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Rodney Romano, Esquire (founder/owner)

  • Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator 2000 – present

  • State and Federal cases

  • Supreme Court/DRC Qualified Arbitrator 

  • Mediator CM 12628 R 

  • Florida Bar - Admitted 1986 - FBN# 559482 

  • Mediator Qualifications Board, Supreme Court of FL 2009 - 2012 

  • Master at the Bench, Craig S. Barnard American Inn of Court  2012 – 2015

  • Super Lawyers – Top Rated Dispute Resolution Attorney 2014-2022

  • HARVARD LAW SCHOOL PROGRAM ON NEGOTIATION

  • Executive Education - Mediating Disputes, December 2012

  • Member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association

  • Member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association ADR Committee

  • Member of the South County Bar Association

  • Member of the Martin County Bar Association

Areas Of Expertise

  • Complex, multiple party, catastrophic and highly emotional matters 

  • Personal Injury and Wrongful Death 

  • Medical, Legal and other Professional Negligence 

  • Premises Negligence, including Negligent Security 

  • Auto and Trucking Negligence, UMC/Uninsured Motorist Claims 

  • Civil Rights claims

  • Global Mediation, Pre-Suit Mediation, Hybrid Mediation 

  • Construction Defects – personal injury and 1st party claims 

  • Contract matters 

  • Nursing Home Negligence/Chapter 400 cases 

  • Products Liability , including Food, Drug and Toxic Exposure 

  • Insurance Claims and Coverage Disputes of all types, including Health and Life, Hurricane, Homeowner, Arson, Fraud 

  • Extra Contractual Liability Claims (Bad Faith) 

  • ADA, Employment disputes 

  • Contract Claims 

  • Condominium and Home Owner Association Disputes 

  • Governmental Issues, including Eminent Domain, Code Enforcement and Zoning 

  • Private Trials pursuant to F.S.Ch.40 

  • Probate and Trust Disputes 

  • Subrogation Claims 

  • Umpire - Appraisal cases

Professional/Civic

  • Member, Florida Association of Professional Mediators - 2007 - present
    o  President-Elect 2015 - 2017

  • Member, Mediator Qualifications Board (MQB) DRC/ Florida Supreme Court  - 2009 - present 

  • Faculty, National College of Advocacy - 1987 - 1999 

  • Mayor, City of Lake Worth FL - 1993-1997 and 2001 -2005 

  • Licensed Florida Nursing Home Administrator – 1976 – 1985 

  • Licensed Florida Certified General Contractor – 1982 - 1985   

  • The Palm Beach County Bar Association 

  • The Martin County Bar Association

Education

  • Nova University Center for the Study of Law (JD)- 1983-1986

  • Emory University, Atlanta GA (BA)- 1971-1974

  • Cardinal Newman High School - 1967 - 1971

  • Sacred Heart School, Lake Worth, Florida - 1960 -1967

  • Certified Circuit Civil Mediation Course - 1999

Mr. Romano has given seminar presentations on trial advocacy and Alternative Dispute Resolution
since 1986 to attendees of the following:

  • Annual Dispute Resolution Conference 

  • Florida Association of Professional Mediators

  • PESI-Annual Worker’s Compensation Convention

  • American Trial Lawyers Association 

  • Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers 

  • Florida Defense Lawyers Association 

  • Florida Risk Managers Association