kirn mediation

Kim L. Kirn is a 1985 honors graduate of University of Notre Dame Law School and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of University of Missouri-Columbia.  She began her law practice with Lord, Bissell and Brook in Chicago, Illinois before joining Illinois State Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch as Associate General Counsel.  In 1995 Kim was named University Legal Counsel at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville focusing on a variety of legal issues including personal injury, medical malpractice, employment, civil rights, construction, intellectual property, real estate and will and estates.  After eleven years Kim left the university and in 2007 she began a legal practice exclusively focusing on mediations and arbitrations.

On a personal side, Kim was elected twice by the voters of Glen Carbon, Illinois to serve on the public Library Board and she has been elected by her fellow board members as Secretary for both of her terms.  Kim is active in the International Student Hospitality Program at SIUE, the League of Women Voters and the winner of the 2004 Kimmel Leadership Award given annually to one SIUE staff member with demonstrated leadership in the community.  She actively plays tennis, skis and hikes including a hike up the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru.

Our Business

"My own experience as a lawyer tells me that in litigation oftentimes everyone loses.  Litigation is expensive, unbelievably slow and very public.  However, alternative dispute resolution can transform the lose-lose paradigm of litigation into a win-win.  Your clients will be part of the final resolution, not just bystanders and they are far more likely to be satisfied with the end result because they directly paricipate in the process.  I am a specially trained mediator and have a broad range of experience so I can handle any number of kinds of cases.  If you have never mediated a case, I can explain the process to you and work as a neutral to bring your client and the others involved in your dispute to a mutually agreed upon resolution."

     Kim L. Kirn

publications

Click here to review Kim's publications about alternative dispute resolution, education law, privacy and employment law. 

Anytime is Right for Mediation (Madison county Record Dec 2007)

Be Careful What You Wish For (Best Practices Newsletter Oct 2007)

Neither Surgery Nor Jail is Sufficient Excuse for Missing Mediation (Best Practices Newsletter May 2007)

Objecting Party Cannot be Sanctioned for Missing Mediation (Feb 2007)

The Beauty of Mediation (Greater Gateway Assn of Realtors newsletter)

Update to no-spouse rules in the workplace (Illinois Bar Journal)