Academy Member Inducted 2012

Map & Directions
Download PDF
Robert A. Cole, Mediator & Arbitrator, Jacksonville, Florida.

Robert A. Cole

Upchurch Watson White & Max
EverBank Center, Suite 1414
301 West Bay Street,
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Tel: (904) 345-5842
Fax: (386) 255-7722
Website: www.uww-adr.com
Send Email
Recognized to Florida Chapter for Mediation & Arbitration
Video Conferencing
Available
  • Practice Commenced2006
  • # of MEDS (as of 7/12/24) 
  • # of ARBS (as of 7/12/24) 
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
  • 1st Circuit
  • 2nd Circuit
  • 3rd Circuit
  • 4th Circuit
  • 5th Circuit
  • 6th Circuit
  • 7th Circuit
  • 8th Circuit
  • 9th Circuit
  • 10th Circuit
  • 11th Circuit
  • 12th Circuit
  • 13th Circuit
  • 14th Circuit
  • 15th Circuit
  • 16th Circuit
  • 17th Circuit
  • 18th Circuit
  • 19th Circuit
  • 20th Circuit
Click for Map of Florida's Civil Circuits

Biographical

A graduate of Florida State University College of Law, Robert A. Cole was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1978 and became a Certified Circuit Civil Mediator in 2010. He comes to Upchurch Watson White & Max with 33 years of civil trial law experience. Bob’s legal career began in Jacksonville with the Howell, Liles Firm in 1978. In 1986, Bob founded the Cole, Stone, Stoudemire, and Morgan Firm. In 2009, Bob joined the Boyd & Jenerette Firm as a partner.

Through 33 years of trial practice, Bob earned a reputation as an accom-plished litigator and has been recognized by his colleagues as a model of professionalism and civility for the trial bar. He was invited to become a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) in 1990. He served as President of the Jacksonville ABOTA Chapter in 2001 and as the President of the Florida Chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates (FLABOTA) in 2010. In 2008, Bob was selected as the FLABOTA Trial Lawyer of the Year.

Bob's areas of practice include automobile and trucking negligence, prod-ucts liability, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, design professional liability, construction defect, and insurance coverage litigation. His broad range of litigation experience and knowledge will substantially broaden the firm’s existing Circuit Civil Mediation Panel.


Case Experience

  • Commercial/Business
  • Construction
  • Contract Disputes
  • Engineering
  • Family Businesses
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Nursing Homes
  • Personal Injury
  • Premises Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Professional Malpractice
  • Professional Negligence
  • Torts
  • Wrongful Death

Education

  • J.D. Florida State University College of Law
  • B.A. Florida State University

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, The Florida Bar
  • Member, The Jacksonville Bar Association
  • Member, American Board of Trial Advocates
  • President, Florida Chapter (FLABOTA), 2010-2011
  • FLABOTA Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2008

Rates Information

Please call office for details.

Academy Members Only