Nance L. Schick, Esq. is an award-winning attorney, author, and conflict resolution professional dedicated to helping licensed professionals and high-stakes organizations navigate critical risks in employment, leadership transitions, and automated workplaces. Admitted to the New York State Bar in 2002, Nance is the founder of Third Ear Conflict Resolution and the author of two books: DIY Conflict Resolution: Seven Choices and Five Actions of the Masters and Unsustainable: Why Our Workplaces Aren’t Working and What to Do About It.

Nance acts as a trusted advisor to lawyers, corporate boards, medical providers, and funeral directors, helping them resolve complex legal, financial, and emotional liabilities before they escalate into public or financial crises. She is also creator of the HAQ Standard, which helps organizations resolve conflicts Humanely, Affordably, and Quickly. Moving them away from slow, biased internal investigations and toward decisive legacy protection, she guides employers through the acute pressures facing the "Business Sandwich Generation"—mid-career professionals sandwiched between competing demands from clients they serve, employees they manage, and the supervisors that determine whether they keep their jobs. Notably, many are also balancing their work responsibilities with complex caregiving demands at home, which requires employers to consider the intersections of federal laws like Title VII, ADEA, ADA, FMLA, and state laws.

Additionally, Nance advises modern enterprises on the legal and ethical implications of the algorithmic workplace. Expanding her "Employment as a Partnership” model to Artificial Intelligence, or the human-AI partnership, she provides compliance strategies for carefully integrating AI and other technology for data efficiency while maintaining human oversight to prevent costly bias, discrimination, and retaliation claims that destroy trust.

When internal organizational friction threatens institutional survival, Nance is recognized for engineering "Elegant Exits." Her structured risk-management approach helps firms execute dignified, legally sound departures that insulate corporate assets, respect the human elements of transition, and protect the professional licenses and reputations of everyone involved.