Gary Norman "Guide Dogs as Partners" on Why Do Pets Matter? Podcast #104

Gary Norman "Guide Dogs for Vision" on Why Do Pets Matter? Podcast #104

Gary Norman, Esq. shares how guide dogs become working partners. Gary shares the inside story on what it is like to form a bond with guide dogs, and how to respect the need for work as well as play. 

Gary C. Norman, Esq., an attorney and mediator, licensed in Ohio and in Maryland, is the founding principal of Norman Access and Conflict Resolution Consultants Group, a firm that provides a range of legal and non-legal services. His dog partner is named Bowie.

He is a Commissioner of the Maryland Commission on Human Relations, a Governor appointed position subject to confirmation of the Maryland Senate. Serving as the 2009-10 Chair of the Animal Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association, Norman has also served as Primary Chair of the Mid Atlantic Animal Law Symposium 2010. Norman has been the first to provide credit to his fellow leaders involved with the symposium, information about which is at animalsymposium.com. He has served, first as President and CEO, and, then as the Immediate Past President of the Maryland area Guide Dog Users, Inc., an advocacy and education based non-profit that he established. Norman is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from Wright State University. Additionally, in September 2009, he received a prestigious national award, one of Ten Outstanding Young Americans. Norman is an active mediator on the rosters of the Federal Sharing Neutrals Program at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and on the Federal Executive Board, through which he mediates for the Social Security Administration.

Debra spent 30 years as a practicing litigator, but she is now a full-time mediator and conflict coach for people in disputes over animals.

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Debra works both nationwide and internationally. She has far-reaching experience in resolving interpersonal conflicts involving animals, and she is also well-known in the world of purebred dogs as a top breeder and exhibitor of Irish setters and long-haired dachshunds. Debra speaks widely on the topic of how mediation techniques can help people address conflicts without litigation. She has presented at veterinary schools, the American Kennel Club, the American Veterinary Medical Law Association, the Society of Animal Welfare Administrators, the Living With Animals conference, state bar association Animal Law Committee meetings, and animal interest group meetings. Debra also writes a blog for Hamilton Law and Mediation and is a past contributor to the Solo Practice University blog and the Canine Chronicle.

She has been featured in Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report, and the New York Times, just to name a few.

As the principal at Hamilton Law and Mediation, PLLC—the nation’s first solo mediation practice dedicated to helping people resolve conflicts over animals—Debra uses alternative dispute resolution to help address disagreements over the family pet during divorce, neighbors’ arguments over a barking dog, and confrontations between clients and veterinarians and other professionals who work with animals. HLM also looks forward to helping animal rights and welfare advocates see the benefit of having a conversation about the best interests of all parties—especially the animals—to resolve animal-related disputes. Debra is admitted to practice law in all New York State courts. She is certified as a mediator and collaborative professional and has worked with various court-based mediation programs in New York City (Queens-Community Mediation Service) and in Westchester and Rockland Counties in New York (Westchester and Rockland Mediation Centers).