Commercial Mediation

Jeffrey S. Grubman mediates a wide variety of business disputes. Mr. Grubman is certified by the Supreme Court of Florida as a certified Circuit and County Court mediator and is a qualified arbitrator under Florida law. He is also certified as a mediator and arbitrator by the American Arbitration Association and by FINRA (formerly the National Association of Securities Dealers). Mr. Grubman was recently selected by his peers in the 2007 Florida Trend's Legal Elite issue as the only elite mediator in Palm Beach County. Mr. Grubman has also received an AV Rating (the highest available rating) from Martindale-Hubbell for his skills as an attorney.

Mr. Grubman takes an active and involved role in every case he mediates. He works extremely hard to settle every case, employing a variety of creative settlement techniques. Mr. Grubman prefers to use an evaluative mediation style, although he is sensitive to the needs and desires of the parties and their counsel.

Mr. Grubman began his legal career in the litigation department of the national and regional law firms of Ruden McCloskey, Manatt Phelps & Phillips and Morgan Lewis & Bockius. He subsequently became a litigation partner in the Miami law firm of Herman & Grubman and the Boca Raton law firm of Stollman & Grubman. Mr. Grubman currently practices in his own law firm and devotes a substantial amount of his time to mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.

During his legal career, Mr. Grubman has worked on a wide variety of complex civil litigation matters in both state and federal court at the trial and appellate levels. Mr. Grubman’s substantive legal experience includes business and partnership disputes, shareholder derivative actions, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, trade secrets, patent infringement, entertainment litigation, Uniform Commercial Code disputes, probate and trust litigation, securities litigation and arbitration, real estate litigation, business torts, disputes involving non-compete agreements, breach of contract claims across a broad spectrum of industries, franchise disputes, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud, legal professional liability, tortious interference, commercial aviation, and replevin.

Mr. Grubman has mediated a vast number of cases, ranging from small cases to multi-million dollar cases, and has achieved a settlement rate exceeding 90%. In addition to the substantive areas listed above, Mr. Grubman has also mediated the following categories of cases: F.L.S.A. overtime claims, ERISA disability claims and landlord Tenant disputes.

Education

• J..D., University of Southern California, 1989 ( Hale Moot Court Honors)
• B.S in Finance. University of Florida, 1986 (Graduated with High Honors)

Admitted to Practice

• Florida, California, U.S. District Courts (Southern & Middle Districts of Florida, Central District of California); U.S. Court of Appeals (9 th & 11 th Circuits)

Organizations, Publications & Lectures

• Moderator of Mediation Panel at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Public Investors American Bar Association
• Conducted Mock Mediation at the 2008 Florida Bar Mid-Year Meeting
• Lectured Regarding Mediation at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the EASL Section of Florida Bar
• PLI, Securities Arbitration 2006, Author of Chapter on Mediation
• PIABA Bar Journal (Winter 2006), Securities Mediation
• Member, Florida Academy of Professional Mediators
• Member, Association of South Florida Mediators