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/

Orlando Mediator Top 5

Since 2010, upon my becoming a full-time neutral, I have tried to bring awareness to our little corner of the world in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) through blogging about mediation and arbitration online. Once again, the Orlando Mediator blog received the honor of being named in the top five and moved up to fourth among Alternative Dispute Resolution blogs out of sixty ranked on the web by traffic, social media followers, domain authority and freshness. I'm certainly in some good company on this list with established dispute resolution blogs around the world that actually have professional writers. Orlando Mediator is recognized by Feedspot among the best, including 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 as number four in the world 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 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 over the years! The full list is available here-- https://legal.feedspot.com/dispute_resolution_blogs/ and https://rss.feedspot.com/dispute_resolution_rss_feeds/

Orlando Mediator Top 5 Dispute Resolution Blog

Happy New Year! My little old legal blog, now a dozen years online, again received the honor of being named among the top five Alternative Dispute Resolution blogs out of thousands of blogs on the web ranked by traffic, social media followers, domain authority and freshness. I'm certainly in some good company with top dispute resolution blogs around the world that actually have staff. Orlando Mediator is recognized by Feedspot among the best, including such distinguished blogs published by big names like Thompson Reuters, Harvard Program on Negotiation and Kluwer. Feedspot's experts chose Orlando Mediator as number five in the world for what their founder calls the most comprehensive list of Top 20 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 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 for your readership and support over the years! The full list is available here-- https://blog.feedspot.com/dispute_resolution_blogs/

A Decade of Orlando Mediator

Today marks 10 years since I began writing this blog to help keep the legal community abreast of the latest goings-on in mediation, arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution. In the interim, 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 and a current Top 10 Dispute Resolution Blog and Website to Follow on Feedspot.com. My first entry had to do with arbitration as a process being under attack and that remains true today. Some things that have changed are the remote nature of these processes, especially since the pandemic began. These changes have advanced the use of state of the art technology like Zoom, now comfortably utilized by professionals, parties and their counsel alike. My alternative dispute resolution practice has continually evolved since becoming certified in 2001 in Circuit-Civil mediation by the Florida Supreme Court and serving as a full-time neutral since 2010. In the last decade, I have handled resolutions of multi-party complex cases in state and federal trial courts. I also facilitated post-trial settlements with cases pending in the Fifth District Court of Appeal, where I was a member of the pilot program for appellate mediation that endured with the creation of an Appellate mediation certification, for which I was grandfathered. Since litigation costs have gone up, courts are extremely backlogged due to Covid and the economy remains tentative, early settlements continue to be favored in most matters. Pre-suit mediation is popular and can be effective if the parties have just enough information to evaluate their positions in the potential litigation. All in all mediation has never been more popular in Florida and other docket-culling measures like mandatory non-binding arbitration are on the rise. Thanks for your readership and paying attention to my musings about all things in modern-day peacemaking. Be well and stay healthy!

Orlando Mediator Top 10 Blog!

This month, my blog which will reach a decade old next year, received the honor of being named in good company with top dispute resolution blogs around the world. Orlando Mediator is recognized by Feedspot among such distinguished blogs published by big names like Thompson Reuters, Harvard Program on Negotiation and Kluwer. Feedspot's panelists chose this as number seven in the world for what their founder calls the most comprehensive list of Top 20 Dispute Resolution Blogs on the internet! Feedspot is an RSS reader that allows putting all of your online reading in one location. These feeds can, for example, allow a user to keep track of many different websites in a single news aggregator. I am humbled to know this labor of love for my chosen field is appreciated. The full list is available here-- https://tinyurl.com/y43rav46