David Seibel is an attorney, conflict management consultant, mediator and professor in the fields of effective negotiation, communication and mediation. He is co-founder of Insight Partners, a Cambridge MA based company offering conflict management consulting and training to a diverse group of clients.

After earning a bachelor's degree in world literature from Middlebury College , Mr. Seibel studied Chinese language, law and mediation in the People's Republic of China . He then obtained his Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School . He served as president of the Harvard Mediation Program, and later Sacks Fellow at the Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School. There he practiced, taught and studied family law-based advocacy, negotiation, and mediation.

After practicing law at Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston , Mr. Seibel established Insight Partners in 2002. For 10 years, he has provided training, facilitation, coaching and mediation services through organizations such as Harvard Law School 's Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Third Eye Partners, CMI-Vantage Partners, Mediation Works Incorporated, and the Community Dispute Settlement Center . He is also an associate faculty member at Harvard Law School 's Program on Negotiation and an adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts .

Mr. Seibel currently advises and trains companies, organizations and individuals on effective communication, mediation and negotiation throughout the world. He mediates a wide range of criminal and civil disputes. Recently, he conducted strategic relationship management and negotiation skills training for staff members at the International Criminal Court in The Hague .