Clark Jordan-Holmes
Clark Jordan-Holmes is a highly motivated full-time mediator and neutral. He has been a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Court Mediator since 2004 and is presently available to mediate in Family Law and Appellate cases. He is also a qualified Arbitrator and he has mediated issues from a major transit authority outsourcing contract to collection matters, residential mortgage foreclosures and family law issues.
He is peer review rated by Martindale-Hubbell® as an AV trial attorney. (This is the most respected rating source for attorneys. ‘A’ is the highest rating given for legal ability. ‘V’ is the highest rating given for ethics.)*
His mediation attributes include:
- He is a seasoned and energetic problem solver, with excellent mediation, risk management and negotiation skills.
- He sees and creates the unity found in all diversity.
- He is “results-oriented” with the ability to cut through emotions and other concerns that can distract parties from bringing issues to a logical conclusion.
- He has developed the ability to quickly identify, understand and address legal and emotional issues and to find innovative, cost-effective and durable solutions.
- He is accomplished in engaging reluctant and difficult personalities in the mediation process.
- He is focused, diplomatic, patient, calm and determined.
Clark’s decades of experience in a variety of legal practice areas and sensitivity of working with diverse cultural and religious communities, give him an invaluable depth of knowledge, understanding and credibility that help ensure that all parties have considered every aspect of the decision of whether to litigate and fight or to resolve via alternative dispute resolution methods.
His experience includes the following areas of the law:
- Personal Injury
- Governmental Liability
- Guardianship, Probate & Estate Matters
- Wrongful Death
- Automobile Liability
- Premises Liability
- First & Third Party Insurance Matters
- Property Damage Claims
- Personal Injury Protection Benefits
- Appellate Matters
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Litigation
- Eminent Domain
Mr. Jordan-Holmes was the managing partner and a founding partner of Joyner & Jordan-Holmes, P.A., which was a general practice law firm focused on trial practice. It was created over twenty (20) years ago and was recognized by Martindale-Hubbell as a preeminent law firm in the United States. He is now a full-time mediator and founder of Mediation For Florida, LLC.
Some career highlights are as follows:
- Mediation For Florida, LLC – Founder and Mediator
- Certified Mediator (2004 to present)
- Joyner & Jordan-Holmes (JJH) – Managing Partner (1993 – 2009)
- Hillsborough Transit Authority – Outside General Counsel (1995- 2011)
- American Arbitration Association, The Oasis Alliance, The Collins Center for Public Policy and The Conant Mediation Center – Approved as a residential foreclosure mediator
- Federal Transit Administration’s TCRP Legal Research Project – Founding member (Project has published over 30 treatises on Transit Law)
- Florida Association of Code Enforcement (FACE) – Founding member (helped develop Code Enforcement Certification Educational Materials and provided Code Enforcement Certification training on a state-wide basis)
- The Public Risk Management Association of Tampa Bay (PRIMA) – Founding member
* The Martindale-Hubbell® PEER REVIEW RATINGS™ are an objective indicator of a lawyer’s high ethical standards and professional ability, generated from evaluations of lawyers by other members of the bar and the judiciary in the United States and Canada.
For a complete explanation of how the ratings are determined please visit: http://www.martindale.com/Products_and_Services/Peer_Review_Ratings.aspx.