Member Profile: Stephen E. Mitchell

Stephen E. Mitchell
Mitchell Mediation Service
1020 E. Lafayette Street, Suite 115
Tallahassee, FL 32301

Tel: (850) 386-3336
Fax: (866) 430-9633
Website: www.mitchellmediations.com

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ADR Services Include:

Mediation

 

Stephen E. Mitchell has substantive case experience in the following areas...

Banking & Finance
Civil Rights
Commercial/Business
Construction
Contract Disputes
Debt/Foreclosure
Eminent Domain
Employment
Environmental
Insurance
Land Use/Planning
Local Government
Personal Injury
Police
Premises Liability
Product Liability
Professional Negligence
Real Estate
Torts
Workers' Compensation
Wrongful Death

 

BIOGRAPHICAL:

Mr. Mitchell brings 30 years of civil trial experience and over 15 years as a mediator (over 1,000 mediations) to his full time mediation practice. He providies mediation services throughout North Florida in all areas of state, federal and administrative civil litigation including negligence, workers' compensation, products liability, eminent domain, contracts, foreclosures, commercial and financial litigation, employment discrimination, medical and legal malpractice, land use and local government. He has received specialized training in the mediation of foreclosure cases and has conducted over 150 mediations in foreclosure cases from Miami to Pensacola.

Mr. Mitchell is also certified by Florida Supreme Court as a Family law mediator and is available to conduct mediations in all family law matters (excluding dependency) including divorce, marriage settlement agreements, parental responsibility (custody), parenting plans (visitation), child support, spousal immunity and alimony, equitable distribution, modifications, and pre-divorce and post-divorce settlement agreements without lawyers.

Pre-suit mediations and "settlement days" are available. He is also qualified pursuant to Rule 11.020, Florida Rules for Court-Appointed Arbitrators to serve as an arbitrator under Ch. 44, F.S.

EDUCATION:

  • Florida State University, Juris Doctor with Honors, 1973
  • Florida State University, Bachelor of Science Degree, Business, 1970

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Florida Association of Professional Mediators
  • National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
  • Florida Bar (Alternative Dispute Resolution, Trial Lawyers, Family Law & Workers' Comp Sections)
  • Tallahassee Bar Association
  • Supreme Court of United States
  • 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Northern District of Florida
  • Middle District of Florida
  • Southern District of Florida

Rates

Mediation and arbitration fees are $275 per hour for civil matters with a three hour minimum and $225 per hour for workers' compensation cases with a two hour minimum and $100 per hour per party for family law matters. There is a $35 per party administrative fee for preparation of documents. Residential foreclosure mediations are billed according to Court order or $250 for the first 1 hour and $175 per hour thereafter. Mediations are generally scheduled for a half or full day. There is no charge for travel outside Tallahassee for mediations with a three hour minimum. Cancellations within 48 hours of the scheduled mediation are subject to a $200 cancellation fee.

 

Stephen E. Mitchell is a member of the Florida Circuit-Civil Mediator Society, Florida's premier roster of distinguished attorney-mediators. The FCCMS profile includes more specific local information, such as counties and regions served, and can be visited directly at www.floridamediators.org/stephen-mitchell

 

 
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