There is clear demand from attorneys, insurance adjusters, individual parties,
etc. to know more specific
information about a given mediator:
their experience, qualifications & certifications,
language skills, dispute areas in
which they have previously mediated, and so on. Our site allows the
visitor to find such professionals quickly and easily,
thereby further promoting the practices of Florida's premier civil mediators.There is also the common difficulty of settling upon a
mutually agreed date and time for a mediation.
With this in
mind, we created the FCCMS website to serve as a daily
aid to trial attorneys, law firms and schedulers.
Since 2005, FloridaMediators.org has become a 'one-stop shop' for
those that regularly require a mediator, allowing them to instantly view
the availability of preferred professionals and expedite the scheduling
process.
Our website now regularly welcomes between 1000-1200 unique visitors each
week day, making it one of
the most visited websites in the Florida legal sector.
Membership:
Membership in the Society is by invitation only. Membership is limited
to established mediators or arbitrators, each of whom is confirmed to
have met our nomination and experience requirements, and to have
established a solid reputation in their respective field.
Formal Eligibility Criteria:
- Only Circuit-Civil certified attorney
mediators based
in the state of Florida are considered eligible.
- An initial nomination is generally required from an existing
member of the roster; else our Advisory Committee
will be consulted on the inclusion of any new applicant.
- All Members are professional neutrals, in
civil mediation/arbitration practice for a minimum of 3 years,
and must declare that a minimum of 25% of their professional efforts are
dedicated to ADR practice.
- Neutrals must have privately
mediated/arbitrated at least 100 civil disputes, excluding pro
bono,
court appointed cases, and receive remuneration for
mediation/arbitration work at least 60 days annually.
- 4 attorney client references required on
application (attorneys for whom neutral has mediated/arbitrated civil disputes
in the preceding 3 months, excluding pro bono cases). Each
will be contacted
and questioned as to applicant's ADR expertise, approach and professionalism.
All nominees must provide attorney references (as described above)
before being confirmed into the Society.
The final decision to approve/decline membership rests with Darren
Lee, Exec. Director for the roster.
2009-2010 Advisory Committee
The Society's Advisory Committee is an appointed committee of fulltime
mediators who have been instrumental
in helping to identify, and nominate, those mediators of
repute across Florida. They have also
given advice as to suitable membership criteria, and
suggestions/improvements that have led to the current version of this, the
FloridaMediators.org website. We are grateful to the following Committee Members:
2009-2010 Society Member Fees : $720 annually / $60 per month
(Preferred payment method is a
monthly charge to members' credit card, or annual
card payment of $600)
Member fee includes participation in the Society's Bar
News Directory, published 5 times per year in FL Bar News, the most widely
read legal
publication in Florida. Please see our
Bar News Campaign page for more details. Members are committed to a
minimum of one year membership after induction, and membership dues
(annual or monthly) are billed automatically through the association's
online billing system.
From 2010 onwards, all FCCMS members are also recognized as members of
our national association, the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals,
the website for which will be launching in March 2010.
Website Benefits
All Society members receive a personal "profile page", which they can
control by logging into their accounts to edit content. This web
page is directly referenced at
www.floridamediators.org/yourname
(Example: See www.floridamediators.org/cary-singletary)
Due to the high search engine rating of FloridaMediators.org, most members
have the benefit of seeing their personal webpage at #1 in Google against
a search for their name. Member webpages include: Personal photograph, contact information,
printable location map, email, website link(s), printable PDF resume, case
experience profile, biography text, rates information, contact information
for scheduler. Members are also invited to publish their availability
dates using our exclusive calendar tool.
This useful calendar can then also be republished on member's own
websites (eg;
www.carysingletary.com )
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