Herbert Fried

I graduated from the University of Florida with a J.D in 1975 and I've practiced law since 1976 in Lee, Collier and surrounding counties, about half civil trial practice and half family law for the first 25 years or so.  I was President of the Lee County Personal Injury Association in 1998/1999 and President of the Southwest Florida Trial Lawyers Association in 2007/2008. In the last few years I have, for the most part, limited my practice to mediation and arbitration including "hybrid" mediation/arbitrations. I've handled more than 2,000 mediations of primarily civil and family law. I've arbitrated numerous cases over the last 4 years or so, including mediation/arbitration hybrids. I have given a two hour seminar to Florida Rural Legal Services titled "Mediation as a Hostage Negotiation" and given that seminar also as at a meeting of the AFLP and as a one hour Zoom seminar sponsored by the Lee County Bar Association. Since September 2020, I've led a group of arbitrators primarily from Lee and Collier, twice a month, in an informal hour discussion as to various techniques and issues in arbitration and mediation/arbitration. Our participants have included a local judge and Jack Hughes, the mediation/arbitration coordinator for the Lee County mediation/arbitration department. Our participants have included local judges and arbitrators from around Florida, but participation is not limited by venue.     If you are an arbitrator, let me know at hfried@friedandfried.com, and I'll invite you to join this group. My rates and availability are shown at https://nadn.org/herb-fried. Mediations and arbitrations are presently being  held by Zoom or in person.  Let me know if you have any questions or concerns; email me at hfried@friedandfried.com.Herb Fried, Esq.