Powerhouse Southeastern Mediation Firms Join Forces to Present 3-Part Continuing Legal Education Series
Dispute resolution professionals from Upchurch Watson White & Max, based in Florida and Alabama, and Georgia-based Miles Mediation & Arbitration will team up for three Webinars this year, accredited by bar associations for CLE in all three states.
Shareholder Jeffrey M. Fleming to Present for Circuit Court Boot Camp June 7
Jeff Fleming, a shareholder with Upchurch Watson White & Max, will present two sections, “Mediation” and “Preserving the Record & Post-Trial Motions,” at Circuit Court Boot Camp: The Nuts and Bolts, produced by Pincus Professional Education on June 7, 2019, in Orlando. “If you are new, or somewhat new, to litigation – this seminar is for you. Recently graduated law school? – can’t miss it. You don’t get these skills, this practical advice, and this insight from sitting judges (and former judges like Jeff) in law school.” Jeff was appointed Orange County judge in 2002 and Ninth Circuit judge in 2006, and he was later elected to each post without opposition. He also served as associate judge on the Fifth District Court of Appeal.
UWWM Mediator Renee Thompson to Speak for Florida Bar YLD’s Technology Roadshow
Look for her in The Florida Bar YLD’s Technology Roadshow, worth 4.0 technology/4.0 general/2.0 ethics continuing legal education (CLE) credits and sponsored by Upchurch Watson White & Max, in Sarasota, Clearwater, Orlando and West Palm Beach.
ABOTA Foundation Honors Mediator Bob Cole With Founders Award
Mediator Robert A. “Bob” Cole recently received the 2019 ABOTA Foundation Founders Award at the American Board of Trial Advocates National Board Meeting in California. The award is for an individual who has shown “exceptional vision and commitment to furthering the goals of the ABOTA Foundation.”
Mediator Donald J. Weidner Receives FSU’s 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Award
Florida State University recently honored mediator Donald J. Wiedner as the faculty winner of the 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Award. Don is dean emeritus of the FSU College of Law and Alumni Centennial Professor as well as, since August 2016, a member of Upchurch Watson White & Max’s panel of neutrals.
UWWM Mediator Al Tetrault Dies at 79
Albert R. Tetrault, a resident of Ormond Beach, Fla., and a mediator with Upchurch Watson White & Max since 2016, died Dec. 3, 2018, after a brief illness. He had a reputation as a lifelong learner and innovative thinker, and he will be missed by his UWWM colleagues and all those who mediated with him, in addition to those who knew him before he joined our panel.
Mediator/Arbitrator Howard R. Marsee Writes on History of Professionalism ‘Movement’
Howard R. Marsee, mediator, arbitrator and special master with Upchurch Watson White & Max, has contributed an article titled “Reflections on Unprofessional Conduct: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?” to the winter 2018 issue of The Professional, a triannual publication of the Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism of The Florida Bar.
Mediator Donald J. Weidner adds to his list of published works with 2018 edition of RUPA
Don Weidner, a UWWM mediator/arbitrator and dean emeritus of Florida State University College of Law, has added another scholarly work to his CV: he has published the 2018 edition of The Revised Uniform Partnership Act (with Bob Hillman and Allan Donn) (Thompson Reuters). Don was the Reporter for RUPA, which has been adopted by a majority of the states, including Florida.
Jacksonville ABOTA Chapter Bestows Civility Award on Mediator Bob Cole
Mediator Robert A. “Bob” Cole recently received the Joseph P. Milton Civility Award from the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Upchurch Watson White & Max is a longtime supporter of ABOTA — and, particularly the Florida chapter, FLABOTA, the largest ABOTA chapter in country, remaining today as an event sponsor.
Mediator Bob Cole Speaks for National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary Conference
Florida Mediator Robert A. “Bob” Cole recently participated in a panel discussion titled “Freshwater Fishing in the Ocean – Using ADR in Administrative Law” for the 2018 National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary Annual Conference.Bob, a shareholder with Upchurch Watson White & Max who has been part of its mediation panel since 2012, discussed this role for alternative dispute resolution with a Stetson University College of Law professor, a chief administrative law judge form Maryland and chief of staff for the Florida Department of Health.