Jay Zeleskey is full-time mediator in Dallas, Texas with over 25 years of legal experience.  He has conducted over 3,000 mediations, at an approximate settlement rate of 90%.  Before becoming a mediator, Jay practiced law for seven years as a trial attorney.  He completed the required 40-hour mediation course for professional mediation and has completed over 500 hours in additional optional mediation training.  Jay practices exclusively in the area of mediation, and mediates in the following areas:
 

• Personal Injury
• Premise Liability                                  
• Products Liability 
• Employment Discrimination                      
• Medical Malpractice
• Commercial and Business
• Real Estate
• Residential / Commercial Construction
• Fire and Property

Mediation Training

• ABA Annual Dispute Resolution Conferences – 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006
• Harvard Law School 35-Hour Negotiation Workshop – 1998
• Association of Attorney Mediators Seminars  - 1998, 2004
• CDR’s 40-Hour Mediating Workplace Disputes Course – 1999
• State Bar of Texas / Dallas Bar Association Seminars – 1997-2006
• UHCL Dispute Resolution Conference – 1998
• DMS Seminars - EEOC Mediation, Transformative Mediation, Mediation Ethics – 1997
• High Stakes Arbitration Seminar – 2002
• Dispute Mediation Services 30-Hour Divorce Mediation Training Course – 1998
• Child Protective Services Mediation Training Course – 2000
• Peacemakers’ 25-Hour Christian Conciliation Course  – 2000
• Victim-Offender Juvenile Mediation Training Seminar – 2001
• Attorney-Mediators Institute 40-Hour Basic Mediation Training Course – 1997
• St. Mary’s School of Law ADR Course – 1988

Legal Experience

• Attorney-Mediator, Zeleskey Mediations, Dallas, Texas (1997 – present)
• Attorney, McCauley, Macdonald, Love & Devin, Dallas, Texas (1991 – 1996)
• Attorney, Bailey & Williams, Dallas, Texas (1989 – 1991)

Education

• St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, Juris Doctor, May 1989
• The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, Bachelor of Arts, May 1985

• Speaker, "Maximizing Your Mediation," Dallas Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Spring Training 2007: Trying a Case--From First Base to Home Plate (2007) (unpublished)
• Author, "Offers of Settlement: Awarding & Determining Litigation Costs," Dallas Bar Association Headnotes (2005)
• Speaker, Conflict Resolution, CALTEC Conference – Almaty, Kazakhstan (2005)
• Speaker and Co-Author, “Resolving Conflict: A Practical Approach”, Sixth Annual Dallas Court Coordinator/Clerk Seminar (2003) (unpublished)
• Adjunct Instructor, El Centro Community College and Southeastern Paralegal Institute (early 1990s)
• Author,  “Maximizing Your Mediation:  Communication is Critical”, Dallas Bar Association Headnotes (2015)

Professional Memberships, Affiliations and Community Service

• Admitted to the State Bar of Texas: November 1989
• Dallas Bar Association, Member of ADR Section, Chairman of ADR Section (2005)
• State Bar of Texas, Member of ADR Section
• Texas Association of Mediators
• Dispute Mediation Services, volunteer mediator