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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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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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Meet Our Mediators: Brenda J. Newman, Esq.

It takes persistence to succeed in anything meaningful. It is true in learning to play an instrument, representing clients as a trial lawyer, and serving as a dispute resolution professional. Brenda Newman, the subject of this installment of "Meet Our Mediators," can attest to all three. Ms. Newman serves as a mediator, arbitrator and special master and had served as a neutral independently before joining Upchurch Watson White & Max's panel in January 2019.

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Meet Our Mediators: April Walker Meet Our Mediators: Scott Baughan Meet Our Mediators: Steven R. Jaffe UNCITRAL Convention on Enforcement of International Settlement Agreements and Amended Model Law on International Conciliation Take Another Step Forward

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UWWM Mediators Fan Out in Florida to Teach About ADR

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Mediator/Arbitrator Donald J. Weidner to Keynote for LLC Institute Certified Mediators Michelle Jernigan, Art Garcia to Speak for Florida Bar ADR Section Mentoring Academy It's a Quick Scooter Ride to UWWM Office from Miami's Central Station Mediator Art Garcia to Speak for 2 Sessions at Broward County Bench & Bar

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South Florida Mediator Ana Cristina Maldonado Joins Upchurch Watson White & Max

Ana Cristina Maldonado, who was called to dispute resolution as a career choice beginning with her legal studies, joins Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group this week. Since 2012, she has been first a courthouse mediator and then a sole neutral, focusing primarily on resolving family issues, and she will be a driving force in this practice area for UWWM. Additionally, her new affiliation with UWWM will allow her to more quickly expand her circuit civil and pre-trial mediation practice areas.

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Volusia County Bar to Honor Mediator Richard S. 'Dick' Graham With Power of the Law Award Well-Known Defense Attorney Ben Newman Launches Full-Time Dispute Resolution Career Powerhouse Southeastern Mediation Firms Join Forces to Present 3-Part Continuing Legal Education Series Mediators Scott M. Baughan and Brenda J. Newman Certified by U.S. District Court

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