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Howard Scheiner

Howard Scheiner

As a former Judge of Compensation of Claims, Howard Scheiner brings to mediation his 30 years of experience and expertise.  Judge Scheiner has mediated more than 10,000 cases since 2000 and is certified by the Florida Supreme Court to conduct Circuit Court civil mediations.  Prior to taking the bench in 1995, Judge Scheiner represented insurance carriers, injured workers, employers, plaintiffs and physicians in personal injury and worker’s compensation cases.  He began his legal career as a law clerk at the Third District Court of Appeals and was formerly designated by the Florida Bar in appellate law.  A past President of the Statewide Conference of Judges of Compensation Claims, former member of both the Florida Bar Worker’s Compensation Rules Committee and the OJCC 60Q Rules Committee and frequent lecturer on mediation techniques, ethics and Worker’s Compensation law,

Judge Scheiner mediates a wide range of circuit civil matters including Worker’s Compensation, Personal Injury, Retaliatory Discharge, ADA, Wage and Hour, Employment Discrimination, Longshore and DBA matters and Collective Bargaining issues.  Mediator Scheiner has earned the respect of the most experienced and tenacious lawyers and is often retained for complex multiparty cases all over the United States, and enjoys an extremely high success rate in resolving cases. He is the founding member of the Mediation Group.