Janet S. Seitlin, Esq.

Certified Circuit Civil, County, Victim-Offender 

      and Family Mediator

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

Professional Highlights:                                                          

·     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

            Senior High, Dade County Public Schools, 1994-1996

·    Teacher, I Am Miami, Overtown Project, 1988

·    Author, Rx for a Healthier Divorce: It Ain’t Over When it’s Over,

            The Family Law Commentator, The Florida Bar, Vol. XIX,

            No. 4, March, 1994

·    Author, Divorce: Talk it Out, Don’t Fight it Out, Guest

            Commentary, The Weekly News, Dec. 1991

·    Practicing attorney with years of experience in family and

            juvenile law, immigration, landlord/tenant disputes and

           general civil litigation.