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Upchurch Watson White & Max is a Florida- and Alabama-based professional association of mediators. Our team of conflict resolution specialists practice in a wide range of alternative dispute resolution disciplines. Specific areas of practice include business mediation, corporate mediation, commercial 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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Blog Posts

UNCITRAL Convention on Enforcement of International Settlement Agreements and Amended Model Law on International Conciliation Take Another Step Forward

The Working Group II (Dispute Resolution) of the U.N. Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) met in February to complete its work on the drafts of the instruments. That should be exciting to dispute resolution professionals because the end result may be significant growth of international commercial mediation.

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Meet Our Mediators: Marty Van Tassel Meet our Mediators: Jeffrey M. Fleming Meet Our Mediators: Ricardo Cata Meet Our Mediators: Lawrence Kolin

Items of Interest

Listen to Mediator Lawrence Kolin on March 21's "Open Ninth" Podcast

"Open Ninth" is part of a new communications plan put in place by the Florida Supreme Court that seeks to better connect the courts with citizens. Lawrence discusses his experience as a mediator and the important role of mediation as an effective tool of alternative dispute resolution in the justice system.

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Mediator Don Weidner Makes Front Page News UWWM Continues Long-Time Support of FLABOTA CLE on "Unspoken Evidence" by Mediator Brandon Peters Available Online from Florida Bar Mediators Richard Lord and Chuck Tetunic Speak for The Gavel's Inaugural Conference

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Florida Mediator Carl Schwait Bestows Scholarship Associated With Haas Humanitarian Award

Mediator Carl Schwait, recipient of The Florida Bar’s G. Kirk Haas Humanitarian Award, recently selected a deserving law student and awarded the associated Haas scholarship to him during the All Rise Program on Student Wellness and Mental Health at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.

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Upchurch Watson White & Max Elevates Mediator Charles A. "Chuck" Mancuso to Shareholder Steven Jaffe, Former Partner at Well-Known Trial Firms, Joins Upchurch Watson White & Max UWWM Mediators to Speak Friday at University of Florida College of Law Repeat UWWM Honorees Listed in Best Lawyers® for 2018