RESUME OF MARK K. BAUMANN, J.D.
FORMAL EDUCATION
- Family Relations Institute, Adult Attachment Interview, Certified Level IV coder, (2015-17)
- Family Relations Institute, Preschool Attachment Assessment (2014-15, 2017-18), Toddler Care Index (2019), Transition to Adulthood Attachment Interview (2019), Attachment and Psychopathology (2013, 2018)
- Portland State University, Interpersonal Neurobiology Graduate Credit Certificate, School of Education (2011-2013)
- Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Mediating the Litigated Case (2008)
- High Conflict Institute, high conflict training (2005-2008)
- Guardian ad Litem, Title 11 Training, Port Angeles (2001)
- Guardian ad Litem, Title 26 Training, Seattle, WA. (2000)
- Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College, Portland OR., J.D. (1988)
- University of Washington, BA Political Science (1985)
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
- Lawyer, Mark Baumann, Attorney at Law PS, private practice (since 1991)
- Mediator, Pacific Northwest Mediation, Angeles Mediation, owner and founder (since 2008)
- Clinic Director/trainer, Conflict Science Institute, Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2014-present)
- Clinic Director, BELARI, an interdisciplinary pro bono clinic studying the interplay of law and psychology in high conflict litigation cases, co-founder (2010 to present)
- Staff attorney, owner, Port Angeles Pro Bono, (2020-present)
- Facilitator / Host, DMM Coffee House (2020-present); DMM Group Talk (2019-present)
- Judge Pro Tem, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (2003-2015, interim Chief Judge 2015)
- Judge Pro Tem, Clallam County District Court (2002)
- Consultant / mentor, private in-house training for family law attorneys (since 2012)
- Associate / presenter, High Conflict Institute (2009-2018)
- Domestic Violence Attorney, Quileute Nation (2009-2013)
- Former counsel to North Olympic Alcohol and Drug Center, and Healthy Families of Clallam County
- Instructor-Owner, Washington Continuing Legal Education (1997-1999)
- Instructor, Business law, Peninsula Community College, Entrepreneurial Training Program (1994-2002)
- Staff attorney, Clallam Jefferson Public Defender (1988-91)
PRESENTATIONS AND TEACHING
- Presenter, Danger, protection, & comfort: handy tips for client counseling. Applying a relational approach with the Integrative Client Counseling Model, AFCC Australian Chapter (2021)
- Moderator, DMM Group Talk listserv (2019-present)
- Presenter, DMM Clinician Tools, from a Lawyer’s Perspective, International Association for the Study of Attachment (2018 international conference, Florence Italy)
- Presenter/host, Early Risers meetings, Washington Chapter AFCC (2016)
- Presenter, Neuroscience-informed Effects of Domestic Violence on Children, Makah Tribe Guardian ad Litem Training (2015)
- Teacher, Neuroscience in Law Practice: Understanding the ICCM, Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2015)
- Presenter, Integrative Client-Centered Model (ICCM): Three Key Client Counseling Concepts, part of the Hang Out Your Own Shingle CLE, WSBA Low Bono Section\Seattle University (2015)
- Presenter, The Ethics and Effectiveness of Legal Client Counseling: Supportive Techniques Informed by Interpersonal Neurobiology, WSBA, Family Law Midyear Conference (2014)
- Presenter, What Drives Conflict: Interpersonal Neurobiology and How the Science of Danger, Relationship, and Integration Inform Conflict Resolvers, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), Washington Chapter, Frontiers of Family Law (2014)
- Presenter, Brains on Conflict: Interpersonal Neurobiology and how the Science of Danger and Relationship Inform Conflict Resolvers, Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference (2014)
- Presenter, Your First Client and Client Communication, Seattle University School of Law, Low Bono Solo Initiative (2013)
- Presenter, Brains on Relationship: The Interpersonal Neurobiology of the Attachment and Social Engagement Systems and their Impact on Mediation, Academy of Professional Family Mediators, Denver (2013)
- Presenter, Managing High Conflict cases, McKinley Irvin (2013)
- Presenter, Client Counseling in High Conflict Cases, WSBA (2012)
- Program Chair & Panelist, De-escalating Intense Emotions: The Secrets of a Hostage Negotiator, WSBA (2012)
- Program Developer & Chair, The Significance of Childhood Attachment in a Rural Family Law Practice, Port Angeles (2012)
- Instructor, Dispute Resolution, Seattle University Dispute Resolution Board (2012)
- Teaching Assistant, Mediating High Conflict Disputes: Advanced Training for Dispute Resolution Professionals, High Conflict Institute & Mediate BC, Vancouver B.C. (2012)
- Judge, Client Counseling Competition, American Bar Association, Law Student Division, at Seattle University (2012)
- Presenter, High conflict cases: The Courage to Look at Your Behavior, Oregon Mediation Association (2011)
- Presenter, Exploring High Conflict Cases, on behalf of the High Conflict Institute, Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference (2011)
- Presenter, Managing High Conflict Cases, Seattle University Mediation Clinic/King Co. Dispute Resolution Center 40 hour mediation training (2009, 2010)
- Presenter, Mediation for Non-lawyers, Family Law Training for Non-lawyers in Clallam County (2010)
- Presenter, Keynote speaker, Clallam County DV Vigil (2010)
- Presenter, Celebrating Our Kids: The Importance of Sending Positive Messages (2009)
- Promoter, New Ways for Families, (a family court conflict reduction program by Bill Eddy), Port Angeles (2009)
AUTHORED WORKS
- Wikipedia/Wikimedian. Page creator: Dynamic Maturational Model of Attachment and Adaptation (2020). Page creator: Trauma -and violence-informed care (2022). Page editor (2019 to present): Attachment Theory, Attachment Measures, John Bowlby, Patricia McKinsey Crittenden, The Murder of Victoria Climbié, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Biopsychosocial model, Child Discipline [non-violent discipline options]
- The Conflict Model: The neuroscience, relational science, and psychology of conflict for legal professionals, Conflict Science Institute (2019-2022)
- Information processing and transformation: The DMM perspective on information processing and transformation, bias, and the defensive exclusion of information. A CSI overview paper. Conflict Science Institute (2020)
- The definition and relevance of attachment for lawyers from a DMM perspective, Conflict Science Institute (2019)
- 13 shiny objects: How attachment-science can give a deeper understanding of the problems of and solutions to coercive control, Conflict Science Institute, White Paper (2019)
- A family systems approach to addressing DV in court orders: A legal brief and the start of a dialogue, Conflict Science Institute (2019)
- What is gaslighting, and why is it an established term but not well understood? Conflict Science Institute (2019)
- Attachment evidence and Family Courts: Expert testimony is admissible with the IASA Family Attachment Court Protocol, DMM News, No. 29, December (2018)
- Dynamic-maturational model of attachment and adaptation versus abc+d assessments of attachment in child protection and treatment: reply to van Ijzendoorn, Bakermans, Steele, & Granqvist, Infant Mental Health Journal, 39(6):647-651, Patricia Crittenden & Susan Spieker (2018); authored “evidentiary standards” paragraph, editing assistance. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/imhj.21750
- “It’s legal to harm children”: Using a DMM-informed attachment framework to promote attachment-healing in custody and domestic violence cases, Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2018)
- Cognitive-Affective Aspects and Facets Worksheet, Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2018)
- DMM Danger List, Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2018), IASA 2018 International Conference materials
- Conflict Model Circumplex, Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2016); IASA 2018 International Conference materials
- Shame vs humiliation: Do these emotions express differentially in cognitive and affective danger-orientations? Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2017). (Re-published 2020 at Conflict Science Institute.
- Attachment overview for co-parenting parents, Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2016)
- Narcissus’ Ripples and Echo’s Stillness: The Significance of Other vs. Self-Focus in the Integrative Client-Centered Model, Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2015-16)
- What is Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)?, Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2015). Updated and republished at Conflict Science Institute (2019)
- Attachment targeted parenting questions: Applying the McIntosh/Kelly/Pruett-Kline Matrix, Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2015)
- Equipoise: A Touchstone to Help Lawyers Balance Interests and Emotions While Remaining Flexibly Poised for Action, Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2015) (updated 2020, Equipoise is the art of balancing opposing interests during conflict
- ICCM Narrative analysis and related counseling and cross-examination strategies, Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2015)
- Parent Coaching with Targeted Integrating Parent Strategies (TIPS): An ICCM Technique for Alleviating Harmful Co-Parenting, Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2015)
- Relating the 12 Whole Brain Child integration strategies to Client Counseling, Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2015)
- Working with the Whole Brain Child Parenting Model in Healing Court : an overview for HC professionals, Integrative Client Counseling Institute, for the Lower Elwha Tribal Court (2015)
- Low Bono: Serving those with Real Needs but Limited Means. NW Lawyer, WSBA, July-August, 2014, pp 64-67, co-authored with Rachel Rappaport and Diana Singleton.
- The Integrative Client Counseling Model: An Interpersonal Neurobiology Based Update on Managing Relationships for Conflict Professionals with a Case Study, Integrative Client Counseling Institute (2014)
- Integrative Listening: the Elements of Being in Relationship and Listening to Support Safety and Autonomy (A CUP of COCOA in Reno, NV), Presentation materials, WSBA Family Law Section, midyear CLE (2014)
- What to listen for, how to listen, and how to help: An Interpersonal Neurobiology perspective on Integrative Client Counseling for lawyers with a case study; Two Pattern Worksheet, Presentation materials, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Washington Chapter, and Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference (2014)
- Listening for lawyers: An introduction to the Interpersonal Neurobiology perspective with a case study and annotated bibliography, Presentation materials, WSBA, De-Escalating Intense Emotions: The Secrets of a Hostage Negotiator, panelist (2013)
- An Integrated approach to a law and mediation career, Examiner.com interview (2012)
- Attachment Informed Top 10 To Do’s for Lawyers and Judges, Presentation materials, The Significance of Childhood Attachment in a Rural Family Law Practice (2012), co-authored with Rachel Hardies, MA
- Equipoise : A Touchstone for how Mediators and Judges Can Maintain Neutrality in Difficult Cases; High Conflict Identifier Table; High Conflict Solution Table, presentation materials, Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference (2011)
- Screening for High Conflict Personalities in Mediation, WSBA ADR section newsletter, Summer (2009)
- Editor, ClallamCountyBar.com (2007-present)
- The Lawyer’s Internet Primer (1998), CD LAW
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
- Washington State Bar Association (since 1988)
- Future of the Profession Committee, by presidential appointment (2014)
- Section Member: Family Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Low Bono
- Low Bono Section, Executive Committee member, founding Chair (2014), Mentor Committee Chair (since 2014-15), Access to Justice Committee (2016)
- Alternative Dispute Resolution section, Executive Committee member (2008-2014), Media and Communications committee Chair (2011-12), Low Bono Listening Project (2011-2013)
- Low Bono Section Formation Committee, Chair (2013-14)
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
- Board of Directors, Washington Chapter (2015-2022)
- Member (2009-present)
- International Association for the Study of Attachment
- Board of Directors ad hoc member (2018-2020)
- Member (2015-2021)
- Academy of Professional Family Mediators, founding member (2011)
- Washington Low Bono Professionals, co-founder and co-Chair (2011-2014)
- Global Association for Interpersonal Neurobiology (GAINS) (2013-present)
- Seattle University School of Law, Access to Justice Institute, Low Bono Project, Formational Advisory Board (2013-2014)
- Clallam County Bar Association (since 1988)
- Makah Tribal Court, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Court, Bar Member
- Peacekeepers, Port Angeles High School peer mediation club, founder and trainer (2009-2011)
- Prevention Works of Clallam County, Board member (2008-2013, vice-chair 2011)
- Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts, Legal Advisor
- Clallam County Pro Bono Lawyers, Board Member (1991-1994), volunteer, Distinguished Service Award (2007)
- Project Homeless Connect, Volunteer Attorney (since 2010, Attorney’s Program founder)
- Port Angeles Youth Soccer Club, former Board Member, President, Coach
- Storm King Soccer Club, Coach (State E License)
- Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports Club, Former Board Member, Coach
- Father of 4
SIGNIFICANT CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES
- Toddler Care Index coding training, Family Relations Institute (2019)
- International Association for the Study of Attachment, 10-year anniversary conference (Florence, Italy, 2018)
- Attachment and Psychopathology, Family Relations Institute (2013 & 2018)
- Archeology of Mind: Toward an Understanding to Primary-Process Emotions in Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, and New Medicinal Development, Jaak Panksepp (2013)
- Why Neuroscience Matters for Counseling Professionals, (local host), Psychotherapy Networker (2013)
- Academy of Professional Family Mediators, 2nd Annual conference, Denver (2013)
- The Interpersonal Neurobiology of Trauma, Portland State University (2013)
- Interpersonal Neurobiology of Conflict Resolution, Restorative Justice, and Criminal Justice, Portland State University (2012)
- Trauma and Attachment, Bessel van der Kolk (2012)
- Parenting Skills series, (local host) Psychotherapy Networker (2012)
- 21st Century Trauma Treatment -State of the Art, Psychotherapy Networker (2012)
- Early Brain Development & Best-Interest Decision-Making in Our Courts, Seattle University (2011)
- Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference, University of Washington (2009, 2010, 2011, 2014)
- The Great Attachment Debate, Psychotherapy Networker (2011)
- Restorative Circles, Center for Spiritual Living (2011)
- Domestic Violence, Teen Intimate Partner Violence & Sexual Violence Training, SWCLAP (2011)
- Understanding Personality Disorders, IBPCEU (2011)
- New Frontiers in Trauma Treatment, Bessel van der Kolk, IAHB (December 2-3, 2010)
- Attorney Training for Service as a Pro Tem: District and Municipal Court, WSBA (2010)
- Transformational Conflict Coaching with Ken Cloke, Antioch (2010)
- Cyberbullying (2010)
- Life Course Effects of Traumatic Stress: A Sobering Picture from CDC Research, by Robert Anda, UW School of Social Work (2010)
- Mediation Training, KCDRC (2009)
- Peer Mediation Training, CRU (2009)
- AFCC 46th Annual Conference, Pre-Conference Institute with Dr. Jennifer McIntosh on Child Inclusive Mediation, New Orleans (2009)
- Informed Advocacy in Parenting Plan Cases, AAML (2009)
- Attachment and the foster child, DSHS of Washington (2009)
- Mediating the Litigated Case, Pepperdine University School of Law (2008)
- Adverse Childhood Experience and their relationship to health through lifespan, by Robert Anda, Family Policy Council (2008)
- Love and Logic (2008)
- High Conflict Institute for Family Law Professionals (2007, 2008, 2009)
- Motivational Interview training, DSHS of Washington (2007)
- Advanced Title 26 Family Law GAL Issues (2007)
- Helping drug addicted infants, DSHS of Washington (2007)
- Guiding Good Choices (2007, Parenting Education Instructor training, 2008)
- Special Issues in Working with Divorcing Parents (2006)
- Business Valuations (2006)
- WSBA Family Law Section Annual CLE (2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014)
- The Darker Side of Divorce: Criminal Law issues and Family Law (2004)
- Support Issues in Washington Divorce Proceedings (2003)
- Valuing Businesses in Closely Held Corporations (2001)
- Understanding Domestic Violence (2001)