Marva Carter

Certified Family, Dependency and County Mediator; Mediation Qualifications Board; Advisory Boards-Valencia Community College and Orange County Schools; Approved Assistant Trainer for Supreme Court DRC. Previous Fields-Social Science Instructor/Chair, Liaison Counselor Valencia Community College.

Michael Carter, Esquire

Certified Family and County Mediator. Part-time staff Family Mediator. Attorney. Expertise in contract and commercial law and matters affecting family and small business. JD from Florida State. Practicing attorney in Family Law.  Parenting Coordinator

Carol Chrisman, Esquire

Certified Family, Circuit, Dependency and County Mediator. Parenting Coordinator. Attorney. Expertise in contract and commercial law and matters affecting family and small business. Substantial expertise in marriage counseling, psychological, relationship, and communication issues.

Meredith Cohen, Esquire

Certified Family and Circuit Mediator.Attorney. Author. Expertise: divorce budgeting, division of assets and debts,children issues. Founder Divorce by Mediation L.L.C. Prior field: Board certified marital and family Lawyer specializing in divorce litigation.

Bill Ditto

Certified Family, Dependency and County Mediator. Parenting Coordinator. Educational advisor and served on advisory boards. Prior fields - VP of Administration - Houston Community College, teacher, and major in U.S.A.R. (retired).

Rosemary Fansher

Certified Family, Dependency and County Mediator. Parenting Coordinator.  Program Coordinator for Court Care, Parenting Coordination and Social Investigations.  Prior Fields: Minister and Pastoral Counselor, grief recovery groups for Florida Hospital and public speaking.

Judith Friedland, Esquire

Certified Family and Dependency Mediator .Family Law and Juvenile attorney. Expertise in all child-related issues, sexual abuse, Jewish religion, and domestic violence. GAL in divorce, paternity and dependency cases. Court appointed juvenile defense attorney. Prior fields - Camp counselor and political campaigning.

Amy Goodblatt, Esquire

Certified Family Mediator. Family Law attorney. Tri-lingual, French, Spanish and English. Expertise in family law, France, bankruptcy, construction, non-traditional relationships, and Jewish law. Prior fields: Intern US Attorney's Office, Assistant DA-Massachusetts.

Charles Gordon, Esquire

Certified Family and County Mediator. Family Law attorney. Expertise in family law, business related equitable distribution matters. Prior field: Prosecutor-Seminole County and State Attorney in Seminole County

Janis Halker-Simpson, Esquire

Certified Family and County Mediator. Attorney. Ninth Circuit County Judge for 27 years.  Parenting Coordinator. Counselor. Was Clerk for US District and 4th District Court of Appeal.  Appellate attorney. Received the Gary Formet Award by the Central Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Dave Hunt

Certified Family, Dependency and County Mediator. Owned small business for over 20 years and familiar with financial applications of same. Adjunct professor at Barry Law. Approved mediation trainer for the Supreme Court DRC. Prior field - English teacher.

Frank Kaney , Esquire

Certified Family and County Mediator. Born and raised in Tampa. Graduate of  Florida State University and the University of Miami School of Law.  Attorney. Served as a Ninth Circuit Judge for 30 years.

Leanne Levett, Esquire

Certified Family, Dependency, Circuit and County mediator. Expertise in federal and insurance mediation, and family law, bankruptcy and small business. Prior fields: Civil and Family Law Attorney, Child Support Hearing Officer, Driver's License Revocation Hearing Officer and General Master.

Bruce Margolis

Certified Family, County and Dependency Mediator. CPA, CMH-Family Counseling. Expertise in equitable distribution, debt analysis/restructure, financial affidavit evaluation, business records analysis, asset valuations -businesses, bankruptcy, retirement plans, fraud, analyzing tax consequences.

Paul Newnum, Esquire

Certified Family Mediator. Civil & commercial litigation/family law. Part-time Staff Mediator, Parenting Coordinator, GAL: testified in interstate disputes, special needs such as Down’s Syndrome, HIV/AIDS, autism. Panelist & lecturer at UCF, Valencia etc. on family matters & first amendment law. Author.

Brenda Prewitt, Esquire

Certified Family, County and Dependency Mediator. Attorney and retired criminal/municipal court trial judge, Dallas. Expertise in family, criminal, trial and juvenile law.  Prior fields: Assistant Corporation Counsel (City Attorney), in-house Corporate Counsel, real estate instructor, and high school counselor and teacher.

John Quinones, Esquire

Certified Family and County Mediator. Osceola County Commissioner. Attorney. Prior Field: House Rep for District 49 and was the only Puerto Rican Republican legislator in the U.S. at the time. Former Governor Bush called him a “Rising Star”.  Bilingual

Larry Rumbough, Ed.D.

Certified Family Mediator. Expertise in cultural diversity, health risk behaviors, psychological testing, computer applications, hypnotherapy and data analysis. Prior fields - counselor, psychological aide, university administrator - research coordinator

Lyzette SanGermain, Esquire

Certified Circuit, Family, Dependency and Federal  Mediator. Attorney .Member: Fraxedas Mediation Firm. Founder: A Civilized Divorce, Inc. Author:. Volunteer for National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Expertise: ADA issues & nontraditional families. Adjunct Professor at the UF College of Law. Prior field: Trial Lawyer specializing in PI & Commercial Litigation. Bilingual: Spanish.

Marlene Schaus, M.Ed.

Certified Family and County mediator. Bilingual (Spanish). Has mediated over 300 cases. Expertise in Latin-American cultures, children's issues. Prior field - Patient education newsletter, Coordinator for Echocardiography Technologist Training Program, Research Project Developer, Ballet Dancer and Teacher.

Richard Stout, M.S.,LMHC

Certified Family, Dependency mediator. Licensed Mental Health Counselor,. Expertise in family issues, contact/visitation, financial issues of equitable distribution, military families and families with a history of psychological issues and religious matters Prior Field: Military, Small Business Owner,

William (Bo) Ward, Ph.D.

Certified Family and County Mediator. Staff Mediator for Orange County. Ph.d Counseling/Psychology.  Expertise in psychological and educational testing, encounter groups, crisis recovery groups, displaced homemaker, and college orientation. Prior fields - Teacher - college level psychology, counselor, administrator, and radio station manager.

Beverly Wood, MA counseling

Certified Family, Dependency and County Mediator. Bilingual (Spanish) Expertise in children’s issues, relationships and defusing conflict. Supreme Court Mediation Training Review Board Member. Prior fields- Parent Coordinator, Spanish Teacher, and Counselor.

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Pat Mastronardo

Certified Family, Dependency, and County mediator. Attorney. Parenting Coordinator. GAL and Harbor House volunteer. Prior field: business owner marketing consumer electronic accessories nationally, chief financial officer of dairy and food producer, and Wall Street commercial banker.