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In 1988, Michelle Jernigan was one of the first mediators to be certified by the Florida Supreme Court. Since launching her mediation career in 1987, Ms. Jernigan has mediated thousands of cases throughout Florida. As a pioneer in mediation, she served as a consultant to the state’s Supreme Court as it established mediation mentorship rules. In 1997, Chief Justice Gerald Kogan appointed her to a four-year term on the Florida Supreme Court Mediation Training Review Board. Her service on the board continued through March 2013.
In her 36-year career as a mediator Ms. Jernigan has mediated multi-party, multi- district, complex commercial, employment and tort cases to successful conclusion. She has decades of experience as a FINRA arbitrator, serving as sole arbiter and chair on three-panel arbitrations. Ms. Jernigan has arbitrated and continues to arbitrate consumer, commercial, employment, personal injury, family and real estate disputes. She has developed and implemented mediation training programs for Orlando Regional Healthcare Systems and Eckerd Corporation. Ms. Jernigan has trained hundreds of mediators in Florida, written numerous articles on mediation and is a recognized speaker in the field of ADR.
J.D., Stetson University College of Law, 1981
B.S. (Political Science), Stetson University, 1979
Nova University, Post Graduate Studies / Psychology
Florida Certified Circuit Civil Mediator
Florida Certified Family Mediator
Certified U.S. District Court Mediator, Middle District of Florida
Florida Certified 5th DCA Appellate Mediator
Florida Qualified Arbitrator (1992 to present)
FINRA Arbitrator (1999 to present)
Trained Family Collaborative Lawyer (2017)
Super Lawyers (2006, 2014, 2015)
Rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell