Scott J. Silverman - Mediator and Arbitrator
Scott J. Silverman is a mediator and arbitrator who works exclusively with JAMS, the largest private provider of mediation and arbitration services worldwide. Having served nearly 22 years as a circuit and county court judge in Miami's 11th Judicial Circuit - one of our nation's busiest judicial circuits - he has vast amounts of experience that can help you resolve your dispute. He focuses his national and international mediation and arbitration practices in South Florida (including Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties), Atlanta, and North Carolina (in particular Buncombe, Henderson, Burke, Polk and Rutherford Counties).
Challenging Legal Disputes
If you have a difficult or challenging legal dispute, regardless of the amount in controversy, you may want to look to Scott J. Silverman to help you end your litigation. He has successfully mediated cases pre-suit, during trial litigation, and even appeals. He even helped to resolve a litigated disputed that lasted over a decade. He mediates, among other things, commercial, insurance, personal injury, wrongful death, professional malpractice, maritime, and entertainment disputes He has mediated cases for countless individuals and well known corporations.
Recognition by Others
While on the bench, Scott J. Silverman, achieved a remarkable reputation. The Dade County Bar Poll rated him one of Miami's top judges. In his last bar poll, he achieved a 94% (exceptionally qualified/qualified) rating. He later continued this legacy of quality by distinguishing himself as one of the top mediators and arbitrators in the country by helping to resolve (through mediation and/or arbitration) a wide variety of domestic and international commercial, business, employment, personal injury, and maritime disputes. Mediated dispute settlements have ranged from non-monetary resolutions to those involving the payment of millions of dollars.
In 2012, the Miami Herald featured him in a special entitled, "The Arbitrators." The paper noted, "Scott Silverman, a former circuit court judge, is a big player in the growing use of arbitration in this city and one of the founding fathers of the Miami office of JAMS, which oversees arbitration cases."
In its 2016 USA Guide, Chambers and Partners wrote, "Well-known mediator and former judge Scott Silverman has a broad-ranging practice in alternative dispute resolution, offering particular experience in commercial, employment and construction matters, 'He has a very good business sense,' say sources, 'and as a result is able to come up with creative solutions that people normally don't think about. He is very good at identifying intangibles that people can use in negotiations and mediation.' He is a member of JAMS and is based in Florida."
He received the following professional ratings, rankings, honors and awards for 2016, 2017 and 2018:
- Chambers and Partners, the distinguished London rating service, rated him as a mediator by in its 2017 USA Guide (1 of only 26 mediators to be rated in the US);
- Chambers and Partners also acknowledged his work as an international arbitrator and referred to him as a "noted practitioner" in its 2017 USA Guide (1 of only 30 international arbitrators to be rated in the US);
- The National Law Journal designated Scott Silverman as an ALM Mediation Champion (1 of only 37 mediators nationwide);
- Best Lawyers in America designated him the 2018 Miami Mediation "Lawyer of the Year" in the 24th edition of its publication;
- South Florida's Daily Business Review honored him in its yearly survey as 1 of the top 2 mediators for 2016. During the preceding five years it rated him as the top mediator for three consecutive occasions; and
- The Dade County Bar Association awarded him with its 2017 Top Mediator Award at its Legal Luminaries Reception.
