About Diane Levin

I’m Diane Levin. A mediator since 1995, I have helped people bridge differences and reach resolution in disputes in divorce, probate, elder, and family business matters, as well as tort, workplace, and real estate cases.

Before becoming a mediator, I practiced personal injury, municipal, labor, employment, and probate and family law. Today, my work focuses entirely on providing alternatives to court–mediation, conflict resolution training, and negotiation coaching. In addition to my private practice, I serve on numerous mediation panels, including the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

An experienced trainer of mediation, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills both in New England and nationally, I have taught thousands of people in corporate, institutional, governmental, and non-profit settings, including attorneys, judges, dispute resolution professionals, human resource specialists, senior executives, law enforcement officers, health care professionals, educators, university administrators, and others for clients that have included Coca-Cola Enterprises and the United States Agency for International Development.

I have also taught parenting education and enrichment trainings on Boston’s North Shore using the Systematic Training for Effective Parenting Program® designed to help parents raise responsible, cooperative children. I have completed Parenting Coordinator Training for work with high-conflict families through the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, and was approved by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs as a Long Term Care Ombudsman to advocate for nursing home residents. I am also a Qualified Administrator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, a tool to help teams and families work together better.

I’m a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and I earned my J.D. cum laude from Suffolk University Law School in Boston.

That’s my professional background. But I’m also a member of a family, too, with direct experience with many of the issues typical families face, from caring for elders to raising kids to combating serious illness.  I’m married with three children as part of a blended family. My husband and I raised our kids in friendly and cooperative partnership with our children’s other parents. Today our kids are adults who are now carving out their own paths. (The youngest, who recently graduated from college, is a trained mediator like his mom.) We’re really proud of them.