Hilary High mediates throughout Florida and the Southeast, and is available anywhere for mediation via online videoconference. She is a full-time mediator with 25 years of experience helping parties analyze risk and resolve cases involving wrongful death and catastrophic injury, professional malpractice (i.e. medical, dental, legal, etc.), nursing home/ALF liability, sexual abuse, funerary/mortuary liability, premises and products liability, insurance coverage and bad faith, auto, sinkhole, weather event damage, and other types of 1st and 3rd party claims. She mediates multi-party cases, and specializes in cases involving high emotion, high value and high risk.
Hilary is known for her preparation and for working deftly with complex legal, factual, and interpersonal situations. She quickly establishes trust-based relationships with mediation participants, creating an atmosphere conducive to settlement. Hilary's experience gives parties and lawyers confidence in the mediation process, and her creativity and commitment make her an extremely effective mediator.
Case Experience
ADA Disability
Appellate
Automotive
Aviation
Bankruptcy/Creditors
Civil Rights
Class Actions
Commercial/Business
Community Associations
Construction
Consumer Fraud
Contract Disputes
Cross Cultural
Debt Collections
Discrimination
Education
Elder Abuse
Employment
ERISA
Family Businesses
Health Care
Insurance
Intellectual Property
International
Internet
Landlord/Tenant
Legal Malpractice
Libel & Slander
Local Govt./Municipalities
Media & Communications
Medical Devices
Medical Malpractice
Mortgage Foreclosure
Natural Disasters
Non-profit Organizations
Nursing Homes
Pensions
Personal Injury
Pharmaceuticals
Police
Postal
Premises Liability
Probate
Product Liability
Professional Fees
Professional Liability
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Property Damage
Railroad & Trucking
Real Estate
Religious Institutions
Sexual Harassment
Sports
Torts
Trusts / Estates
Wage & Hour/FMLA
Workers' Compensation
Wrongful Death
Education
Florida State University College of Law, J.D., with honors, 1998
Florida State University, B.A., History and English, magna cum laude, 1995
Phi Beta Kappa
Certified Circuit Court Mediator
Certified U.S. District Court Mediator, Middle District of Florida
Certified State Court Appellate Mediator
Memberships & Affiliations
International Academy of Mediators, Distinguished Fellow
Hillsborough County Bar Association -- ADR Section (Chair 2013-14; 2014-2015)
Hillsborough County Bar Association -- Trial & Litigation Section
Florida Bar Association -- ADR Section, CLE Committee
Tampa Connection Class of 2014
Rates Information
Two Parties = $275/party/hour; three Parties = $215/party/hour; four Parties = $190/party/hour; five Parties = $165/party/hour. Half day Mediations = 3.5 hour minimum; Full day Mediations = 7 hour minimum. Travel time outside of Hillsborough County, Florida will be billed for actual time spent traveling (rounded up to the nearest half hour), at a rate that is half of the applicable hourly rate, unless otherwise agreed between you and the Mediator.
Video Conferencing