Earlene R. Baggett-Hayes

Mediator, arbitrator, attorney, trainer, and facilitator, Earlene R. Baggett-Hayes specializes in employment, labor, contracts, property, municipal, and probate matters. She has worked in courts at various levels and in several administrative agencies. Ms. Baggett-Hayes has over 25 years of combined litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) experience and currently maintains her own business, where she mentors law students and teens. She serves on numerous arbitration panels, including the American Arbitration Association, Financial Industry Regulatory Association, the City of Detroit - AFSCME Arbitration Panel, and the Federal Mediation Conciliation Service, as well as on private employment panels nationally. Ms. Baggett-Hayes is an SCAO-approved trainer and has drafted and facilitated training on civil, peer, and domestic relations mediation. She has written several articles on ADR and regularly conducts presentations for schools, churches, and community organizations. Ms. Baggett-Hayes has served as trainer at Thomas M. Cooley Law School and presented to Wayne State University, Chicago State University, and DePaul University. She has served in leadership positions with the Oakland County Bar Association's ADR Committee and the State Bar of Michigan's ADR Council. A member of Professional Resolution Experts of Michigan (PREMi), Ms. Baggett-Hayes currently hosts a talk show entitled, "It's All About Law," which has featured the role of mediation in our businesses, communities, and churches.

Bachelor of Arts

Bar Assn's, Mediation/Arb Assn's