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)

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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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

Rates: Mediations:

• $390 per hour (two-party dispute)
• $400 per hour (multiple party dispute)

• $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: 18 May 13	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)