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.

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.

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.

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.

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Arthur Garcia Jr. of Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group will be a speaker on Friday, Oct. 18, for a session that compares arbitration to mediation and one that explains how to plan and present for effective mediation advocacy.

Ricardo's comments and facilitated discussion on mediating franchise disputes are part of the Miami roundtable titled “Building Industry Specific Mediation Expertise in a Competitive ADR Marketplace” specifically for AAA-ICDR mediators.

In another summer full of honors, Upchurch Watson White & Max panel members shine again. In July, Renée Thompson became the first among our mediators ever to be named one of the Fastcase 50. To start off the season in June, six of our mediators were named to either the Florida or Alabama Super Lawyers list for 2019, and firm Principal Rodney A. Max made the list for both states.