Mediating Probate Cases to Settlement
Approved 1.5 Hr. FL Bar General CLE Credits
1.0 Certification Credit
Elder Law
Marital and Family Law
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Getting Ready to Mediate: A Blueprint for Success
Watch this Webinar almost anywhere to earn 1.0 hours Florida Bar General CLE Credit. “Getting Ready to Mediate: A Blueprint for Success” was originally presented via GoToWebinar by our CEO and founding partner, John Upchurch, on June 23, 2014.
Getting Ready to Mediate: A Blueprint for Success
Watch this Webinar almost anywhere to earn 1.0 hours Florida Bar General CLE Credit. “Getting Ready to Mediate: A Blueprint for Success” was originally presented via GoToWebinar by our CEO and founding partner, John Upchurch, on June 23, 2014.
Florida Mediator Brandon S. Peters to Join Upchurch Watson White & Max on Aug. 1
Upchurch Watson White & Max is pleased to announce that Florida mediator Brandon S. Peters will join the firm effective Aug. 1, 2014. Mr. Peters currently operates a successful sole practice, imMEDIATE RESOLUTION LLC, and he intends to offer the same high-level services as dispute resolution counsel for UWWM. He recently described his unique value as a mediator. “I work differently,” he said. “I challenge the status quo to achieve better outcomes. I do that by focusing on the people involved in a mediation conference before I focus on the issues. It is important to know my audience and to know what factors –- emotional or otherwise –- may be driving negotiations. This helps me do my job more effectively.”
Florida Mediator/Arbitrator Howard Marsee Serving on Bar Committee
Mediator/arbitrator Howard R. Marsee, who is based in Upchurch Watson White & Max’s Maitland/Orlando, Fla., office, began his term of service on The Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Professionalism in early July 2014. “As strange as it seems, I am serving on the Young Lawyers Working Group,” Howard said wryly. “This is a sub-committee (not all are young) that creates and presents professionalism education and CLE programs for law students and young lawyers.” Howard, who lives in Oviedo, will serve until 2017.
Florida Mediator Mike Orfinger to Be Unopposed in Election for Circuit Judge
Upchurch Watson White & Max is pleased to announce that mediator Mike Orfinger, a principal with the firm, will become a judge for Florida’s Seventh Judicial Circuit in January 2015. His opponent for the seat recently was appointed to replace another judge, leaving Mr. Orfinger unopposed in the upcoming election. Mr. Orfinger will replace retiring Judge R. Michael Hutcheson on the Seventh Circuit. Mike Orfinger’s father, the late Melvin Orfinger, was one of the original judges on the Fifth District Court of Appeal, and Mike’s brother, Richard Orfinger, is a sitting judge on the same court their father helped to establish.
Florida Mediator Robert A. Cole Had A Busy Month
Robert A. Cole, a shareholder with Upchurch Watson White & Max who is based in Jacksonville — but who travels all over Florida to mediate — made a few personal appearances that were not mediations over the last several weeks. First, Bob participated in a panel with two circuit judges and two other mediators discussing trial issues unique to construction law cases. The Jacksonville Bar Association Construction Law Committee presented the discussion at the end of May.
Alabama mediator Brad Wash to Speak at ALAJ Convention
Brad Wash, a shareholder with Upchurch Watson White & Max, will speak about avoiding impasse in mediation’s early going on Saturday, June 14, at the Alabama Association for Justice’s Sun & Stars Annual Convention.
His brief talk on the assigned subject of “When the Shells Are Far Apart — The Nuts Come Out” will highlight best practices for litigators who are shepherding their clients through the mediation process. It is part of ALAJ’s new “rapid fire format.”
The Florida Litigator s Dispute Resolution Toolbox: Creative ADR Applications
For “The Florida Litigator s Dispute Resolution Toolbox: Creative ADR Applications,” Upchurch Watson White and Max Partner Larry Watson reviews a wide variety of creative dispute resolution processes available to Florida litigators — custom resolution tools to fit any litigation problem — during a lunchtime Webinar that was presented live on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014
Webinar: Your Client’s Brain in Mediation
Florida mediator Michelle Jernigan discusses the physiology and chemistry behind your client’s behavior during mediation. Watch this video, “Your Client’s Brain in Mediation” and earn complimentary CLE through The Florida Bar!