About

Susan Guthrie, nationally recognized as one of the top family law attorneys and divorce mediators in the country, has been helping people to restructure their families through the divorce process for more than 30 years.  As a long-time online practitioner, she is one of the leading experts on online mediation and dispute resolution in the world.  In 2018, she developed the innovative Learn to Mediate Online Training Program to help dispute resolution professionals to ethically and practically conduct their mediations through online videoconferencing.  www.learntomediateonline.com.

Since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, as many mediators faced an inability to meet with disputants in person, Susan's program became a lifeline.  In fact, more than 15,000 professionals have benefited from her training programs in 2020 alone.  In addition to the original Learn to Mediate Online Training Program, Susan offers additional training programs on a variety of topics all designed to assist dispute resolution and other professionals in advancing their businesses.

Currently she offers:
Social Media Musts for Professionals
DIY Website Building
Start Your Own Podcast
Optimize Your Divorce Mediation Practice

In June, 2020, Susan launched the Learn to Mediate Online Academy which provides her training programs in an on-demand format.  The Academy allows students to learn at their own pace and to have the benefit of rewatching and revisiting the materials until they are comfortable and ready to put the lessons into effect.  The Academy can be located at www.learntomediateonline.teachable.com.

In addition to her other professional endeavors, Susan is an award-winning podcast host.  Having reached a podcast listening audience of almost 4 million in the past two years, Susan is the creator and host of the hit podcast, The Divorce and Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie, Esq. (www.divorceandbeyondpod.com) which debuted on iTunes “Top Podcasts for Self-Help” List and continues to rise on the charts in the US and abroad.  She recently launched The Learn to Mediate Online Podcast with Susan Guthrie, Esq. to bring current information, updates and news on ODR to her thousands of followers.

Susan has been featured in and on media outlets such as CNBC, Market Watch, Forbes, Eye on Chicago, WGN, the ABA’s Just Resolutions Magazine, Thrive Global, The Nook Online among others.