Summary Of Experience and Qualifications

Highly accomplished, independent conflict resolution professional with a national practice providing dispute resolution solutions including mediation, arbitration and impartial workplace investigations of EEOC and other employment related claims. One of the first court-certified mediators in Florida. Extensive experience teaching mediation and negotiation skills.
Firmly established reputation as a creative and tireless ADR professional committed to a philosophy of impartial, proactive and engaged problem solving.
Creative, dynamic problem solver with excellent mediation, risk management, fact-finding and negotiation skills.
Results-oriented with the ability to quickly identify, understand and address complex legal issues and difficult emotional challenges and pave the way for the parties to settle disputes in a durable, cost-effective way.
Skilled at engaging reluctant and difficult personalities in the conflict resolution process. Focused, patient, confident, calm and diplomatic, working in even the most stressful and challenging circumstances.
Licenses: Member, The Florida Bar; Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator; Circuit, Family, Qualified Arbitrator.

Professional Experience

Mediated 3000+ cases, including complex, multi-party and class-action litigation in both state and federal courts, throughout the United States.
Issues included employment and civil rights claims, labor law claims, medical, dental, nursing and hospital/nursing home malpractice, personal injury/wrongful death, construction disputes, real estate matters, contested high asset divorce, securities claims, insurance claims, commercial claims, franchise disputes, environmental/land use, residential and commercial foreclosure and bankruptcy.

Extensive experience investigating workplace claims of discrimination and breach of contract/wrongful termination in the private and public sectors and providing employers with in-depth analysis of complex and conflicting narratives and recommendations for innovative, cost-effective and durable solutions.

Served as arbitrator and arbitration panel member in a wide variety of claims: collective bargaining grievance arbitration, non-binding arbitration of claims pending in U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida and the 6th and 13th Judicial Circuits, Florida; FINRA claims; class action claims resolution arbitration, Florida Lemon Law recreational vehicle arbitration.

Harvard Law School — Advanced Negotiation: Applications to Gender
U.S. Department of Justice - Americans with Disabilities Act: Mediation Training for Professional Mediators
Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator - Circuit/Family
Additional Advanced Circuit and Family Mediation Training
Advanced Workshop for Mediators, Intellectual Property Disputes, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an Agency of the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Holocaust Studies for Educators, International School for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel
Florida Growth Management Consortium: Mediating Public Policy Disputes Involving Environmental Issues
Primary Trainer for Florida Supreme Court Mediation Certification Program
EEOC Training Institute for EEO Investigators
Served on the following Mediation and Arbitration Panels:

United States District Court, Middle District of Florida — Mediator and Arbitrator
Florida State Courts — Court Certified Mediator and Qualified Arbitrator
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) — Mediator and Arbitrator
Collins Center for Public Policy, Hurricane Insurance Claims Program - Mediator and Arbitrator,
International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR) - Mediator
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an Agency of the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland - Panel of Mediators
National Panel of Mediators, In re: The Prudential Insurance Company of America Sales Practices Litigation, Class Action ADR Process
National Panel of Mediators, Cremin, et al. v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., Class Action Claims Resolution Process
National Panel of Mediators, Martens, et al. v. Smith Barney, Class Action Claims Resolution Process
Sixth Judicial Circuit (Florida) Foreclosure Mediation Panel Member; Contract Family Law Mediation Panel
Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida, Foreclosure Mediation Panel Member
Fulbright Specialist - Mediation/Conflict Resolution - 2018-2020
General Motors - GM/Dealer Network National Mediation Program: Panel of Mediators
The Florida Bar Mediation & Fee Arbitration Program: Volunteer Mediator and Arbitrator
Work History

More than 25 years of private practice trial experience, including both jury and bench trials, in federal and state courts and federal and state administrative agencies; employment and labor law (NLRA, FLSA, ADEA, OSHA, etc.), personal injury, commercial/UCC, probate (will contests), contested divorce.
Represented management in all areas of employment and labor law Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, New York, New York, Associate.
Investigated unfair labor practices, conducted administrative hearings, prosecuted claims before administrative law judges representing NLRB National Labor Relations Board, Tampa, Florida, Field Attorney.

University of Miami Law School, Coral Gables, Florida, Juris Doctor, 1973
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Bachelor of Science, Major: Journalism/Finance, 1970