www.law.uga.edu

Eleanor Crosby Lanier

Managing Attorney, Mediation Practicum

B.A., Vassar College
M.A., University of Georgia
J.D., Emory University

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Courses

Mediation Practicum

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Biographical Information

Eleanor C. Lanier is the managing attorney of Georgia Law's Mediation Practicum.

Previously, she was a consulting attorney and mediation trainer for The Center for Social Gerontology in Ann Arbor, Mich., which pioneered the use of elder mediation. She has worked as an attorney for the AARP Foundation in Washington, D.C., served as a managing attorney for the Georgia Senior Legal Hotline, legal services developer for the Georgia Division of Aging Services and as a staff attorney for Georgia Legal Services.

Lanier is a registered mediator and arbitrator with the State of Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution and is qualified to mediate a wide range of disputes, including disputes under the ADA and IDEA. She is the co-author of "Adult Guardianship in Georgia: Are the Rights of Proposed Wards Being Protected? Can We Tell?" in the Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal and "Ethical Considerations in Medicaid Estate Planning" in the Fordham University Law Review. She has received numerous awards and was recently among the first class of inductees into the Elder Rights Hall of Fame.

Lanier earned her Juris Doctor from Emory University, her master's degree in political science from UGA and her bachelor's from Vassar College.

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