Academy Member Inducted 2009
Map & DirectionsJanet S. Seitlin
1395 Brickell Avenue
Suite 800
Miami, FL 33131
Available
- Practice Commenced1989
- # of MEDS (as of 6/11/24)3000
- # of ARBS (as of 6/11/24)
Current Practice
Biographical
Janet S. Seitlin, Esq. has been a full time mediator since 1988, initially working with the Mediation and Arbitration Division of the 11th Judicial Circuit. Among the first mediators certified in Florida, Janet has handled over 3,500 cases where her multi-disciplinary experience allows her to deal effectively with both family and civil matters.
She is a Certified Facilitator having worked with FDOT as an intergovernmental liason handling Public Policy Facilitation. Janet has also served as an Adjunct Mediator for Workers Compensation with the State of Florida Dept. of Labor and Employment. Janet helped develop the Victim Offender Mediation Program in Dade County. She is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law where she is currently an Adjunct Professor teaching the Mediation Skills Workshop. Janet is a Certified Circuit Civil, Family, County and Victim-Offender Mediator.
Case Experience
- ADA Disability
- Arts (Fine/Performing)
- Automotive
- Banking & Finance
- Commercial/Business
- Community Associations
- Condominiums
- Personal Injury
- Workers' Compensation
Education
- University of Miami School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1979
- University of Miami, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1972
- Adjunct Professor, Mediation Skills Workshop, University of Miami School of Law, 1998 to present
- Adjunct Professor, Children of Divorcing Parents, Miami-Dade Community College, 1994-1997
Memberships & Affiliations
- Certified as Circuit Civil, County and Family Mediator by Supreme Court of Florida
- Certified as a Victim Offender Mediator by State of Florida
- Adjunct Mediator, Workers Compensation, State of Florida
- Dept. of Labor and Employment Security, Office of the Judge of Compensation Claims, District K
- Adjunct Mediator, Dade County Mediation and Arbitration Division, 1989-1990
- Mediator, Florida Mediation Group, 1990-2000
- Mediator, Metro Mediation Services, 1988-1989
- Founding Mediator, Victim Offender Mediation Program, Miami-Dade County, Florida
- Member of Florida Bar
- Staff Attorney, Legal Services of Greater Miami, 1984-1985
- Chief Counsel, Haitian Refugee Project in America, 1982-1983
- Interim Director, City of Miami Commission on the Status of Women, 1986-1987
- Faculty Member, U.S. Department of Justice, Alternative Dispute Resolution Program, 1996
- Instructor, Peer Mediation Program, Design and Architecture
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