Kim Kirn

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Overview

Kim has conducted more than 1,000 mediations and 75 arbitrations over the past 18 years as an ADR professional. Her areas of experience include commercial, consumer, education including special education, employment, insurance, personal injury, real estate, securities, and sexual misconduct. She is a tireless advocate for the mediation process and will continue to urge the parties towards settlement until no stone is left unturned.

Her ADR experience has included successful resolution of international construction disputes, multi-million-dollar settlements, and class actions. Although she works exclusively as an ADR professional now, she has advocated for her clients in numerous mediations and arbitrations as an attorney.

Kim has the unique qualifications of prior employment with a big defense firm (6 years); in-house counsel (16 years); plaintiffs’ employment work (5 years); and a mediation/arbitration practice (+18 years). She uses her background as a litigator and in-house counsel to delve deeply into the facts and law of the dispute to discover the points of dissension, but also, and more importantly, where the points of possible agreement are. Seeing a dispute from these different perspectives allows Kim to persuade the parties and speak effectively to the attorneys to quickly find a successful resolution.

Kim has published numerous legal articles about mediation, employee misconduct, sexual harassment, privacy in the workplace and the use of alternative dispute resolution. She has spoken on mediation topics around the world, around the country, and throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area. She has taught business law and ethics to university business school students. She authors a popular blog, “Mediation Under the Arch” at https://kimlkirnlaw.com/blog/.

Professional or Trade Affiliation

Missouri and Illinois Bars
National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
President of Association of Attorney Mediators (AAM)-St. Louis chapter, board member and secretary to AAM-National
BAMSL
Madison County Bar Association
Women’s Law Association
Publicly elected member of the Glen Carbon, IL Library 2005-2010
Glen Carbon, IL Zoning Board of Appeals, 2003-2006
Winner of the Kimmel Leadership, 2004
FINRA arbitrator and mediator

Education

USA&M Mediation Training, 2007-ongoing
Indiana Continuing Legal Education Mediation Certification 2006
University of Notre Dame Law School JD, cum laude, 1985
University of Missouri-Columbia BA, cum laude 1982
Advanced Title IX training 2020 (Title IX Solutions, LLC)

Publications

Rates and Fees

Rates - Kim Kirn

If you have questions regarding our rates and fees, please contact support@milesadr.com

Mediation Rates 4hr Min.
2 Party Case: $250 per party; per hour
3 Party Case: $200 per party; per hour
4 Party Case: $175 per party; per hour
5+ Party Case: Flat Rate Available Upon Request
Arbitration Hourly Rate: $450

Travel time and expenses, including meals and lodging, billed separately and split equally among the parties at the Neutral's hourly rate.
Pre/Post Consultation & Document Review: Hourly Mediation/Arbitration Rate

Mediation /Arbitration Admin Fees
St. Louis Mediation Admin Fee - $250 per party
Arbitration Commencement And Administration Fee: $1500 per party

MEDIATION CANCELLATION POLICY

Mediations cancelled within 10 days of the mediation will be charged a cancellation fee of $500. However, mediations cancelled, rescheduled or settled within 24 hours of the mediation will be charged 4 hrs. of the Neutral's hourly rate . Cancellation fees shall be sent to the cancelling party unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.