Arden M.Siegendorf, Esquire

4941 SE Devenwood Way
Stuart, FL 34997

Phone: 772-463-9492
Fax: 772-463-5360
Email: asiegendorf@msn.com

Arden M. Siegendorf is a national leader in the field of alternative dispute resolution. He has been active in expanding the use of ADR in the courts, having served as a member of the Florida Supreme Court Committee on Mediation and Arbitration Rules and as Chairman of the Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation of The Florida Bar. He is certified to receive court appointments by the Florida Supreme Court and conducts mediation conferences throughout the United States as a member of Mediation, Inc. As an attorney and partner in a large law firm, he specialized in commercial law and litigation and taught at Miami-Dade and Tallahassee Community Colleges. He is a former Fl. Asst. Attorney General and past president of Tallahassee Mediation Center, Inc.

Types of Cases Mediated
	Banking	Business
	Civil (general)	Commercial
	Construction	Contracts
	Discrimination	Education
	Employment	Entertainment
	Environmental	General Mediation
	Harassment	Health Care
	Insurance	Intellectual Property
	International	Land Use
	Marine/Admiralty	Medical
	Municipal	Partnership Dissolutions
	Personal Injury	Printing/Publishing
	Probate	Product Liability
	Professional Malpractice	Public Policy
	Real Estate	Securities
	Torts

MEMBER: 1995
DISTINGUISHED: 2008

Background Served as a Miami City Commissioner (1971); Circuit Court Judge in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida and as a County Court Judge (1971-1981); Judicial career highlights include: a term as Administrative Judge, Appellate Division, sitting as a visiting judge on the Florida Supreme Court and the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal, and a 94% approval rating by the lawyers of his Circuit; Conducted more than 4,500 mediation and arbitration conferences in the State and Federal Courts and is trained and experienced in handling multi-party, complex matters with an emphasis on construction disputes, personal injury and wrongful death, medical malpractice, product liability, employment discrimination, eminent domain, commercial litigation, growth management, and environmental litigation; Diplomate, Fl Academy of Prof. Mediators; Fellow, Amer. College of Civil Trial Mediators; Member, ACR; Excellence in Mediation Award (FCRC); Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World.

Education/Training B.B.A., University of Miami, 1960
J.D., University of Miami School of Law, 1963
Florida Judicial College, 1971
National Judicial College, 1977-1979
Federal Judicial Center, 1987
Circuit-Civil Mediation Training, 1989
Litigation Risk Analysis Seminar,1989
Harvard Law School Negotiations Workshop, 1990
Mediation training in Public Dispute Resolution, Ethics & and Growth Mgt., 1992