Orlando Mediator Blog Now Top 3!

Since 2010, the aim of this blog is simply to bring awareness to the profession of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) through assorted entries about mediation, arbitration and other forms of acting as a neutral online. Once again, Orlando Mediator blog received the honor of being named top among dispute resolution blogs out of the 80 best ranked on the web by traffic, social media followers, domain authority and freshness. I'm still maintaining some good company on this list with established dispute resolution blogs around the world that actually have paid professional writers and journalists. Orlando Mediator is recognized by Feedspot along with such distinguished blogs published by big names like Kluwer and Thomson Reuters and even above those by prominent ADR organizations like the American Arbitration Association (AAA), The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb), ODR.com, Miles, NAM, ADR times and International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR). Feedspot's experts chose Orlando Mediator for what their founder calls the most comprehensive list of Dispute Resolution Blogs on the planet! Feedspot says it is the internet’s largest human curated database of bloggers and podcasts. Their list combines RSS feeds allowing users to keep track of many different websites in a single news aggregator. I am humbled again to know this labor of love for my chosen field of peacemaking is appreciated. I do enjoy keeping everyone informed on the latest trends and happenings in mediation and related fields through this outlet. Thanks again for your readership and support in 2026! https://rss.feedspot.com/dispute_resolution_rss_feeds/

15 Years of Orlando Mediator

This month marks fifteen years since I began writing this blog to help keep the legal community abreast of the latest goings-on in mediation, arbitration and other emerging forms of dispute resolution. This blog has been recognized as an official ABA "Blawg" by the American Bar Association, voted as a finalist for The Expert Institute Best Legal Blog in the Legal News category, as top blawgs to follow by ADR Times and a current Top 5 Dispute Resolution Blog on Feedspot.com. My first entry had to do with arbitration as a process criticized by consumer advocates and that remains true today, though it is becoming utilized by more industries in contracts and is even being employed by courts under statutory processes, like nonbinding arbitration. Some things that have changed are the remote nature of these processes, especially since Covid. These changes advanced the use of then state of the art technology like Zoom, now comfortably utilized by professionals, parties and their counsel alike. We are getting past early days of the artificial intelligence boom and looking for ways to ethically use the power of AI as a settlement tool, while maintaining the human touch that has led to deals over the past 3,000 years of this profession. My alternative dispute resolution practice has continually evolved since first becoming certified in Circuit-Civil mediation in 2001 by the Florida Supreme Court and serving as a full-time neutral since 2010. Over that time, I have helped to bring about thousands of resolutions of multi-party complex cases in state and federal trial courts. I've also facilitated post-trial settlements with appellate cases pending in Florida's 5th and 6th District Courts of Appeal which are still the only DCAs to maintain formal civil mediation programs. Courts are extremely backlogged, so as litigation costs continue to rise, early settlements make sense in regular matters. Pre-suit mediation is trending beyond statutory requirements and can be quite effective if the parties have just enough information to evaluate their positions in the potential litigation. Mediation is essential to America's courts and remains the most popular of docket-culling measures. Thanks for your readership and attention to my musings and thought leadership about all things in modern-day peacemaking.

Orlando Mediator Top 5 in 2025!

Over the past 15 years, I have tried to bring awareness to the profession of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) through blogging about mediation, arbitration and other forms of acting as a neutral online. Once again, my little Orlando Mediator blog received the honor of being named in the top five among dispute resolution blogs out of the 50 best ranked on the web by traffic, social media followers, domain authority and freshness. I'm maintaining some good company on this list with established dispute resolution blogs around the world that actually have paid professional writers. Orlando Mediator is recognized by Feedspot along with such distinguished blogs published by big names like Kluwer and even above those by prominent ADR organizations like the American Arbitration Association (AAA), The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) and International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR). Feedspot's experts chose Orlando Mediator for what their founder calls the most comprehensive list of Dispute Resolution Blogs on the planet! Feedspot says it is the internet’s largest human curated database of bloggers and podcasts. Their list combines RSS feeds allowing users to keep track of many different websites in a single news aggregator. I am humbled again to know this labor of love for my chosen field is appreciated. I do enjoy keeping everyone informed on the latest trends and happenings in mediation and related fields through this outlet. Thanks again for your readership and support since 2010! The full list is available here--https://bloggers.feedspot.com/dispute_resolution_blogs/