Florida Bar flooded with foreclosure complaints
Since the fall of 2010, almost two years ago, the Florida Bar has fielded nearly 1,400 complaints against attorneys relating to the housing crisis, an unprecedented amount…
John Upchurch Speaks to Attendees of ACEDS Annual Conference
Upchurch Watson White & Max Principal, John Upchurch, addressed over 450 attendees of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS)
Your Mediation Questions Answered
We had such an overwhelmingly positive response to our February 21st webinar, “The 10 Most Common Questions Asked About Mediation”, in which…
Statewide Voluntary Foreclosure Program Announced
Mediation Firm Upchurch Watson White & Max Establishes Statewide Voluntary Foreclosure Mediation Program
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A Soft-Side Syllabus for Hard-Side Advisors
We jest that life insurance agents push insurance as the global panacea for whatever the client’s unmet needs may be.
But that mindset is not…
“The Careful Communicator” ~ A collection of grammatical misadventures!
THE CAREFUL COMMUNICATOR #1
This posting is the first step in a leisurely stroll through skillful English usage. Over the years I have…
“Certification of Authority:”Amendments to Rule 1.720, Fla. R. Civ. P.
Redefining “Attendance” and “Authority.”
Since the opinion was published there has been a lot of discussion with respect to the amendment…
FLORIDA BAR PRESIDENT: Filing Fees Can’t Sustain Courts
DAYTONA BEACH — The head of The Florida Bar on Wednesday shared details of a proposal to stabilize funding in the state court system.
Scott G. Hawkins, who is president of The Florida Bar and an attorney in private practice in West Palm Beach, spoke to The Daytona Beach News-Journal’s editorial board about the plan by a workgroup to eliminate cash flow problems for judicial funding.
“The courts didn’t create the problem,” Hawkins told editorial board members. “We are essentially inheriting the problem.”…
CAN WORK BECOME FUN?
“DRIVE: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us”
By Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead Trade (2011)
A Post-It Note is likely within your…
Few Take Advantage of State’s Foreclosure Mediation Program
DAYTONA BEACH — When Florida mandated a residential foreclosure mediation program two years ago, its creators hoped that joining lenders and borrowers together would plug the stream of foreclosure cases that swamped the court system.
That hasn’t come close to happening, lawyers and bankers say.
Instead, many borrowers are leery of the free program’s legitimacy, and few that actually go to mediation reach an agreement, as some lenders seem unwilling to work toward a deal.