About Us
R. Mark Shelton
R. Mark Shelton is a former: Division I college football scholar-athlete, with bowl and all-star game appearances; Magna Cum Laude, Honor Court and published Law Review Case Notes Editor law school graduate; and Florida Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer who, for more than three decades now, has devoted a significant portion of his time to assist lawyers and claims and other professionals resolve civil disputes with in-person and video mediation conference and arbitration proceedings.
While certified as a Florida Circuit, Appellate and Family Mediator, authorized as a Federal Middle District of Florida Mediator and approved as a Florida Arbitrator, Mr. Shelton has also maintained the highest available (AV) preeminent legal ability and ethical standards rating for more than a quarter of a century and has been listed as a highly regarded expert in the Alternate Dispute Resolution section of the Law and Leading Attorneys Florida Consumer Guidebook. Having already served as a Mediator or neutral Arbitrator in several thousands of civil disputes it is always Mark's pleasure to work with all parties to reach efficient and cost-effective resolutions of their disputes.
Always willing to give back to and serve his profession and community Mr. Shelton has: spoken at state and local CLE and CME seminars concerning the ethics of Mediation as a profession; served as the President of local non-profit and charitable youth sports organizations; served as the President of a local chapter of Habitat for Humanity; and serves as a founding board member and counsel for a local summer camp designed and built for children on the Autism spectrum.
The parents of a former Division I college soccer scholar-athlete, who is now a Commercial Real Estate Broker in Denver, CO, Mark and his "lovely bride" Kathleen Hitchcock Shelton have right-sized to a maintenance-free villa at a golf and country club in Hernando County, FL and are slowly inching their way toward retirement and more travel.
Case Experience
Memberships & Affiliations
Admiralty
Appellate
Automotive
Construction
Contract Disputes
Eminent Domain
Global Coverage Limits
Insurance
Legal Malpractice
Medical Malpractice
Nursing Homes
Personal Injury
Premises Liability
Product Liability
Professional Fees
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Property Damage
Railroad & Trucking
Subrogation
Torts
Trusts / Estates
Wrongful Death
The Florida Bar
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
The U.S. Supreme Court
Florida Circuit-Civil Mediator Society
National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
Education
J.D., South Texas College of Law (1979), Magna Cum Laude, Honor Court Justice, Law Review Casenotes Editor;
B.A. University of Richmond (1974), Dean's List, Athletic Scholarship - Football, Tangerine (now Citrus) Bowl, American Bowl All-Star Football Game
National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
The Florida Circuit-Civil Mediator Society
Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™