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A. Michelle Jernigan

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A. Michelle Jernigan
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One Orlando Centre
800 North Magnolia Avenue, Suite 400
Orlando, FL 32803

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Phone:

(407) 661-1123

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(800) 863-1462

Email:

mjernigan@uww-adr.com

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About

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.

Professional Education & Qualifications

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

Memberships, Publications

  • Past Editor / Past Treasurer / Executive Council: ADR Section of The Florida Bar
    Member / Past Director: American College of Civil Trial Mediators
  • Founding Member / Past Director / Past President: Florida Academy of Professional Mediators
  • Author: "How Clients Think: The Brains Behind Decision Making," The Briefs: A Publication of the Orange County Bar Association (June, July and August 2014)
  • Co-Author: “Ten Cornerstones of Effective Mediation Advocacy,”
     Claims magazine (February and March 2014)
  • Co-Author: "The Mediator’s Role in the Family Business" ACCTM Publication: American Journal of Mediation (Volume 2, 2008)
  • Co-Author: "Mediation Proceedings" Chapter 8, Florida Dissolution of Marriage, (4th ed.1993)

AMJ NADN badgeRated Super Lawyer 2006-2015

Areas Of Practice

  • Appellate Mediation
  • Business Dissolutions
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Condominium Association Disputes
  • Construction Litigation
  • Consumer Disputes
  • Eminent Domain
  • Employment
  • ERISA
  • Estates / Trusts
  • Family Business / Family Law
  • Insurance Disputes
  • Legal and Medical Malpractice
  • Nursing Home
  • Personal Injury
  • Real Estate
  • Securities
  • Trademark/Copyright
  • Wrongful Death