Jade Solutions Principal, Tina Patterson,  will join Dr. Katherine Simpson to serve as co-chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Dispute Resolution (DR) Section Women In Dispute Resolution(WIDR) Committee. 
Ms. Patterson and Dr. Simpson are successors to outgoing co-chair Deborah Hylton and Felicia Boyd.

WIDR was formed in response to the low rates of women being selected as neutrals. Since its formation, WIDR has been a champion of promoting the selection of women and other diverse neutrals in Alterative Dispute Resolution. WIDR publishes an annual directory of members.  The most recent directory edition feature more than 200 practitioners. Click here to see the directory. 

Jade Solutions is one of several Maryland based businesses featured in the Maryland Daily Record September 2021 Expanding Opportunities Magazine. Click here for the article.

​Jade Solutions Principal Tina Patterson (Unaffiliated) was reappointed to the Montgomery County Planning Board by the Montgomery County Council on May 18, 2021. The Montgomery County Board and its sister agency, the Prince George’s Planning Board form the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission (MNCPPC). ​Ms. Patterson’s first term will expire on June 14, 2021. Her second term will expire in 2025.  (see more)

Germantown, MD, April 21, 2021– Jade Solutions Principal Tina Patterson is one of 15 appointed and elected public leaders from nine states and Washington, DC selected to participate in the Public Leaders for Inclusion Council (PLC) sponsored by America Indivisible. Brief bios of the Cohort members are available here. 
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Jade Solutions Principal Tina Patterson partnered with Fish and Richardson, PC  to facilitate a book discussion for their employees. This discussion group was held over the course of four weeks, exploring Isabel Richardson’s New York Times bestseller  Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Caste) addressing race, systemic oppression, and white supremacy in our culture.  In Caste, Isabel Wilkerson  provides an analysis of the caste systems around the world and how they have impacted and caused harm to all involved, including those at the top. In order to move forward, examining the past and the racial structures that impede our culture is imperative.
Through the facilitated discussions, participants engaged deeply with the concepts of status, privilege, and intersectional oppression on the basis of race and socioeconomic status. 

Germantown, MD, November 5, 2020- Jade Solutions, LLC Principal Tina Patterson was included in the Arbitrators of African Descent with a U.S. Nexus list published by Nancy Thevenin, New York-based arbitrator, and Katherine Simpson, of Simpson Dispute Resolution. This guide was published in an effort to promote diversity in international arbitration. 

Germantown, MD, July 7, 2020- On June 29th the American Arbitration Association  (AAA) welcomed Jade Solutions Principal Tina Patterson to serve on its Panels of Distinguished Neutrals. Established in 1926, the American Arbitration Association is a not-for-profit organization in the field of alternative dispute resolution, providing services to individuals and organizations who wish to resolve conflicts out of court, and one of several arbitration organizations that administers arbitration proceedings.​ Read more