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June 2015 Blog Archive

Guess Who's Coming to Mediation
Guess Who's Coming to Mediation Viewers will learn about wide-ranging rules under the topic of attendance and authority at mediation. Presenters A. Michelle Jernigan, Lawrence Kolin and Dominic Brandy, all mediators with Upchurch Watson White & Max, are effective speakers in the ar... Read More

What Is 'Other ADR'? Approved 1.0 Hr. FL Bar CLE Credits 1.0 General Course #1504141N until 12/18/2016 Presented by: Lawrence Kolin and A. Michelle... Read More

Jury Duty With a Mediator Mindset, Part 3: Liability Issues and Causation
Jury Duty With a Mediator Mindset, Part 3: Liability Issues and Causation The plaintiff asserted the construction company had been negligent by failing to exercise due care in re-routing traffic away from the pothole. There was no question the construction company knew about the pothole; the issue was what duty it had to p... Read More

Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group Names 5 New Shareholders Upchurch Watson White & Max recently announced mediators Judith A. Bass, Dominic Brandy, Jeffrey M. Fleming, George M. "Marty" Van Tassel and William Zei, who joined Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group during a two-year period of growth for t... Read More

What Is 'Other ADR'? Major changes are being proposed by The Supreme Court of Florida's Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution... Read More

Mediator Ricardo Cata Speaks to 125 Grad Students at Mexican Law School
Mediator Ricardo Cata Speaks to 125 Grad Students at Mexican Law School Ricardo J. Cata, bilingual mediator with Upchurch Watson White & Max, was a speaker on the mediation process and practice, including insurance-related mediation, and international commercial mediation, at the Graduate Program on Insurance and Surety ... Read More

Jury Duty With a Mediator Mindset, Part 2: The Jury
Jury Duty With a Mediator Mindset, Part 2: The Jury Seven of us were selected to serve – six jurors and one alternate. I initially tried to guess who the alternate was but recognized it was futile. I had no real information from which to make that judgment. Our jury was composed of five men and two wo... Read More

Mediator Ricardo Cata a Recent Speaker in Mexico City
Mediator Ricardo Cata a Recent Speaker in Mexico City Ricardo J. Cata, bilingual mediator with Upchurch Watson White & Max, was a speaker on June 4, 2015, at a mediation seminar held by the ICC Mexico, at the Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City. The seminar, from June 3 to 5, was titled “Taller Practi... Read More

Upchurch Watson White & Max Names Orlando Mediator a Shareholder
Upchurch Watson White & Max Names Orlando Mediator a Shareholder MAITLAND, Fla. (June 10, 2015) - Jeffrey M. Fleming, who has been a mediator with Upchurch Watson White & Max since June 2014, is among five new shareholders the growing firm named recently. Mr. Fleming is certainly well-known within the local legal ... Read More