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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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Newsroom Updates

Experienced Mediator Mark Haskins Joins UWWM as Full-Time Neutral

SARASOTA, Fla. (March 8, 2023) – Mark A. Haskins, who has been actively mediating for more than five years, has joined the distinguished panel of Upchurch Watson White & Max. He brings a reputation for engaging even the most reluctant parties and helping them actively participate in the mediation process to achieve reasonable resolutions. More than 32 years of civil litigation as both plaintiff and defense counsel in Florida’s Southwest Gulf Coast Region also serve as a backdrop for his full-time neutral career.

SWS Law Firm Managing Partner Steve Sands Becomes Full-Time UWWM Mediator/Arbitrator

ORMOND BEACH. FL. (February 20, 2023) – Steven L. Sands has begun to mediate as part of Upchurch Watson White & Max’s distinguished panel of neutrals. He is based in Central Florida, but, like all UWWM mediators, is available in person or by Zoom. He has now completed his transition from litigator to full-time dispute resolution professional, fulfilling a longtime goal of helping parties settle differences in a compassionate, personalized manner. He plans to use the full breadth of his experience in that pursuit.

Retired Mediator Dick Graham Will Get Statue in Daytona Esplanade

Soon to be unveiled: A bust honoring Dick Graham, a mediator with our group until his recent retirement. "A longtime colleague and friend of Mr. Graham, John Upchurch, (said). 'Richard Graham is a gifted lawyer, yet one of the most humble men I’ve known ... It brings home to me that ordinary people, when motivated and inspired, are capable of great things.' He noted the significance (Gilbert) King’s book had in this moment. Mr. Upchurch’s son, Thomas, also a lawyer, led the effort to commission the bust."

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