Gini Nelson's Engaging Conflicts

“The other advice is from a book that I read entitled “The Way of Man” by Martin Buber in which he stated that all conflict comes from within and it is up to the person in conflict to straighten him or herself out first and then be capable of dealing with the situation in a creative and generative way.” — Richard Millen

Richard is interviewed in today’s issue of Engaging Conflicts Today. Half lawyer, half entrepreneur, and always, dedicated family man, Millen was admitted to the California bar in June 1949. After a few years as a research and litigation associate, government lawyer and house counsel for a corporation, he started his career as a transactional lawyer and operating officer for a group of Wall Street investment bankers. During this time, while involved in their varied ventures, he also became “of Counsel” to the law firm of Schwartz & Alschuler, now known as Alschuler, Grossman, Stein & Kahan, and remained there for 17 years. Always a dealmaker, Millen finally found a “home in the practice of mediation in 1986. If you would like a copy of his interview, and are not signed up for the newsletter (which you can do in the sidebar on the right!), email me this week at engagingconflicts@gmail.com with Richard Millen in the subject line and I’ll email it to you.