Upchurch Watson White & Max

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., August 22, 2017 (Newswire.com) - The Best Lawyers in America ^© has recognized nine members of Upchurch Watson White & Max's panel of neutrals for 2018. The listings in each practice area, also classified by metropolitan area, follow:

• Mediation
   
  • Birmingham, AL
    • Arthur J. Hanes, Jr.
      • First Year Recognized in Mediation: 2011 / Recognized since 2008
    • Rodney A. Max, firm principal
      • First Year Recognized in Mediation: 2011 / Recognized since 2006
    • George M. Van Tassel, Jr., shareholder
      • First Year Recognized in Mediation: 2011 / Recognized since 2006
    • Michael B. Walls, principal
      • First Year Recognized in Mediation: 2011 / Recognized since 2010
    • Brad Wash, shareholder
      • First Year Recognized in Mediation: 2015 / Recognized since 2015
  • Daytona Beach, FL
    • John J. Upchurch, founding principal and CEO
      • First Year Recognized in Mediation: 2011 / Recognized since 2007
    • Terrence White, founding principal
      • First Year Recognized in Mediation: 2016 / Recognized since 2014
  • Maitland, FL
    • Lawrence M. Watson, Jr., founding principal
      • First Year Recognized in Mediation: 2011 / Recognized since 2005-06
  • Miami, FL
    • Rodney A. Max
      • First Year Recognized in Mediation: 2011 / Recognized since 2006
• Arbitration
   
  • Birmingham, AL
    • Arthur J. Hanes, Jr.
      • First Year Recognized in Arbitration: 2011 / Recognized since 2008
  • Daytona Beach, FL
    • John J. Upchurch
      • First Year Recognized in Arbitration: 2011 / Recognized since 2007
    • Terrence White
      • First Year Recognized in Arbitration: 2014 / Recognized since 2014
  • Maitland, FL
    • Lawrence M. Watson, Jr.
      • First Year Recognized in Arbitration: 2011 / Recognized since 2005-06
• Appellate Practice
  • Plantation, FL
    • Shelley H. Leinicke
      • First Year Recognized in Appellate Practice: 2011 / Recognized since 2011
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Birmingham, AL
    • George M. Van Tassel, Jr.
      • First Year Recognized in Product Liability Litigation - Defendants: 2015 / Recognized since 2006

"Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence," bestlawyers.com says. "Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. 83,000 industry-leading attorneys are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received almost 10 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world." For the 2018 edition, 7.4 million votes reportedly were analyzed, which resulted in more than 58,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed.

About Upchurch Watson White & Max

A nationally leading mediation specialty firm, Upchurch Watson White & Max is known for facilitating reasonable agreements to resolve complex issues. From eight offices in Florida and Alabama, Supreme Court certified attorney mediators with wide-ranging specialties serve as court-appointed and privately employed mediators, arbitrators and third-party neutral case managers, implementing innovative methods of alternative dispute resolution across the country. On the Web: uww-adr.com

Upchurch Watson White & Max
125 S. Palmetto Avenue
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
800-264-2622

Catherine Klasne (cklasne@uww-adr.com)

Source: Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group