John Settle is an attorney and mediator with extensive experience mediating workplace disputes. He is certified as a mediator and Mentor Mediator by the Supreme Court of Virginia. John holds the credential of Advanced Workplace Mediator from the Association for Conflict Resolution. He is a contract mediator for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. John is President of SETTLEment Associates, LLC, a firm which provides mediation, training, and facilitation services. He provides basic and advanced mediation skills training, and teaches a class in mediation of EEO and workplace disputes for the Northern Virginia Mediation Service. He also teaches managers how to use mediation-based skills to avoid and manage conflict.

Before 1998, John was a senior federal manager who helped pioneer the use of alternative dispute resolution and mediation throughout the federal government. He was integral in beginning the federal “shared neutrals” program. He holds the Presidential Award of Meritorious Executive in the Senior Executive Service. Because of his federal background, John has been called on to mediate many government workplace disputes for agencies such as NASA, Agriculture, and Navy.