Biographies
Sandi DiMola
Sandi DiMola earned a Master of Philosophy from the
University of Pittsburgh in 1977, with concentrations in
American Politics and Public Administration. Through the
program, she obtained an externship as manager of Judge R.
Stanton Wettick, Jr.’s first campaign, and then worked as
Assistant Director during the implementation of the “One
Day/One Trial” jury system in the Allegheny County Courts.
In 1981, she received a J.D. from the Duquesne University
School of Law.
During Ms. DiMola’s twenty five years as a legal
practitioner, she worked as a law clerk to U.S. District
Court Judge Hubert I. Teitelbaum for two years, and then
entered private practice, concentrating in the areas of
immigration and employment law. She was an
Associate Counsel to Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., for
twelve years, practicing immigration law and fair
employment practice litigation in the Business Advisory
Group. During that period, she also served as counsel
to the Office of Host Country Affairs of the U.S. Mission
in New York, where she advised on various issues relating
to diplomatic immunity.
After leaving Merrill Lynch in 1997, she returned to
private practice in New York City, continuing her
specialization in the areas of immigration law and
employment compliance. Her clients are primarily U.S. and
foreign corporations with an international workforce, and
include PepsiCo, Deutsche Poste (DHL), and Minerals
Technologies (a division of Pfizer, Inc.). She
has taught clinical legal education for students at
Columbia University School of Law and has taught
professional legal education courses for Continuing Legal
Education providers.
Robert A. Creo
Robert A. Creo graduated magna cum laude from Brandeis
University in 1974, and was the senior editor of law review
at Washington University School of Law, where he received
his J.D. in 1977. He has significant experience as both an
advocate and as a mediator (or “neutral”) in tort,
employment, insurance, commercial, construction, real
estate, and other areas of law.
Mr. Creo has served as a neutral in thousands of cases,
including claims of serious injury, death, complex business
transactions, and commercial cases involving multi-million
dollar settlements. From 1992 to 1997, he was a mediator
for the US Senate’s Office of Fair Employment Practices.
He has also served as a neutral for many dispute resolution
organizations, including American Arbitration Association;
CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution; Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service; and the U.S. District Court’s Western
District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of numerous
organizations, and was the first President of the
International Academy of Mediators. He is also the founder
of Mediators Without Borders, a non-profit organization
that sends professional mediators abroad to teach
alternative dispute resolution strategies to groups from
different cultures.
Additionally, Mr. Creo has worked as an arbitrator for
major sports associations such as Major League Baseball and
the National Football League. As settlement counsel, he has
negotiated complex and large claims on behalf of large law
firms.
A world-renowned expert in the fields of mediation and
negotiation, Mr. Creo is an Adjunct Professor at both
Duquesne University School of Law and the University of
Pittsburgh School of Law. He conducts educational programs
for professional organizations, and has published
extensively on the subject of dispute resolution.