Robert H sturgess - Attorney, Mediator, arbitrator

 ​Employment History:
• Senior Staff Attorney, Florida First District Court of Appeal (Tallahassee, 1990-1993)
• Partner, Bateman and Harden (Jacksonville, 1993-1998)
• Contract Partner, Foley & Lardner, L.L.P. (Tallahassee; Jacksonville, 1998-2000)
• Shareholder, Motes, Shaw, Sturgess & Williams, P.A. (Jacksonville, 2000-2008)
• Of Counsel, Marks Gray, P.A. (Jacksonville; 2008-2015)

• Commissioner, Ocean Highway & Port Authority (2016-2020)

• Mediation First Coast (Present; Nassau County, Northeast Florida; 4th Judicial Circuit)

Current Activities / Post-Doctorate Studies / Certifications:
• Supreme Court Certified Mediator in Circuit, County, Appellate Courts
• AV / "Preeminent" peer review rated by Martindale / Hubbell (also 2015 Top Rated Lawyer in ADR)
• 'Master of the Bench', Robert M. Foster Nassau County American Inn of Court
• 10 / "Superb" peer review rating by Avvo
• Florida Academy of Professional Mediators
• Authorized Court-Appointed Arbitrator
• Academy of Professional Mediators
• Institute for Reconciliation and Peacemaking, Certificated
• Justice Teaching trained representative – Nassau County
• Authorized to practice law in all Florida state courts

Education:
• J.D., Nova Univ. School of Law, 1990 (Executive Editor, Law Review)
• B.A., Univ. of Georgia, 1973

Past Affiliations:
• Chairman, Civil Appellate Practice Committee of the Florida Bar
• Vice chairman, Board of Editors of the Florida Bar Journal and Florida Bar News
• Board of Directors, Vice President, Christian Legal Society
• Appellate Court Rules Committee of the Florida Bar
• Executive Council, Appellate Practice Section of the Florida Bar
• Recipient, Deborah M. Smart Memorial Award for Outstanding Service to The Florida Bar Journal, 1999-2000     

Activities and Employment Prior to Law School:
• Swimming scholarship, University of Georgia (1969-73)
• Professional musician (1973-75)
• Peaches Records and Tapes, Vice President (1975-1980) (nationwide retailer)
• Coconuts Tapes and Records, Owner and Manager (1980-86)
• Volunteer County Court Mediator in the new, experimental program, Duval County Courthouse, 4th Floor (1985-86)
• Commissioner, Ocean Highway & Port Authority (2016-2020).  

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (with links)

"Good Faith' Mediation Orders in Florida Civil Federal Courts -- Let Judges do the Judging and Mediators do the Mediating", a Feature article in Florida Bar Journal (Sept./Oct. 2015) pp. 25-29
LINK --  http://www.floridabar.org/DIVCOM/JN/JNJournal01.nsf/8c9f13012b96736985256aa900624829/796ecaafaa0ea38e85257eab006b3161!OpenDocument  

"MEAC Opinion 2014-022 - Prohibiting Key Information in Mediation Reports", The Florida Bar, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Vol. IIII, No.2, (Spring 2015) 
LINK -- http://www.floridabar.org/TFB/TFBResources.nsf/Attachments/E0BFB5FAD17CF9FB85257D660069C89F/$FILE/ADR-2014-MediationWeekEdition.pdf?OpenElement 

“The ‘Loss of Chance’ Doctrine of Damages for Breach of Contract,” Florida Bar Journal, Vol.79, No.9 (2005)
LINK -- https://www.floridabar.org/divcom/jn/jnjournal01.nsf/Author/6A1F9134E9848C4685257088006D97E4

“Damage Assessment in Breach of Contract Litigation,” 46 Jurimetrics, Section of Science & Technology Law, Vol.46, No.2, pp.129-138 (Winter 2006) This paper was presented at the Sixth International Conference on Forensic Statistics, Tempe, Arizona, March 2005 Dr. Stephen F. Feinberg, Professor at Carnegie ​Mellon University. Jurimetrics is a publication of the American Bar Association.
LINK -- http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/29762926?uid=3739600&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21106448006063

“Appellate Pro Se (Self-Represented) Handbook” currently available on Florida Supreme ​Court ​Clerk’s homepage (Founding, original co-author)
LINK -- http://prose.flabarappellate.org/ 

“Employers’ Liability Coverage Under the Standard Workers’ Compensation Insurance ​Policy,” Florida Bar Journal
LINK -- https://www.floridabar.org/divcom/jn/jnjournal01.nsf/c0d731e03de9828d852574580042ae7a/075282d80dcd954385256adb005d5fb1!OpenDocument&Highlight=0,employers,liability,coverage,under,the,standard,workers,compensation,policy*

“Practice and Procedure in Handling Automobile Cases,” Florida Automobile Insurance ​Law (4th ed. 1998) (co-author)  Florida Bar CLE publication, copyrighted and available by authorization or purchase only.