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Carolyn E. Hansen combines
extensive international and domestic commercial law and trade
law experience with mediation skills and a decade of
work in the nonprofit sector. Her clients are commercial
entities, non-profit organizations, municipalities and
individuals. Mediation services are provided for
commercial matters and personal or family matters. She
is expert in cross-cultural negotiations and has
advised or negotatied commercial transactions in
over 40 countries. She also provides service in
environmental law.
Carolyn received a JD in 1972 from the University
of Michigan and an LL.M. in international and comparative
law, cum laude, in 1973 from the Free University
of Brussels, Belgium. Her mediation training in
2001 was by Ulster Sullivan Mediation, affiliated
with the New York State Dispute Resolution Association,
of which she is a board member. For fifteen years,
from early 1973 through 1987 she was in-house, international
counsel in succession for three corporations, Johnson
Wax: A Family Company, Schering-Plough Corporation and
head of the international law department of Ralston Purina
Company. For almost 12 years, from early 1988
to late 1999 she had her own law consulting firm in Taipei,
Taiwan and primarily represented North American and European
companies doing business in Asia. In Taiwan she
became involved in non-profit work promoting sustainable
development and founded Earthplace Association and
the Taiwan Business Council for Sustainable Development. The
latter is affiliated with the World Business Council
for Sustainable Development. She also served as
the Taiwan agent for Worldwatch Institute, launching
its books in Chinese and hosting Lester Brown at a national
conference on sustainable development. She currently
serves on the boards of non-profit organizations promoting
mediation, sustainable development, community supported
agriculture and international trade. She
participated in the 2001 Spirituality, Law and Politics
retreat at the Sleeping Lady Resort in Washington State. She
is a board member of the International Alliance
of Holistic Lawyers, a founder of the Renaissance Lawyer
Society and Treasurer of the Mid-Hudson Chapter of the
New York Women's Bar Association.
While in Taiwan she practiced and taught Chan (Zen) meditation
and began studies at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing,
which is now a college in the state of Florida. In
June 2003 she graduated from that school. She is
a Brennan Healining Science Practitioner and is
continuing her education in healing in the BBSH advanced
eduction/teacher training program. In Taiwan she
received training in facilitating the Foundation
for Community Encouragement model of community building.
Ms Hansen speaks Mandarin Chinese, has a working knowledge
of Spanish and reads French. She has published
and spoken on various law topics and sustainable
development and has received awards from academic
institutions and non-profit organizations.
Contact Information
Carolyn E. Hansen, Esq.
Attorney at Law and Mediator
3605 Atwood Road, Unit 1
Stone Ridge, NY 12484
Tel: (845) 687-8440
Fax: (845) 687-8444
Email: AttyHansen@earthlink.net
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