Your Orlando Mediator

Professional Civil Mediation Services

Experienced, smart, and efficient alternative dispute resolution in Orlando Florida.

About David Henry

David W. Henry is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Mediator who practiced law in Central Florida for more than 30 years and has been certified since 2006. His mediation clients hire David for a wide range of matters that reflects his experience as a litigator. David’s mediation practice includes business disputes, contract claims, personal injury, insurance claims, community association, intellectual property disputes, employment claims, E&O, D&O and fiduciary liability, and construction related disputes.

After attending Emory University and the University of Florida College of Law, David served as a law clerk at the Fifth District Court of Appeal before entering private practice in 1989. In addition to serving as a mediator, David teaches mediation advocacy and training for attorneys and insurance carrier representatives across the United States. He is a longtime member of the National Faculty of the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors, and the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN). He has spoken to thousands of lawyers, risk managers, and insurance professionals across the US, the Bahamas, and London on issues including success at mediation, mediation advocacy, insurance coverage, agent & broker liability and intellectual property claims. He has been published in Entrepreneur, the Florida Bar Journal, Insights, National Underwriter and other publications. For more information, please download David’s CV below.

Services

Henry Mediation P.A. has a proven track record helping parties resolve hard problems and cases. We offer mediation, training, arbitration and NDR services.

Mediation

David W. Henry is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Mediator who practiced law in Central Florida for more than 30 years and has been certified since 2006.

Training

With decades of experience in litigation and mediation, David offers highly effective mediation training for law firms, insurance carriers, and bar organizations.

Arbitration

David serves as an arbitrator for a variety of business and commercial disputes. His background includes extensive work as a lawyer or neutral in matters involving intellectual property and unfair competition, insurance companies

and managing general agencies, community associations, fiduciary liability, construction, easements, real property, and non-medical professional liability.

Neutral Dispute Resolution(NDR)

NDR is a method for resolving limited-stakes disputes (typically under $250K) where the parties create an ad-hoc arbitration format in which the neutral serves as a fact-finder and adjudicator in a final binding award.

The NDR process affords the parties flexibility in process, timing, confidentiality, and avoids the administrative cost of formal arbitrations and 3-arbiter panels which may prove cost-prohibitive in limited stakes disputes. The parties submit preliminary information regarding the parameters of the dispute including the variety of documents and ESI to be reviewed as well as witnesses.

Why
Henry Mediation

Experience

David W. Henry is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Mediator who practiced law in Central Florida for more than 30 years and has been certified since 2006.

Affiliations

“Best of Orlando”™ for Mediation, Orlando Magazine (2017, 2018, 2019)
“Best of Orlando”™ for Insurance Law, Orlando Magazine (2017, 2018, 2019)
Best Lawyers in America® (2019)
Member, National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN)
Member, National Faculty of the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors (1994-Present)
Member, Executive Council of the ADR Section of the Florida Bar
Chair, Orange County Bar Association, ADR Committee (2018-2019)
Chair, FDLA ADR Committee (2009 to 2011)
Program Chair, FDLA-FAPM ADR Conference (Nov. 2010)
Chair, Intellectual Property Subcommittee, DRI Commercial Litigation Committee (2005-2006)
Chair, AIPLA IP Insurance Subcommittee (2007-2008)
Robert T. “Bobby” Jones Fellowship to the Univ. of St. Andrews (1983-1984)

Community

David Henry serves as a Director and Vice President of The Henry Family Foundation which was formed by his father Allen S. Henry (1940-2019) for the purpose of funding charitable 501(c)(3) organizations across the United States. Since 2000, charities of the Henry Family Foundation have included healthcare, the arts, educational institutions, first-responders, veteran’s groups, social service organizations and other worthy causes. Each year the Henry Family Foundation board members identify worthy charitable organizations in Central Florida and elsewhere.

Pro Bono Mediation is Available

Training & Speaking

CLE Certification For Mediation Mastery

This seminar is a thought-provoking mixture of infrequently discussed mediation strategies leading to improved practice habits that will transform the way your company or law firm prepares for and conducts mediation. more…

Speaking Engagements

David is a sought-after speaker for attorney conferences, corporate seminars, and other events, presenting on a range of dispute resolution, conflict management, insurance, and liability topics. more…

Insurance Presentations

A member of the National Faculty of the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors since 1994, David speaks on various issues relating to E&O liability, insurance coverage, and claims handling. more…

Mediation
Training

With decades of experience in litigation and mediation, David offers highly effective mediation training for law firms, insurance carriers, and bar organizations. more…

Mediation Video Library

by David Henry

This library contains a thought-provoking mixture of infrequently discussed mediation strategies leading to improved practice habits that will transform the way your company or law firm prepares for and conducts mediation.