Craft Mediation Northwest was founded by former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Washington and Oregon employment lawyer, Robert S. Milesnick, J.D.

A certified mediator for the past 23 years, Rob served the USDOJ in a collateral duty mediator appointment for EEO disputes with the Executive Office of United States Attorneys. He uses interpersonal, facilitative, and evaluative mediation techniques, based on the needs of the case and the personalities of the parties, and draws on almost two decades of employment litigation experience in state and federal court, mediation, and advanced mediation trainings from the Syracuse University College of Law Mediation Assistance Program, negotiation and mediation training from the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Advocacy Center, and from the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation in conflict management and negotiations. 

Rob serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Oregon Mediation Association and served on the Board of Governors for the Oregon State Bar from 2020-2024. He is a Court sponsored mediator for the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, and follows the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) and American Arbitration Association (AAA) model standards of conduct for mediators Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators; as well as Washington and Oregon RCP 2.4.

Rob received his Bachelor of Arts in English and Psychology cum laude from Virginia Commonwealth University and his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law where he was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society. He is admitted to practice in state and federal courts in Washington and Oregon, and before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.