CHRISTOPHER E. BENJAMIN, Esq.
Certified Circuit Civil, Family, Appellate & County Mediator Florida Supreme Court Qualified Arbitrator
305-371-5490 Office
Cbenjamin@sd-adr.com

MEDIATION EXPERIENCE: 
Commercial litigation; Personal Injury;  Family; Foreclosure; Construction;  Consumer and Adminsitrative Law.

 EDUCATION:

• St. Thomas University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 2001
• Florida Memorial University, B.A., 1998
  

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

• Member, The Florida Bar
• Member, Supreme Court of the United States
• Member, U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• Member, U.S. Southern District of Florida
• Member, U.S. Middle District of Florida
• Member, U.S. Northern District of Florida
• Certified Circuit Civil Mediator, Florida
• Certified Family Mediator, Supreme Court of Florida
• Certified County Mediator, Supreme Court of Florida
• Certified Appellate Mediator, Supreme Court of Florida
• Approved as Federal Mediator for the U.S. Southern District
• Florida Supreme Court Qualified Arbitrator
• President, Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Bar Association, 2009
• Board Member, Florida Muslim Bar Association
• Founder/Executive Director, Community Law Center
• Founder/Chairman, Barrister Charities
• Fellow, The Florida Bar Foundation
• Outstanding Pro Bono Award, Dade County Bar
• Order of Merit, National Republican Congressional Committee, 2006 & 2007
• Selected as a Rising Star - SuperLawyers 2012
  
• Selected as a Top 40 under 40 - National Trial Lawyers 2012
• Selected to the South Florida Business Journal 40 under 40 for 2012
• Selected to the Legacy Magazine 40 under 40 Leaders of Today and Tomorrow
• Selected as one of the 40 under 40 Outstanding Attorneys in Miami-Dade County by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for 2012