Mexico City's Escuela Libre de Derecho will host Mr. Cata, a Miami-based mediator with Upchurch Watson White & Max, as he speaks on the growth of international commercial mediation in relation to international arbitration at a three-day conference presented by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Mexico. He will follow up by addressing a graduate program about U.S. and international mediation and mediation of insurance-related cases.

Bob Cole, Upchurch Watson White & Max shareholder and chair of the ADR Practitioners Committee of The Jacksonville Bar, reports success for the annual Northeast Florida CME Seminar on May 14, 2015. He says about 40 mediators attended the sessions at Florida Coastal School of Law, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Bob revived a favorite UWWM presentation for his afternoon session discussing the ethical consideration that face mediators, attorneys and parties; it had a "Gilligan's Island" theme and was titled "It Was Just a Three-Hour Tour."

Mediator Ricardo J. Cata Mediator Ricardo Cata 's heart has been in Miami for a long time, and now his residence is, too. He and his wife,...

Mediator Richard B. Lord, a shareholder with Upchurch Watson White & Max, has accepted a nomination to become a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Lord has been with the mediation group since 1999, and he mediates and arbitrates cases nationwide. The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation is an honorary organization of lawyers, judges, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and to the highest principles of the legal profession.

UWWM Dispute Resolution Counsel Brandon S. Peters advises that The Hon. D. Brooks Smith will be at the Florida A&M University College of Law in...