About Mary Jo B
Mary Jo B Gilsdorf earned her undergraduate degree in fine arts from the University of Delaware in 1980 and went on to obtain her J.D. from Villanova University School of Law in 1989. Her educational trail mixed a liberal arts foundation with legal training, setting the stage for a career that moves among practice, dispute resolution and in-residence legal work.
Early in her professional life she worked in the construction sector. In 1997 she served as a generalist at Ehret Construction Company, a role that uncovered her to practical business and legal matters within the area. A few years later she transitioned to an in-house post, taking the title of Director of Legal Services at L. F. Driscoll Co., LLC in 2000. Those positions gave her direct experience dealing with the kinds of transactional and operational things that firms confront.
In 2014 she opened Gilsdorf Law, LLC and remains listed as proprietor. The firm provides legal services to a range of clients. Over time her work at the company has intersected with opportunity dispute resolution, reflecting a continuous involvement in binding dispute resolution and facilitated negotiation roles outdoor the court.
She is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia and New Jersey. Alongside her bar admissions she has been active in expert organizations. She joined the American Bar Association in 2012. She holds memberships in the Pennsylvania Bar Association beginning in 2015 and in the Chester County and Delaware County bar institutions since 2014. Those memberships place her in regular touch with friends throughout more than one jurisdictions.
Her binding dispute resolution credentials are notable in her expert document. She has served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association since 2013 and as a mediator for the same organization since 2015. Those roles contain listening to disputes and facilitating negotiated results for parties who select arbitration or facilitated negotiation over litigation.
Colleagues and clients see an attorney relaxed in both advisory and impartial roles. Her background includes in-house counsel work, personal practice and repair as an arbitrator and mediator. She continues to operate Gilsdorf Law, LLC and to take assignments from the American Arbitration Association, dealing with arbitration, mediation and common legal matters for clients in Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia and New Jersey.
