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.
John B. Marion IV, a Named Partner in South Florida Law Firm, Pursues Full-Time Mediation Practice
A Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator, John B. Marion IV looks forward to settling disputes within the practice areas he knows best from 37 years of experience. Mr. Marion, who joins Upchurch Watson White & Max this week, began his legal career defending personal injury and wrongful death claims on behalf of insurance companies, manufacturers, institutional clients, public utilities and railroads.
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.
UWWM Mediators Fan Out in Florida to Teach About ADR
Panel members of Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group have put a brighter light on education for the last month, although they frequently appear as faculty members and speakers […]
Mediator/Arbitrator Donald J. Weidner to Keynote for LLC Institute
Don Weidner, who is not only a mediator and arbitrator with Upchurch Watson White and Max but also Dean Emeritus and Alumni Centennial Professor at Florida State University College of Law, will give the keynote address at the 2019 LLC Institute for the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 7 and 8, at the Stetson Tampa Law Center.
Volusia County Bar to Honor Mediator Richard S. ‘Dick’ Graham With Power of the Law Award
If Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King had not related the true story in ‘Beneath a Ruthless Sun,’ many who know Judge Graham very well would not have known about his courage and determination as a young attorney. Graham, a mediator with Upchurch Watson White & Max since 2012, will receive an award, named for him by his local bar association, on Oct. 24, 2019.