Diane E. Millett, J.D.

Ms. Millett is an attorney providing legal services representing management in education, employment and anti-harassment matters. Her area of focus is anti-harassment training and coaching. Ms. Millett's primary clients have been boards of education and other public and private organizations. She presently splits her time between Cleveland and southern locations, and works part-time in speaking engagements, one-on-one coaching, and writing.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Millett worked in human resources management in positions in recruitment and staffing, equal employment opportunity, affirmative action and employee relations. She worked at a four-year university in student affairs and administrative positions. She was also employed in health care in administrative and management positions in human resources and equal employment opportunity. Ms. Millett has written numerous articles in the fields in which she practices and is a frequent speaker on these topics. For example, in 2005, the Lake County Women’s Journal published her article titled "Freedom from Harassment – It’s Not Enough" and in April/May 2006, the American Bar Association's GPSolo Magazine published her article titled "Back to School: Education Law." She also makes frequent appearances at conferences and professional organizations speaking about anti-harassment and its connection to practicing civility among other employment-related topics.

In 2004, Ms. Millett was co-founder of a grass-roots group in Cleveland and University Heights to establish "civility" as a priority for those communities. The goal of the group was to affirm civility as a core value through schools, businesses, the religious communities and city government. The group drew regional and national attention in its work with civility. Ms. Millett's involvement has been from a legal perspective to promote civility as the new diversity for the 21st century.

In 2007, Ms. Millett formed "CivilSpace", a part of her practice that promotes civility as an antidote to harassment through various programs, activities and writings.

Ms. Millett received a Bachelor's Degree from the University of New Hampshire, a Master's Degree from Radford University, a certificate in Labor and Industrial Relations from Cleveland State University, and a law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. She is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Cleveland Bar Association and the Ohio Women's Bar Association.