DAVID L. TOBIN
Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator
Windstorm Insurance Network Umpire
305-371-5490 Office

MEDIATION
SPECIALTIES:
Commercial disputes; Personal Injury Claims; Professional Malpractice; Corporate Law; General Business Matters

David L. Tobin was actively engaged in the private practice of law in South Florida for 26 years prior to becoming a Circuit Court Judge in 1987.  He served on the bench of the 11th Circuit for thirteen years in the civil and criminal divisions.   Judge Tobin is a Certified Circuit Civil mediator whose mediation specialties are matters involving commercial litigation, personal injury, malpractice, business and corporate law.  

EDUCATION: 

• U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1946-1949
• University of Miami College of Law, Juris Doctor, 1961
• University of Miami, Bachelor of Science, 1949
• Instructor, Miami Dade Community College, Para-legal studies
• Instructor, Advanced Judicial Studies Conferece,    Florida Circuit Judges Committee, 1991 & 2002
• Instructor, Ward Stone College, Para-legal studies 

 PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

• Certified as Circuit Civil Mediator by Supreme Court of Florida
• Circuit Court Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, 1987-2000
• Associate Judge, Temporary Assignment, 4th DCA
• Former Prosecutor, Town of Medley
• Member of The Florida Bar
• Member, Cuban American Bar Association
• Member, U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association
• Member, University of Miami Alumni Association
• Past Chair, Victim’s Rights Committee, Criminal Division, 11th Judicial Circuit
• Past Member, Board of Directors, Coral Gables Bar Association
• Past Member, Board of Directors, Dade County Bar Association
• Past Member, Grievance Committee, Dade County Bar
• Past Member, Fee Dispute Committee Dade County Bar
• Past Member, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce - State Attorney Review Commission
• Scottish Rite Mason
• Past Member, Pentland Hall (for pre-delinquent girls), Board of Directors
• Counsel to Board of Directors , Belafonte Tacolcy Center (Advisory Committee for Liberty City Youth)
• Neutral activities: Special Master, Arbitrator, Umpire, Guardian ad Litem, Expert Witness, Provisional Director, Receiver, Senior Judge and Federal Land Commissioner
• Private practice of law in commercial litigation, business law, corporate law and family law, 1961-87