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Upchurch Watson White & Max is a Florida- and Alabama-based professional association of mediators. Our team of conflict resolution specialists practices in a wide range of alternative dispute resolution disciplines. Specific areas of practice include business mediation, corporate mediation, commercial mediation, family mediation, arbitration and more. We also offer niche services such as multi-party, complex, malpractice and class action mediation. Please explore our site to learn more about our mediators in Florida and Alabama and the mediation services we offer.

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Items of Interest

Mediator Scott Baughan to Discuss Zoom Mediation for Society of Settlement Planners on June 4

More Items of Interest

Steve Jaffe Talks about Mediation by Zoom with Daily Business Review Mediator Cristina Maldonado Hosts, Instructs Group's First-Ever Entirely Online 40-Hour Family Mediator Training Time of Covid-19 Has Solidified Technology's Merger With Mediation Mediator Cristina Maldonado to Present Zoom 'Lunch & Learn' for Palm Beach Hispanic Bar Association

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Alan Lasseter, 27-Year Alabama Litigator, Joins Upchurch Watson White & Max

As Mr. Lasseter makes the transition to working full-time as a mediator, he looks forward to working with lawyers, their clients and other decisionmakers to reach resolution rather than incur the risks and costs of trial.

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Fred Lauten, Former Chief Judge of 9th Circuit, Joins Upchurch Watson White & Max Upchurch Watson White & Max Establishes Model Cybersecurity Protocol for Mediation Videoconferences Upchurch Watson White & Max Moves Up to a New Office in Miami John B. Marion IV, a Named Partner in South Florida Law Firm, Pursues Full-Time Mediation Practice

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NADN Executive Director Says Reports on Zoom Flaws Should Not Be 'Headline News'

"This is a classic case of 'user error' – as advised during our Zoom webinar in March, if you’re going to use Zoom for mediations (or any business purpose) you should ALWAYS ENABLE WAITING ROOMS functionality and ALWAYS PASSWORD PROTECT your meetings. Once mediations start, you can also LOCK those meetings. Those steps alone make it impossible for unwanted guests to crash your meeting - period. And, on Apr 5, Zoom changed DEFAULT settings so waiting rooms + password requirement are the norm across all paid accounts now."

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Meet Our Mediators: Brenda J. Newman, Esq. Meet Our Mediators: April Walker Meet Our Mediators: Scott Baughan Meet Our Mediators: Steven R. Jaffe

Our Featured Video

Whether your case is a 90-pound weakling or a sumo wrestler, there are ways to find leverage and gain and maintain tactical advantage in negotiations during the mediation process. Attendees of this Webinar -- presented by Upchurch Watson White & Max Principal Kimberly Sands and Shareholder Richard Lord -- learned how to prepare for and participate in mediation with an an intention of keeping the upper hand. We have updated The Florida Bar CLE credit for this presentation, and that information is included in the video.

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