We Leave a Trail, Florida Mediator Reminds
When you participate in a mediation as a party, advocate or neutral, you leave a trail. The trail an attorney or party creates within a particular mediation can be used to determine your goal or preferred path to reach that goal. Of course, signs ca... Read More
Florida Mediator Michael Orfinger Published in CPR Alternatives Newsletter
CPR, the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, has published an article on mediating in probate by Michael S. Orfinger, a principal of Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group, in the March issue of its “Alternatives to the... Read More
Florida Mediators Published by Claims Magazine
"Ten Cornerstones of Effective Mediation Advocacy," an educational article by Florida mediators A. Michelle Jernigan and Bruce Blitman, has been published in two parts by Claims magazine. Ms. Jernigan, a shareholder with Upchurch Watson White & Max, ... Read More
Nationally Known Mediator Uses Baseball Metaphor for Mutuality
The healthiest way to determine home plate is for the parties to negotiate toward it. The good faith negotiating that brings the parties to the ballpark can, likewise, bring them home. The key to this negotiation is mutuality, and the give and take o... Read More
Florida Mediator Sandy Upchurch Launches Run for Circuit Judge
Sandy Upchurch, who has been with the respected Florida- and Alabama-based mediation group Upchurch Watson White & Max for five years, began her campaign to become Circuit Court Judge for the 7th Judicial Circuit – Group 24 – when she officially file... Read More
