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One Orlando Centre
800 North Magnolia Avenue, Suite 400
Orlando, FL 32803
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(407) 661-1123
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Lawrence Kolin brings parties and their counsel together online or in person to settle difficult cases by mediating lawsuits in state, federal and appellate courts. He has successfully mediated thousands of civil matters, including multi-party and complex cases of all types since 2001. Lawrence formerly served as a General Magistrate in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, presiding over hearings and bench trials. He is also experienced in conducting arbitrations as a qualified arbitrator since 2005. Lawrence is an AV Peer Review Rated Preeminent™ Super Lawyer® in his 30th year of practice, having advocated in diverse areas of civil trial work for both plaintiff and defense when he was a partner in a statewide law firm. Lawrence has appeared at over fifty courthouses in Florida’s 67 counties. He’s acted as a full-time neutral since 2010, devoting his energy entirely to advancing dispute resolution and brought his skills to UWWM a decade ago.
Active in local and state bar associations, Lawrence chaired a major effort to modernize Florida Civil Procedure Rules to include E-Discovery. He is a noted speaker in legal seminars and webinars, teaching as faculty at the Advanced Judicial College, Bench Bar Conference, ACEDS, The Masters Conference for Legal Professionals, and lecturing at many colleges and law schools. A Graduate Faculty Scholar at University of Central Florida, he has been an Assistant Professor at the College of Medicine, taught Health Law in the College of Community Innovation and Education, Real Estate Law at the College of Business and Negotiation in Practice through the Department of Legal Studies, as well as coached UCF’s award-winning competitive Mediation Team.
Featured as an Ask A Lawyer columnist for The Orlando Sentinel newspaper, he still frequently writes for legal publications such as Thomson Reuters Practical Law Arbitration series, Orange County Bar Association Briefs magazine, The Professional and ABA Just Resolutions and is often quoted as an authority in The Florida Bar News. Lawrence also authors Orlando Mediator, which he started writing in 2010; it was recognized as an official ABA Journal ‘Blawg.’ Lawrence was even voted a top blogger nationally for the legal news category by The Expert Institute and his blog is Top 10 for Mediation according to ADR Times and rated among national publishers as a Top 5 Dispute Resolution Blog by Feedspot. Additionally, he is often a guest podcaster and was interviewed about his insights into mediation by a former chief judge, who is now a UWWM colleague, on the groundbreaking Open Ninth official court podcast.
For his efforts on behalf of abused and neglected children, Lawrence was honored with The Florida Bar Legal Aid Public Service Award presented in conjunction with the prestigious Tobias Simon Pro Bono Award at The Supreme Court of Florida. He’s been counted among Florida Trend’s Legal Elite in Arbitration & Mediation, listed as one of Orlando Business Journal’s Most Influential Businessmen, selected as Mediator of the Month™ in Attorney at Law magazine and identified as a Top ADR Lawyer and Attorney of the Year in Orlando Life and Orlando Style magazines. He also serves as a founding board member of the Maccabee Bar Association. Lawrence was proudly named a Litigation Trailblazer and Pioneer™ by the National Law Journal for his innovative work in alternative dispute resolution practice. He founded the ADR Committee of the OCBA and was twice elected to the Executive Council of The Florida Bar ADR Section and continues to contribute as an Emeritus Member.
Lawrence was raised in Central Florida, where he resides with his wife and two daughters. His family gives their time and talents to many local causes.
Founding Chair - ADR Committee; Past Chair - Entertainment Law and Medical-Legal Committees; Member - Intellectual Property, Business Law, Technology, and Judicial Relations Committees; Literary Society
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