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: Mediation (Circuit-Civil) Arbitration (Civil/Commercial)

Formal Certifications: 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 ]

ADA Disability Admiralty Appellate Banking & Finance Civil Rights Commercial/Business Condominiums Construction Consumer Fraud Contract Disputes Debt / Foreclosure EEOC

Employment Engineering Environmental Franchise Insurance Intellectual Property Land Use/Planning Landlord / Tenant Libel & Slander Medical Malpractice Negligence Nursing Homes

Partnerships Personal Injury Probate Product Liability Professional Fees Real Estate Securities Title VII Torts Trusts Wrongful Death

Biographical Notes:

Work History:
Associate/Shareholder - Mahoney, Hadlow, Chambers & Adams (1973 - 1978); Officer/Shareholder - Bledsoe, Gallagher, Mikals & Schmidt, P.A. and successor firms (1979 - present); 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 1700 cases in state and federal court over the past nine 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:

ADR Training:
Florida Dispute Resolution Center, 40-Hour Mediation training, 2/23-2/26/95; Florida Bar CLE Course on Alternate Dispute Resolution, 2/20/98; AAA Commercial Arbitrator Training Workshop, 07/12/99; Florida Bar sponsored Private Judges, Mediation and Arbitration Seminar, 06/12/2000; ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Collaboration in the Capital: The Power of ADR Program, 4/26-28, 2001; AAA Commercial Arbitrator II - Advanced Case Management Issues Workshop, 4/30-5/1, 2001; ABA Section of Dispute Resolution: New Vistas in Dispute Resolution, 2002.

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:

Florida Association of Professional Mediators;

Florida Academy of Professional Mediators;

Florida Circuit-Civil Mediator Society

RATES & PAYMENT INFORMATION

Rates: Mediations:

$370 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.

AVAILABILITY & BOOKING INFORMATION

Calendar Last Updated: 15 Aug 08	To confirm availability for mediation, please call Arlyne Ubl at (904) 398-1818