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Mark K. Baumann Attorney at Law P.S.

Family Law Litigation, Mediation, & Consultation

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

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 (2014-2018), 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 (since 2009)
  • 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)