Jo Colbert Stanley

Jo Colbert Stanley is an adjunct faculty member at Nova Southeastern University's Shepard Broad College of Law, where she teaches Negotiation Workshop. She is an independent arbitrator, mediator, and special magistrate with more than 20 years of experience in law and dispute resolution.

As principal of Stanley Legal Services LLC, her practice encompasses commercial, consumer, maritime, securities, and insurance disputes. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, she serves on the arbitration panels of the American Arbitration Association, FINRA, and the International Yacht Arbitration Council. She is also a Florida Supreme Court-certified mediator and qualified arbitrator.

Stanley has held leadership positions in the Federal Bar Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution and Admiralty Law Sections and the Florida Bar's Alternative Dispute Resolution Section.

She earned her J.D. from Widener Commonwealth Law and her LL.M. in Alternative Dispute Resolution from Nova Southeastern University. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution and an M.S. in Psychology at NSU. Her doctoral research examines dispute-resolution mechanisms for workers in South Florida's private yachting industry.

Her teaching integrates practical negotiation experience with interdisciplinary perspectives on conflict, decision-making, and human behavior.