
  • Specialized ADR Training (24 Hours) - Jan. 22-24, 2008
  • Preparing Parites, etc. (1 Hour) - April 22, 2008
  • Sifting Through the Chaos (11.5 Hours) - April 24-25, 2008
Mediated Cases: 
  • Ayers v. Ayers (State Court) - Full Agreement - 09/14/1995
  • Schneider v. Schneider (State Court) - No Agreement - 09/25/1995
  • Souders v. Fleming (FMLA - State Court) - 11/09/1996
  • Souders v. Fleming (Family Medical Leave Act - Federal Court) - No Agreement - 11/13/1996
  • Bergholz v. St. Elizabeth (Job Discrimination-Employment - Federal Court) - No Agreement - 04/09/1997
  • Bergholz v. SECHC (ADA - State Court) - 04/09/1997
  • Znamenacek v. Znamenacek (Custody-Child Support - State Court) - Full Agreement - 06/05/1997
  • Peavler v. Menard's (Job Discrimination-Employment - Federal Court) - No Agreement - 09/30/1997
  • Kubert v. Kubert (Parenting Plan - State Court) - Full Agreement - 01/22/1998
  • Simmons v. Newman (Americans With Disabilities Act - Federal Court) - Full Agreement - 02/19/1998
  • Simmons v. Newman (ADA - State Court) - 02/20/1998
  • Kruse v. Aliant Communcations (E.R.I.S.A. - Federal Court) - No Agreement - 03/04/1999
  • Beyke v. Garvey Elevators (CERCLA - Federal Court) - Partial Agreement - 04/21/1999
  • Adams v. Ballinger (Breach of Fiduciary Duty - Federal Court) - No Agreement - 05/16/2001
  • Spencer v. Adams Bank & Trust (Job Discrimination-Sex - Federal Court) - Full Agreement - 11/10/2003
  • Barrett-Wolf v. Adams Bank & Trust (Job Discrimination-Sex - Federal Court) - Full Agreement - 11/10/2003
  • Willard v. Adams Bank & Trust (Job Discrimination-Sex - Federal Court) - Full Agreement - 11/10/2003
  • Tongish v. Tongish (State Court - Modification in Divorce) - Full Agreement - 02/02/2005
  • Nelson v. Stewart, et al (State Court - Commercial Landlord/Tenant) - Full Agreement - 10/26/2006
  • Arsdall v. Mackeprang (State Court - Modification of Child Support) - Full Agreement - 11/13/2006
  • Reinhardt v. Johnson (State Court - Parenting Time/Financial Issues) - Full Agreement - 04/06/2007
Primary Areas of Mediation Practice: 
  • Other Civil Rights
  • Employment
  • Other Personal Property Damage
  • Truth in Lending
  • Other Fraud
  • Other Personal Injury
  • Motor Vehicle
  • Assault
  • All Other Real Property
  • Selective Service
  • Other Statutory Actions
  • Negotiable Instrument
  • Stockholders' Suits
  • Other Contract
  • Foreclosure
  • Rent Lease & Ejectment
  • Torts to Land
Affiliated with the Following Mediation Centers: 

The Mediation Center
610 J Street, Suite 100
Lincoln, NE 68508

Work Phone (402) 441-5740
Fax (402) 441-5749
E-Mail llmediation@alltel.net
Miscellaneous Information: 
  • Additional Areas of Experience: Dissolution of Marriage, Juvenile Law, Termination of Parental Rights, Criminal (Misdemeanor), FELA, Family Medical Leave Act, ADA
  • Admitted to practice law in Iowa (ad hoc) in January 1986 and January 1995 and in Colorado (ad hoc) in November 1995
  • April 2005 through July 2008: Served as president and chair of the Board of Directors of The Mediation Center.
  • November 2002 through October 2007: Chaired the Advisory Council to the Supreme Court's Office of Dispute Resolution.
  • Since 2003 mediation energies have been focused on administration.
  • April 2007 through February 2008: Chaired the Foster Care Review Board.
  • May 2000 through October 2007: Chaired Legal Aid of Nebraska.
  • Law practice centers on family law. Worked on LB 554 in 2007 and LB 1014 in 2008.