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A number of Upchurch Watson White & Max principals and panel members have been selected for various seminars and speaking engagements throughout the state.
Principal  Rodney A. Max  delivered the Keynote Program  “Designing the Mediation”  at the August 24, 2011 Florida Mediation Institute seminar held...
Panel member, Sandra C. Upchurch was selected into the second class of Florida Association for Women Lawyers' Leaders in the Law. This designation is awarded annually to only a select group of attorneys from around the state who have been nominated by their local chapters and meet the criteria for the recognition.
Mike Orfinger is the primary trainer for the Florida Supreme Court Appellate Mediation Certification training program being held April 5,6, and 7 at the USF Campus in Tampa. Mike has also been selected to join a panel of distinguished mediators for a presentation at the ABA Litigation and Criminal Section Annual CLE Conference in Miami on April 15th.
Kimberly Sands will address attendees of the Annual ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar on Saturday, March 5th, in Tuscon, AZ. Joining a panel of 5, Kim's topic: "Institutional Bad Faith - PUtting the Insurer's Practices and Procedures on Trial."
Upchurch Watson White & Max is pleased to announce the appointment of Arthur J. Hanes, Jr. to the firm's distinguished panel of neutrals. Hanes will be based at our Birmingham office as of February 1, 2011.
John Upchurch, principal and CEO of Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group, presented “Toward a Defense Mediation Strategy: Focus on Plaintiff's Emotional Needs” at the Annual Kubicki Draper Global Seminar on November 5, 2010 in Orlando, Florida.
Lawrence M. Watson Jr., principal with Upchurch Watson White & Max, has been selected to join a group of expert facilitators at the 8th Annual Advanced Mediation and Advocacy Skills Institute, presented by the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution.
Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group panelist, Gary Canner, was selected to instruct Appellate Mediation Training at the Alabama State Bar, on October 6, 2010.
Michael S. Orfinger, principal with UWWM, will present “It’s Crazier than you Think: Mediation Case Law Update” from 1:55PM- 2:45PM.