Super Results in Super Lawyers Selections for 2020
Seven UWWM mediators have been selected to Super Lawyers this year. Florida-based Reneé E. Thompson was chosen for Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars from 2009 to 2014 and has been selected for Super Lawyers every year since then — at first for her work in general litigation and later for alternative dispute resolution. Alabama-based shareholder George M. “Marty” Van Tassel has been selected every year since 2008 for ADR. Rodney A. Max, a UWWM principal, has been selected for many years since 2007 for ADR in both Alabama and Florida and is an honoree for 2020 as well.
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.
Mediator Scott Baughan to Discuss Zoom Mediation for Society of Settlement Planners on June 4
“In this bizarre world that we are all experiencing, a new and potentially game-changing mediation process has emerged….the virtual mediation!” That’s how organizers for the Society of Settlement Planners’ June […]
Steve Jaffe Talks about Mediation by Zoom with Daily Business Review
Recently, Daily Business Review writer and editor Catherine Wilson asked a UWWM panel member, Steven R. Jaffe, to comment for her article titled “Zoom Judges: Stars and Stage Fright in the Virtual World,” in which she tells the story of some judges and mediators who “made quick jumps into the Zoom world, racking up dozens and even hundreds of remote hearings. They talk about their virtual work, video surprises like a leaping cat and background screen choices.”
Fred Lauten, Former Chief Judge of 9th Circuit, Joins Upchurch Watson White & Max
He begins his mediation career as in-person conferencing has been curtailed, but he has a strategy for that and for preparing attorneys and parties to get maximum results from mediation videoconferences.
Mediator Cristina Maldonado Hosts, Instructs Group’s First-Ever Entirely Online 40-Hour Family Mediator Training
UWWM mediator Ana Cristina Maldonado, together with other trainers, recently took to Zoom to present a five-day family mediation training course. They had been scheduled to teach live and in-person for the Florida Mediation Training Center in Davie, but those plans were upended by the Covid-19 restrictions. The Monday before the class was to begin, “we figured we were cancelled,” Cristina says. “On Tuesday, the Supreme Court said we could do it online.” Two days later, she started the online meeting, launching the class.
Upchurch Watson White & Max Establishes Model Cybersecurity Protocol for Mediation Videoconferences
The mediation group, with nine offices in Florida and Alabama and a panel of 43 professional neutrals, drafted the policy statement in response to widely reported security concerns about the popular video meeting platform Zoom.
Mediator Cristina Maldonado to Present Zoom ‘Lunch & Learn’ for Palm Beach Hispanic Bar Association
Mediator Ana Cristina Maldonado continues with a series of educational presentations on April 28; this one is a virtual Lunch & Learn on how to use Zoom for the Palm Beach County Hispanic Bar Association. It is a free program, but space is limited.
Mediators Art Garcia and Richard Lord to Present Webinar on Remote Mediation Today
Two mediators on the Upchurch Watson White & Max panel will draw on their practical knowledge at noon today (Tuesday, March 19, 2020) to present “Reaching Resolution in a Remote Revolution – Remote Mediation Do’s, Don’ts, and Best Practices,” a CLE Webinar sponsored by a group of voluntary bar associations from across Florida.
Upchurch Watson White & Max Moves Up to a New Office in Miami
UWWM is taking dispute resolution to new heights across the state. The group, which recently celebrated the opening of its new Miami office, continues a years-long quest to enhance conference facilities and further develop its panel of quality neutrals.