JOHN W. SALMON, Esq.
Certified Circuit Civil, Family & Federal Mediator
Supreme Court Qualified Arbitrator
Windstorm Insurance Network Umpire
305-371-5490 Office
305-490-9525 Cellular
john@sd-adr.com

MEDIATION
SPECIALTIES: 
Commercial disputes; Complex Personal Injury;  Probate; Professional Malpractice;  Employment; Disability claims.

John W. Salmon, Esq. is a natural mediator wth a broad-based educational, legal and business background.  He is a graduate of Penn State University  "with Distinction," the University of Florida College of Law and holds a Masters in Business Administration from Florida International University where he was an adjunct faculty member in the College of Business for over 15 years. He is now an Adjunct Professor at the FIU College of Law teaching Alternative Dispute Resolution.

John is a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators and Diplomate and past President of The Florida Academy of Professional Mediators.  He has served as Chair of the Alternative Dispute Committee of the Trial Lawyers Section of The Florida Bar and as Chair of the Florida Bar Grievance Mediation Committee. 

In addition to having mediated over 6,000 cases, John is a frequent lecturer on "Appropriate Dispute Resolution", often incorporating martial arts and mediation techniques into his presentations. He is a Shodan - First Degree Black Belt - with the Cuong Nhu Martial Arts Association.

EDUCATION:

• University of Florida, College of Law, Juris Doctor, 1978
• Pennsylvania State University, B.A. "with Distinction", 1975
• Florida International University, M.B.A., 1989
  

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

• Member, The Florida Bar
• Member, Trial Bar, U.S. Southern District of Florida
• Certified Circuit Civil Mediator, Florida
• Certified Family Mediator, Florida
• Approved as Mediator for the U.S. Southern District of Florida
• Florida Supreme Court Qualified Arbitrator
• Windstorm Insurance Network Umpire
• Distinguished Fellow, American College of Civil Trial Mediators
• Editorial Board, American Journal of Mediation
• Recipient, Presidents Award, Florida Academy of                               Professional Mediators, 2008
• Selected as a Florida SuperLawyer,                                                       Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2006 & 2007
• Selected as Florida Legal Elite Lawyer for                                  Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2007
• Diplomate, Florida Academy of Professional Mediators
• Hurricane Mediator, Collins Center for Public Policy
• Former Member of NASD Board of Arbitrators and Mediators
• Contract Mediator, EEOC, Miami District Office, 2001-2002
• Primary Trainer for Circuit Civil Mediation Certification Training
• Assistant Trainer for Family Mediation Certification Training
• APCOM Reviewer, Prudential Policyholder Remediation Plan
• President, Florida Academy of Professional Mediators, 1995-1997
• Past Member, Dade County Bar Association Mediation Committee
• Author, "Maximizing Mediation", Dade County Bar Bulletin
• Past Advisory Board Member, MetroBank of Dade County
• Past President, South Miami-Kendall Chamber of Commerce
• Former Director, South Miami-Kendall Bar Association
• Former Director, Industrial Association of Dade County
• Former Member, Board of Trustees, Beth Ahm Israel
• Former Chairperson, Dade Partners/School Volunteers
• Outstanding Business Partnership Volunteer at Embassy Creek Elementary School for mentoring a fifth grade Mediation Program, 1993-1994
• Volunteer of the Year, Broward Outreach Center, 2002
• Former Vice President, Young Leaders, National Committee of Hadassah Associates
• Recipient of "Book Award" - Moot Court - University of Florida Law School - 1978
• Shodan, First Degree Black Belt, Cuong Nhu Oriental Martial Arts
• Former VIce President and Director of Marketing, Executive National Bank
• Former Partner, Whitman, Wolfe, Gross & Salmon, P.A.
• Licensed Real Estate Salesman, Florida