BIOGRAPHY

• noblemediation, LLC – Mediator/Arbitrator – (1/24 – to present)
• The Conflict Lab – Mediator/Arbitrator/Workplace Conflicts – (May 2022 – to present)
  
• Real Estate Mediation Service – Mediator – (May 2022 – to present)
  
• Just Mediation Pittsburgh – Mediator – (May 2022 – to present)
• Certified Mediator & Arbitrator – United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (October 2021 – to present)
• Juris Doctorate – Duquesne University School of Law (Cum Laude) (2009)
  
• BA Degree – University of Pittsburgh (Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society) (2004)

ADR EXPERIENCE

• Mediation – Ms. Nocera has mediated hundreds of cases in a variety of different areas of the law.  They include various personal injury litigation cases, real estate cases, landlord/tenant matters, divorces, custody, contract disputes, family disputes, EEOC/Human Relation Commission cases, and workplace disputes.
  
  
• Ms. Nocera has over 25 years of plaintiffs’ litigation experience in the areas of complex medical malpractice, products liability and all other areas of personal injury and insurance litigation. Alicia has tried cases to million and multimillion dollar verdicts in Allegheny, Westmoreland, and Fayette County.  Ms. Nocera has litigated complex products liability cases involving automobile rollover cases, tire and wheel cases, crashworthiness cases, ATV, commercial motor carrier liability, defective machinery cases, medical device cases, pharmaceutical cases, class action and multi-district litigation, fire, and roadway design.  Alicia also has experience in real estate, failure to disclose litigation, hand money, landlord/tenant disputes, homeowner’s liability, dog bites, insurance UIM/UM claims, breach of contract, dram shop claims, bad faith, auto accidents, slip & falls, estate administration, wills, powers of attorney, and estates.
  
  Ms. Nocera received training as a mediator from The Conflict Lab and Behrend Mediation Services in October 2021.   Alicia is a certified mediator and arbitrator in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. 
  
  
• Arbitration/Special Master – Appointed and served as an arbitrator in several counties and has been appointed a Special Master in Allegheny County on several partition action cases.

PUBLICATIONS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• “Embracing Mandatory Mediation in Allegheny County” – Allegheny County Lawyers Journal (December 2021), Pennsylvania Bar News (Updated) (October 2022)
• “Tips for Choosing the Right Mediator” – Allegheny County Legal Journal (December 2022)
• “Mediator Competency – Facilitator of Roundtable Discussion for the Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania (PA CLE Ethic Credit) (April 2023)

PAST/PRESENT BAR ASSOCIATION, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

• Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Washington, & Fayette County Bar Associations
• Member of Association for Conflict Resolution and the Pennsylvania Council for Mediators
• Board Member of the Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania and Chairperson for the 40^th Anniversary MCWP Committee (10/23)
• Member of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice & Western PA Trial Lawyers Association
• Member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee for the Allegheny County Bar Association
• Board Member for North Boroughs Rotary Association
• Notary Public (Pennsylvania) 2022 – to present
• Previous Adjunct Professor at Duquesne University School of Law Trial Advocacy Program (2 years)