David H. Lichter Higer Lichter & Givner LLP 18305 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 402 Aventura FL 33160 Tel: (305) 356-7555 Fax: (305) 356-7556 Email: dlichter@hlglawyers.com www.HLGlawyers.com

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ADR Services: Mediation (Circuit-Civil) Mediation (Federal) Arbitration (Civil/Commercial) Neutral Evaluation Special Master

Formal Certifications: Federally Certified Mediator County Court Mediator Circuit-Civil Mediator Serving the following Judicial Circuits: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 [ Click for Map of Florida's Civil Circuits ]

ADA Disability Anti-Trust Appellate Banking & Finance Commercial/Business Condominiums Construction Consumer Fraud Contract Disputes Criminal Justice

Debt / Foreclosure Employment Franchise Health Care Insurance Intellectual Property Landlord / Tenant Libel & Slander Negligence Partnerships

Probate Professional Fees Real Estate Religious Institutions Securities Technology Torts Trusts

Biographical Notes:

David is an experienced attorney whose work is substantially devoted to the mediation and arbitration of commercial litigation and securities arbitration matters. David is engaged regularly by plaintiffs and defendants and mediates cases throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico. He also provides case management and private judging services.

David is certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Certified Civil Circuit and County Court mediator, and by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida as a Certified Mediator and is listed in the Register of Mediators for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. He is also an approved mediator and arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formerly known as the NASD and NYSE). Additionally, David is a member of the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators. The particular substantive areas in which he has litigated, arbitrated and mediated include securities, real estate, contracts, common law breach of fiduciary duty and fraud, legal professional liability, trade secrets, trademark and copyright infringement and counterfeiting, covenants not to compete, tortious interference, civil forfeiture, franchises, dealer termination, antitrust, civil rights, False Claims Act, probate, RICO, ADA, RESPA, Truth in Lending Act and other common law and statutory business torts. David has acted as a special master in both state and federal court.

David graduated with honors from Brandeis University and received his law degree with honors from Georgetown University Law Center where he participated on the Editorial Board of the American Criminal Law Review. Following graduation, David served as law clerk for the Hon. Howell W. Melton, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida. After his clerkship, David worked for nearly five years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida in Miami, Florida, in the appellate, civil, and major crimes and frauds divisions, and tried numerous civil and criminal jury trials. After leaving the U.S. Attorney's office, David practiced with the Kenny Nachwalter law firm for 14 years before establishing David Lichter & Associates, P.A. in 2003 and Higer Lichter & Givner in 2006.

David was the 2003-05 Vice-Chair of the Securities Litigation Committee of the Dade County Bar Association. He is a past Chair of the Florida Bar's Federal Court Practice Committee, on which he served from 1995-2003. He has lectured on "Breaking Impasse" at the Annual Conference hosted by the Florida Dispute Resolution Center and spoken on mediation at the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Annual Conference and the Annual Seminar of the Securities Industry Association Compliance and Legal Division. David, who is A/V rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, is included in the 2008 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® in the specialty of Alternative Dispute Resolution, the 2008 Florida Trend Magazine's Legal Elite in the field of Mediation and in the 2008 Florida Super Lawyers Magazine in the field of Business Litigation and Mediation. His most recent article on mediation, "A Practical Path Towards Better Mediations," may be found in the Winter 2007 American Association for Justice Magazine.

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Cancellation Policy: None

DOCUMENT LIBRARY

Published Articles:

"A Practical Path Towards Better Mediations" - Newsletter - March 2007

AVAILABILITY & BOOKING INFORMATION

Calendar Last Updated: 20 Aug 08	To confirm a mediation booking, please call Georgette O'Cone at (305) 356-7555