Salim Uqdah
West End
Summary
I am a conscientious, methodical, and driven dispute resolution professional and Peace and Conflict Master's student at the University of Queensland. Over six years, I observed and conducted numerous hours of mediations. I have a passion for dispute resolution, peacekeeping, and conflict literacy. I plan to utilize that passion to serve the public and provide quality contributions.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Owner
Uroboros Mediations, LLC
06.2018 - Current
- Serves as a Neutral for Miles Mediation & Arbitration since October 2022
- Conducts upward +400 hours of mediation regarding Custody, Alimony, Equitable Distribution, Child Support, Pre-Birth Orders, Employment, Contractual, Landlord/Tenant, and various other issues with an 81% settlement success rate.
- Manages everyday operations of the business, its social media presence, marketing, and branding.
- Research viable grants, solicitations, corporate contracts, and procurement for Uroboros Mediations.
- Formulates new strategic partnerships with local businesses and law firms to mitigate in-house conflicts, address clients’ needs for an effective conflict resolution professional in court-ordered disputes, and handle business-to-business disagreements before litigation.
- Host educational seminars and training about conflict resolution with businesses, The Mecklenburg County Bar, and the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, among other organizations.
- Devise Attorney Referral List and Resource Referral List to assist clients’ needs.
- Incorporates Divorce Coaching and the collaborative process within the business model to create a robust conflict resolution service provider.
Managing Partner
Dispute Resolution Group, LLC
08.2020 - 09.2023
- Responsible for program development and implementation of business formation and day-to-day operations.
- Ensure organizational procedures and projects consistently meet clients’ needs.
- Created an eviction diversion project draft settlement agreements that protect tenants’ and landlords’ interests.
- Facilitated settlement agreement discussions with tenants and landlords of various properties that reached over $50,000.00 of rental assistance and over 70 settlement agreements during eviction moratoriums.
- Determine entry points for creating projects or licensing existing projects to other dispute resolution professionals, organizations, or jurisdictions.
- Assigned cases to mediators and prepared a training video collaborating with Legal Aid of NC and Loebsack & Brownlee, PLLC (landlord/tenant law firm).
- Formulated the Divorce program plan, which includes different versions of statistical analysis reports for collaboration, database platform building, and implementation/expansion of operations.
Family Judicial Assistant & Caseflow Judicial Assistant
Mecklenburg County Courthouse
05.2015 - 07.2018
- Solely managed the Public Defenders’ and Assistant District Attorneys’ Habitual Felons & Domestic Violence cases where commanded deciding authority on the trajectory of Superior criminal cases.
- Approved or denied motions for continuance for all Superior Court Motions.
- Solely conducted in-court case reviews and mandated counsel to perform a specific action or risk dismissal and supervised a co-worker’s monitoring of the status of cases.
- Supervised Drug, Persons, Property, and Domestic Violence teams in-court compliance based on Local Rules.
- Maintained the majority of the day-to-day functioning of the online scheduling platform: Justice Initiatives and submitted proposed modifications to the platform during its remodel.
- Solely controlled the Superior Court Appeals from Special Proceedings & Estates and Administrative Appeals and represented Caseflow in judicial and administrative meetings with the Clerk of Court’s Office.
- Managed over 100 inquiries of calls, emails, and walk-in traffic per day regarding legal and procedural information for attorneys and Pro Se Litigants.
- Scheduled, created, and managed multiple District calendars while entering the session notes to optimize court efficiency, availability, and efficacy.
- Created a 250-hour statistical analysis project for each of the seven Domestic Judges to maximize efficiency in court case management.
- Led meetings with Domestic Judges to direct best practices for case management.
- Drafted and recommended multiple types of administrative orders for the disposal of older languishing cases.
- Managed numerous interns and utilized their unique skill sets on a statistical analysis project, which successfully disposed of 426 Mecklenburg Domestic cases due to the Aging Cases Project.
- Had sole control over case domestic consolidations and directed the Clerk of Court to close chosen domestic cases.
- Managed the Self-Serve Center (A resource where Pro Se Litigants go to obtain filing documents and legal information), its interns, staff, and the high traffic volume.
- Assisted the Custody Mediation’s Office, worked with the Custody Mediators to streamline processes and observed multiple mediations.
Fall Intern
Office of U.S. Senator Kay Hagan
08.2013 - 12.2013
- Answered constituents’ inquiries about political issues with the aid of mandated talking points.
- Collaborated with other federal agencies/organizations to assist constituents with issues that concerned the Social Security Administration, Veteran Affairs, Immigration, HUD, and more.
- Collected demographic data about each county in North Carolina to track approval ratings.
Education
Master of Science - Peace & Conflict
University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD06-2026
Post-Baccalaureate Paralegal Diploma -
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, NC07.2015
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
High Point University
High Point, NC12.2013
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
High Point University
High Point, NC12.2013
Skills
- Dispute Resolution: Developed effective dispute resolution process with strategic attorneys and financial partners to save divorcing clients 40% of the value of marital estate
- Continuing Education - Completed over 400 hours of conducted mediations in Employment, Divorce, Wills, Trusts & Estates, and Business Disputes
- Project Management - Created an eviction diversion program during COVID-19 eviction moratoriums that saved 70 families housed and accrued $70,00000 for landlords
- Negotiation - Successfully negotiated CEO & President Employment Agreement with a structured salary increase and bonus parameters
- Conduct dozens of trainings, continuing legal education, seminars, and panels
- Microsoft Office Tools
- Adobe Photoshop Tools
- Westlaw & LexisNexis
- Statistics Analysis
Certification
- Youngest and First Black Recipient of NC Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section’s Peace Award, March 15th 2024
- Honoree of Elevate Lifestyle’s “12th Annual TOP 30 UNDER 30 “Future Leaders of Charlotte” 2022
- Member of Paul Murray LGBTQ+ Bar Association, 2022 - Present
- The North Carolina Association of Professional Family Mediators, 2021 - 2024
- Board Member Caring & Playing for Others 2021 - 2024
- Member of BNI Chapter Charlotte Achievers of Business Networking International (BNI), April 2020 - Jan 2024
- CDC Divorce Coach & Divorce Transition and Recovery Coach Certification, Jan 2021- Present
- NC Bar Association Dispute Resolution Council Member, term starts June 2020 - June 2023
- Certified Mediator for the U.S. Federal District Court of Western District of North Carolina
- NC Office of State Human Resources Certified Mediator, February - Present
- NCDRC Certified Mediator – Superior Court & Family Financial, Clerk of Court, Special Proceedings, Estates & Guardianship, January 2021 - Present
- Professional Member of the Association of Conflict Resolution, 2019 – Present
- Advanced Practitioner of the Academy of Family Mediators for the Association of Conflict Resolution, January 2020
- Certified Paralegal of the North Carolina State Bar Board of Paralegal Certification (#CP0079), July 2016 – 2024( Currently Inactive)
- Co-Chair of the Pro Bono Mediation Subcommittee of the Dispute Resolution Section, 2019 – June 2023
- Member of NC Bar Association – Dispute Resolution Section & Paralegal Section (NCBA #50039), 2018 - 2023
- Paralegal Liaison of the NCBA Dispute Resolution Section, 2018 – 2020
- Presented Multiple CLEs about Conflict Resolution, 2019 – Present
- Member of the Carolinas LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce, 2018 - Present
- An inductee of Lambda Sigma Chapter of the LEX Honor Society, May 2015
- Certified Arkfeld eDiscovery Specialist (29.75 credit hours), June 2016
- Outstanding Student Award for Paralegal Program, May 2015
- An inductee of Phi Alpha Delta International Law Fraternity, April 2012
Timeline
Managing Partner
Dispute Resolution Group, LLC
08.2020 - 09.2023
Owner
Uroboros Mediations, LLC
06.2018 - Current
Family Judicial Assistant & Caseflow Judicial Assistant
Mecklenburg County Courthouse
05.2015 - 07.2018
Fall Intern
Office of U.S. Senator Kay Hagan
08.2013 - 12.2013
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
High Point University
Master of Science - Peace & Conflict
University of Queensland
Post-Baccalaureate Paralegal Diploma -
Central Piedmont Community College
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
High Point University
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