Florida Arbitrator & Certified Mediator
Richard A. Sachs, Esq.
Richard A. Sachs was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1994. He became a Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator in 2002. That same year he became a Qualified Arbitrator by the Florida Supreme Court. He has been mediating and arbitrating cases as part of his active litigation practice since that time. In 2008, he was appointed to the list of certified mediators for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Of the almost 6,000 Florida Supreme Court certified mediators less than 90 have received the honor of being appointed by the Chief Judge to the distinguished Southern District Panel. Mr. Sachs is also one of the first one hundred mediators to be certified by the Florida Supreme Court to mediate Appellate Court cases.
Mr. Sachs received the distinguished "AV" rating from Martindale-Hubbell in 2000 and has maintained that rating throughout his career. He is well respected by his peers as demonstrated by his being named to the the list of Florida Super Lawyers and the list of the South Florida Legal Guide's Top Lawyers, both since 2011.
Since his admission to the Florida Bar in 1994, Mr. Sachs has been actively involved in the legal community at both the county and state levels. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Broward County Bar Association, served on more than ten (10) local and state committees, been appointed to a four (4) year term on the Florida Supreme Court's Commission on Professionalism, and served nine (9) years on Florida Bar grievance committees including as Chairperson of three (3) grievance committees.
About Mediation & Arbitration
Mediation and arbitration are traditional forms of alternative dispute resolution. Mediation is a nonbinding process whereby a neutral third person called a mediator attempts to facilitate the parties in resolving a dispute. The benefits of mediation include providing an informal opportunity where the parties can come together to resolve a dispute without expending significant costs and experiencing high stress levels and the uncertainty of trial.
Arbitration is another alternative to trial, but very different than mediation. At arbitration, the arbitrator hears evidence and makes the same types of decisions made by judges and juries at trial. Arbitrations can be binding or nonbinding, depending on the agreement of the parties. Arbitrations may involve one arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators. The main difference between arbitration and mediation is that a mediator merely facilitates the parties in resolving a dispute, while an arbitrator renders a decision.
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