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MEMBER PROFILE: Terrance Edward Schmidt |
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Terrance Edward Schmidt
Bledsoe, Schmidt, Lang & Wilkinson, P.A.
1301 Riverplace Blvd. Suite 1818
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Tel: (904) 398-1818
Fax: (904) 398-7073
Email: tes@bledsoejacobson.com
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ADR SERVICES & CERTIFICATIONS |
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ADR Services:
Mediation (Circuit-Civil) |
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FL Certification Qualifications:
County Court Mediator
Circuit-Civil Mediator
Serving the following Judicial Circuits:
2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 13
[ Click for Map of Florida's
Civil Circuits ]
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MEDIATION CASE EXPERIENCE |
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Terrance Edward Schmidt has experience in settling the following types of case: |
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ADA Disability |
Admiralty |
Appellate |
Banking & Finance |
Bankruptcy/Creditors |
Business Dissolution |
Civil Rights |
Commercial/Business |
Condominiums |
Construction |
Consumer Fraud |
Contract Disputes |
Debt Collections |
EEOC |
Elder Abuse |
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Employment |
Engineering |
Environmental |
Franchise |
Insurance |
Intellectual Property |
Land Use/Planning |
Landlord/Tenant |
Libel & Slander |
Medical Malpractice |
Mortgage Foreclosure |
Nursing Homes |
Partnerships |
Pensions / ERISA |
Personal Injury |
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Probate |
Product Liability |
Professional Fees |
Professional Negligence |
Real Estate |
Securities |
Torts |
Trademarks/Patents |
Trusts / Estates |
Unfair Competition |
Venture Capital |
Wage & Hour/FMLA |
Wrongful Death |
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Biographical Notes:
 Work History:
Vice-President/Shareholder, Bledsoe, Schmidt & Wilkinson, P.A. (and predecessor firms) 1979 - present; Associate, - Mahoney, Hadlow, Chambers & Adams (1973 - 1978); certified as a mediator by the Florida Supreme Court in 1997; certified as a Federal District Court mediator by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in 1997; appointed by the American Arbitration Association to its Commercial Panel of Neutrals in 1998; certified as an American Arbitration Association Mediator in 1999.
I have mediated more than 2000 cases in state and federal court over the past 12 years, including a breach of contract claim in the telecommunications industry involving a claim of more than $400 million; a consolidated action involving multiple securities fraud and negligent supervision claims in excess of $20 million; a dispute between FDIC and a borrower and a subsequent dispute between the borrower and a third party involving real property valued in excess of $20 million; a dissenting stockholders-rights dispute involving claims in excess of $15 million; a catastrophic burn case involving claims in excess of $10 million; a dispute between a sponsor and a cigarette manufacturer over a NASCAR promotion involving a claim in excess of $5 million; a condominium construction dispute involving claims in excess of $5 million; a wrongful death/Civil Rights case involving claims in excess of $2 million; and numerous personal injury, employment discrimination, construction, and other commercial cases involving claims in excess of $100,000.
As an attorney representing a party to multi-party cases, I have been involved in numerous multi-party mediations or settlement conferences, including litigation involving antitrust and tort claims filed by a former National Football League team owner against the National Football League, several of its teams, and a Jacksonville corporation in which the claimed damages exceeded $450 million; an ERISA class action against the trustees of profit sharing plan involving a claimed loss exceeding $10 million; a toxic tort case in which 43 families sued a major waste hauling company and the United States Government for personal injuries arising out of a contaminated landfill which was settled by one defendant for $8.5 million and was tried against the other defendant; and construction litigation by a condominium association against the developer, architect, and contractor for damages exceeding $3.0 million. As a mediator, I have been involved in over 350 multi-party disputes involving all kinds of claims, including major construction cases.
Education:

- Wittenberg University, B.A., Political Science (1967)
- Duke Law School, J.D. (1973)
- Editor, Duke Law Journal (1972-1973)
ADR Training: National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) 8/2012 Advanced Mediation Training Retreat; ADR Section of Dispute Resolution (JBA), Fifth Annual CME Seminar 6/2012; NADN Advanced Mediation Training Retreat 2011; Fourth Annual Institute on Advanced Mediation-Advocacy Skills Training: 2005;
Languages

English
Memberships & Affiliations :
 Professional Licenses: Admitted to the Bar: Florida, 1973; Admitted to United States Supreme Court, 9th and 11th Circuit Courts of Appeal, and United States District Court for Middle District of Florida.
Awards & Honors: Master, Chester Bedell Inn of Court; Senior Counsel, The College of Master Advocates and Barristers; listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2001- , (Woodward White, Inc.) for Commercial Litigation; named in Jacksonville's Best Lawyers by Jacksonville Magazine (February 2001) and November 2004; honored in 2002 with a Resolution by The Florida Bar for pro bono service as Special Counsel to the Florida Bar in the F. Lee Bailey disbarment
Professional Associations:
- American Bar Association (Section on Dispute Resolution);
- Florida Bar Association (Special Counsel to The Florida Bar);
- Jacksonville Bar Association;
- Florida Academy of Professional Mediators;
- Florida Circuit-Civil Mediator Society
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RATES & PAYMENT INFORMATION |
Rates: Mediations:
- $390 per hour (two-party dispute)
- $400 per hour (multiple party dispute)
Arbitrations:
- $3200 per day, $400 per hour

Cancellation Policy: If the mediation is cancelled or rescheduled within five business days of the scheduled mediation, there will be a two-hour charge for a half-day mediation and a four-hour charge for a full day mediation to be paid by the party or parties causing the cancellation.

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AVAILABILITY & BOOKING INFORMATION |
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Calendar Last Updated: 18 May 13
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Click your preferred date to send our office a Date Request form.
All such requests will go immediately to Terrance Schmidt's scheduling staff (Arlyne Ubl, amu@bledsoejacobson.com)
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