Career
Diana Mercer earned her Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from Indiana University in 1985 and 1988 respectively. In 1993 she became a founding partner at Noyes & Mercer, P.C., a firm specializing in litigation and mediation of family law matters. Ms. Mercer left Noyes & Mercer, P.C. in 2000 and founded Peace Talks Mediation Services, Inc., a mediation firm dedicated to providing constructive, forward-thinking alternatives to litigation in family law conflicts. Peace Talks is one of the first firms to team both a neutral attorney and a therapist as co-mediators during mediation sessions, dynamically integrating two important facets of the mediation process.
From 2001 to 2003, Diana Mercer served as an adjunct professor in the Psychology Department at the University of La Verne. She's taught graduate level courses in Mediation, Conflict Resolution, and Family Law.
In June 2001, she began serving as a co-trainer at Mosten Mediation Training. In this position, Mercer continues to teach mediation theories and techniques in an interactive training environment.
In 2006, she graduated from the Management Development for Entrepreneurs (MDE) Program at UCLA Anderson School of Management
Mercer is admitted to practice law in California, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Ms. Mercer practiced family law for many years in New Haven, Connecticut. She is still regarded by colleagues as an extremely sharp and highly ethical member of the Bar.
She filmed a mediation pilot for Pilgrim Films and Television which has been sold to a major cable network.
Diana works closely with Kelly Chang Rickert an attorney/mediator and contestant on the 2005 NBC reality show The Law Firm.
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