Judge Joan R. Tarpley
Attorney - Mediator
- Perspective From Both Sides of the Bench
- A Judicial Temperament For Your Factual Issues
- A Scholarly Approach To Your Legal Issues
- Efficient Resolution of Complex Litigation
- Working Post-Mediation To Obtain Resolution
Bench & Bar
Joan Tarpley understands the human dynamics of disputes and the attorney dynamics of litigation. As a Judge in Dallas County Court of Law No.2 and as the Judge in the 191st State District Court, she presided over all subject matter issues that you would expect in a civil court of unlimited jurisdiction, including multiparty, complex litigation.
While practicing law, she litigated federal wage and hour cases, employment cases, and engaged in the general practice of civil law with a focus on real property issues. Her Experienced in real estate transactional and litigation practice, both commercial and residential, is extensive. She held both commercial and residential specialization designations in Texas before moving away from the state to join the faculty of a law school.
Temperament
With over 30 years in the legal field, and thanks to her judicial Experienced, you may expect Judge Tarpley’s temperament to be well suited for helping counsel and parties address factual issues. You may also expect her neutrality to be a big plus in helping all concerned to stay focused on the end goal of resolution.
Scholar
As a law professor, while working actively in dispute resolution since 1995, she balanced the real world practice of dispute resolution with a scholarly approach in legal theory. Her writing on ADR has been published in law review articles.
Efficiency
A lawyer’s way of life - “Time is money.” At Tarpley Dispute Resolutions, we understand the needs of counsel to be time-sensitive. We will give you a “heads up” when a deadline is approaching that impacts compliance with a court’s mediation order. We also work extra hard to not waste your time. As the neutral party in your dispute, Judge Tarpley does what she can pre-mediation to provide a real-time mediation environment that is both efficient and effective.
Persistence
Until a resolution is reached, Judge Tarpley will continue to work with you to accomplish a settlement of your dispute. She sees her obligations and responsibilities as the neutral party in your dispute to be best served when she can report: “Settled.”
Mediation Training / Certifications:
Pepperdine University - Straus Institute Of Dispute Resolution
Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution
Harvard Law School
Resolution Resource Corporation
Law School Education: SMU-Order of the Coif
Bar Admissions: Texas and Georgia
Honors: Fellowship, National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, Virginia