Com­menc­ing rough­ly twen­ty years ago Ms. Klibanow has applied her sub­stan­tive labor and employ­ment law knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence gar­nered as advo­cate for both employ­ers and also employ­ees to assist the par­ties to iden­ti­fy and secure sat­is­fac­to­ry infor­mal res­o­lu­tions of count­less dis­putes, pre- or post-lit­i­ga­tion. With her fine­ly hewn meth­ods and tal­ents she is able to take the par­ties to an ​“eve of tri­al” van­tage point from which, with the aid of her con­sum­mate sub­stan­tive knowl­edge of applic­a­ble law, they can dis­cern like­ly out­comes in the absence of infor­mal res­o­lu­tion; then, with the aid of some­thing clients have called ​“wis­dom,” she guides the par­ties through and past the con­flict to more con­struc­tive future pos­si­bil­i­ties. In medi­a­tion she is known for her ​“calm­ing influ­ence, ​“deep lis­ten­ing skills,” ​“com­pas­sion,” ​“deter­mi­na­tion,” ​“tenac­i­ty,” ​“wis­dom” and ​“mag­ic” in shep­herd­ing par­ties to resolution.