Mediator Edward P. Ahrens, Jr., Esq.

Edward P. Ahrens, Jr., Esq.

Mediation Specialties
Auto, Bodily Injury, Business, Commercial, Death, Environmental, Federal, Governmental, Insurance Disputes, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury, Premises, Products Liability, Real Estate, Tort

"Eds-itorials" Monthly editorials on mediation from Eds point of view.
Lobbying: The Art of Truncation.
Management of Outside Legal Services: Bane or Boon for the In-House Attorney?
Privileged Communications in Mediation.

The Perils of Imprudent Writing-How to Watch What You Write and Stay Out of Court (First Edition).
The Perils of Imprudent Writing-How to Watch What You Write and Stay Out of Court (Second Edition).

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University of Miami, B.A., (1958).
University of Miami, J.D., with honors, (1962).
Columbia University Senior Executive Program in Business Administration (1981).

Admitted, Florida Bar, 1962.
Admitted, U.S.District Court for Southern District of Florida, 1980.
He is certified as a Circuit Court Mediator and as a mediator for the U.S. District Court, Southern District.
He has conducted over eight hundred mediations during his association with Florida Mediation Group.
Mr. Ahrens is a Diplomate Member of the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators, Inc.
The Florida Growth Management Conflict Resolution Consortium.
He was a founder, past president and director of the South Florida Chapter of the American Corporate Counsel Association.
On the Board of Advisers on Law Department Management for Business Laws, Inc.
A member, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Minority Lawyers Committee.
A legal consultant to Edison Electric Institute and Chairman of its Claims Committee.
A legal consultant to Southeastern Electric Exchange and Chairman of its Claims Committee.
A member and President of Southeastern Claims Association.
A legal adviser for Energy Insurance Mutual, an excess and D&O liability carrier for gas and electric utilities.
A member of Risk Insurance Management Society.
Mr. Ahrens is past President of the South Florida Chapter National Writers Association.

Over a period of twenty two years he served as claims manager, then managing attorney of the full service law department of Florida Power & Light Company.
During his early employment at FPL, Mr. Ahrens was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers from 1952-62.
Mr. Ahrens has had extensive experience in: investigating, evaluating and settling tort claims and lawsuits; drafting and negotiating municipal ordinances; drafting and negotiating general contracts and indemnity agreements; lobbying legislative proposals in the state legislature; and managing and handling numerous environmental cases, including major Superfund sites in Florida.