Mediator Roger L. Blackburn, Esq.

Roger L. Blackburn, Esq.

Mediation Specialties
Auto, Aviation, Bodily Injury, Business, Commercial, Construction, Death, Descrimination, Employment, Environmental, Federal Southourn District, Federal Middle District, Insurance Disputes, Labor, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Torts

Author
"Formation of Contract", Florida Forms of Jury Instruction, Chapter 30, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., 1988 and revisions.
"The Complaint and Responsive Pleadings", Trial Advocacy - Official Handbook of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.

Mediator References:

University of Florida, B.A., 1968.
University of Florida, J.D., 1971.

Admitted to the Florida Bar IN 1971.
Admitted to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1972.
U.S. Tax Court. Activities: Florida Blue Key, 1979
Phi Delta Phi. University of Florida College of Law, President of the College of Law Alumni Council 1982-83, Class Representative 1984-present.
Member of the University of Florida Law Center Association Board of Trustees 1984-present.
Dade County Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors almost continuously from 1974-1986)
American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section)
The Florida Bar (Member of the Trial Lawyers Section)
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Member
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (Director 1985-1990; Member - Executive Committee 1989-1990; Diplomate 1984-1992; Eagle Patron 1985-1992
Chairman - Continuing Legal Education Committee 1987-1988
Chairman - Academic Task Force Committee 1986-1987
Florida Lawyers Action Group (FLAG)
Dade County Trial Lawyers Association (President 1985-1986, Founding Member)
DCTLA Political Action Committee (Treasurer 1986-1987, Chairman 1987-present)
Federal Bar Association (Member)
Diplomate, The American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA National Board Member 1991-1993; Chairman, Seminar Committee 1991-1993; Miami ABOTA Chapter President 1990-1991)
Special Counsel to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1992-1993
Master - The Eugene P. Spellman Inn of Court 1991-1993
Certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Mediator 1995
Member - Florida Academy of Certified Mediators
Editorial Review Board, Florida Torts Reporter, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Lecturer for The University of Florida, The Florida Bar, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, The American Board of Trial Advocates and other professional groups
Who's Who in American Law (6th ed. 1989 and subsequent editions).

Former Partner with Leesfield and Blackburn, P.A.