Rodney A. Max, Esquire

Upchurch Watson White & Max
1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1100
(2000A SouthBridge Pkwy, Birmingham AL)
Miami, FL 33131

Phone: 305-266-1224
Fax: 386-255-7722
Email: ramax@uww-adr.com
Other URL http://www.uwwadr.com

Rodney Max has been practicing for 31 years in the areas of mediation, arbitration, business litigation, and appellate practice. After 20 years of accomplished complex litigation practice, he has established a highly successful national mediation practice, specializing in mass torts, class actions and complex tort, commercial and consumer cases. He has mediated in 29 different states and the District of Columbia.

Practicing in SOUTH FLORIDA - SOUTHEAST - U.S.

Types of Cases Mediated
	Americans w/Disabilities Act	Business
	Civil (general)	Commercial
	Construction	Contracts
	Discrimination	Employment
	Environmental	General Mediation
	Harassment	Insurance
	Intellectual Property	Land Use
	Medical	Organizational
	Partnership Dissolutions	Personal Injury
	Probate	Professional Fees
	Professional Malpractice	Public Policy
	Real Estate	Securities
	Torts	Workplace

MEMBER: 1997
DISTINGUISHED: 2007

Background Mr. Max is a Fellow, Past President, and Past Board Member of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators and a fellow of the Alabama Academy of Attorney Mediators. Mr. Max is a member of the Regional CPR Distinquished Panel of Neutrals and Founder of the Alabama Circuit Court Mediation Rules. He has authored numerous articles on mediation for professional journals and seminars, and is a noted speaker on mediation throughout the country. Among the honors that Mr. Max has received on both a professional and personal level are: the 1998 National Conference for Community and Justice Brotherhood Award for Outstanding Community Service, the 1996 Better Business Bureau Award of Appreciation for Business and ADR., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference "I have A Dream" Award, 1999. He has also served as State Chairman to the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1985-2000).

Education/Training American University - 1965-67;
University of Florida - 1967-70;
J.D., Cumberland Law School, 1975 (cum laude);
The Harvard School of Negotiation 1996-97;
Pepperdine University 1999
Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution 1999

Practicing in Alabama, Florida