About Mediator Jason Sprang

Jason is a seasoned mediator with extensive experience resolving a wide range of disputes, including an emphasis in employment-related claims and the interpersonal conflicts and legal issues that arise in the workplace. Jason served as a federal investigator and mediator with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for 25 years, and has conducted well over 2,000 mediations in both the public and private sector. Jason has built a reputation for strategic, practical problem solving before, during, and after mediation sessions.

Jason works closely with parties and counsel to define the issues in dispute, evaluate settlement potential, and explore interests driving the conflict. Through diligence, creativity, and perseverance around impasse, Jason helps parties reach resolution even in difficult negotiations, using a flexible mediation style that is evaluative, patient, and empathetic.

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Mediation Experience

Jason has mediated a broad range of civil disputes in federal, state, and administrative forums, with the majority of his mediation work in resolving labor and employment matters. These cases include claims of discrimination and harassment, disability and accommodation issues, wage and hour and misclassification claims, retaliation and whistleblower allegations, and conflicts between management and represented or non-represented employees.

In addition to workplace and employment-related disputes, Jason's mediation experience includes the resolution of other civil claims such as contract and business disagreements, public accommodations, personal injury, landlord-tenant issues, and debt or collections matters. With a variety of civil mediation experience, Jason is able to help parties confidentially evaluate legal risk, business priorities, and the personal/practical considerations that impact settlement negotiations.

Jason has conducted mediation of cases pending in federal and state courts - before, during and after the discovery process. Early mediation experience at the administrative level includes claims pending before the EEOC, NLRB, DOL (Human Rights, Wage and Hour, Employment Security, Workers' Compensation), ED-OCR, OSHA, and various other state and local agencies. Jason is adept at working with represented litigants, pro-se parties, and insurance claims adjusters, and knows his way around the negotiation dynamics accordingly.

Training, Presentations & Professional Associations

Jason has extensive advanced mediation training and is certified as a civil mediator. Jason regularly provides dispute resolution training and support for mediators, attorneys, human resources professionals, and government staff. Training availability and additional information upon request.

Training & Presenting

In addition to providing training on mediation practice and advocacy, Jason also speaks on topics such as employment law issues, navigating the EEOC process, and conflict prevention in the workplace.

Jason brings his real-world experience having facilitated hundreds of resolutions to offer practical insights and strategies that lawyers and organizational leaders can use both inside and outside of the mediation context.

Selected Programs

Missouri Bar Solo & Small Firm Conf.
EEOC Technical Assistance Programs
Law School Guest lecturer:
SLU / WashU / MU
National Industry Liaison Group (NILG)
Joint mediation training:
MCHR / KHRC / NEOC / STL CREA
Association of Missouri Mediators
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

Professional Associations

Missouri Supreme Court Rule 17 Civil Mediation Certified
National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
Association of Missouri Mediators
U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri Category I Neutral

Personal

I've lived in the St. Louis area for most of my life. We moved around a lot when I was young, but when my dad got out of the military he was stationed at Scott Air Force Base and we stayed put. I am adventurous by nature and I never thought that I would stay in one place, but life happens and I kept my roots in the midwest.

Married with three now-adult kids, I have found that my conflict resolution skills are not as effective at home for some reason. I like to travel, sometimes with our two rescue dogs, and also divide my time between Kansas City and Chicago. I am fairly outdoorsy, I am equally terrible at golf and guitar (I try!), and when I am not on the road I'm usually working on a car, landscaping, building, or repairing something.