Member Profile: William Garth Christopher

	William Garth Christopher Maglio Christopher & Toale PA Law Firm 1605 Main Street Suite 710 Sarasota, FL 34236 Tel: 888 952-5242 Fax: (877) 952-5042 Website: www.mctplaw.com William Garth Christopher regularly travels out of state to Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia	View Printable Resume GoogleMaps for this Location View Available Dates Calendar

ADR Services Include:

Mediation; Arbitration; Med-Arb; Insurance Umpire

Banking & Finance Commercial/Business Community Associations Condominiums Construction Contract Disputes Debt/Foreclosure

Engineering Health Care Insurance Landlord/Tenant Partnerships Personal Injury Product Liability

Professional Fees Professional Negligence Real Estate Religious Institutions Torts

BIOGRAPHICAL:

I am a member of the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court and various Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal and District Courts. I am certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. I am certified in Business Litigation Law and Construction Law by the Florida Bar's Board of Legal Specialization.

I am also a member of the Commercial Panel, Construction Panel, Large & Complex Case Panel, and a mediator for the American Arbitration Association. I am a certified Umpire with the Windstorm Insurance Network. I am certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit/Civil Mediator.

ADR Experience:
Over 40 years in the practice of law in large to medium size firms in Washington, D.C., Detroit, West Palm Beach, Tampa and Sarasota. My entire practice has involved trials, arbitrations and mediations of complex civil cases. I have arbitrated over 200 cases as a neutral arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, and I have mediated over 100 cases as a mediator for the AAA and also as a Florida State Circuit/Civil mediator. I am a certified Umpire with the Windstorm Insurance Network. I am certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit/Civil Mediator. I completed Florida's "Approved Arbitration Training" on August 28, 2008, to be a court-appointed arbitrator under Chapter 44, Fla. Stat. and Fla. R. Ct. App. Arb. 11. On March 5, 2010, I completed the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Training pursuant to Administrative Order No. AOSC09-54.

EDUCATION:

• United States Military Academy, West Point, West Point, N.Y. (B.S.Engineering, 1962
• University of Virginia School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1970)

Memberships & Affiliations

• Order of the Coif (Virginia Law School)
• The Raven Society (University of Virginia)
• The Barristers (Washington D.C.)
• American Arbitration Association
• The Association for Conflict Resolution
• The Florida Academy of Professional Mediators
• The Florida Bar
• The District of Columbia Bar
• State Bar of Texas
• Virginia State Bar
• Sarasota County Bar Association
• Manatee County Bar Association
• Phi Delta Phi (Magister, Minor Inn 1969-1970)

Rates

William Garth Christopher 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/william-christopher