Henry A. Seiden
Combining extensive mediation, consulting, business and litigation experience, Henry A. Seiden concentrates his global dispute resolution practice in the areas of family business, family wealth, conflict management, complex multiparty litigation, attorney-client grievance and fee issues.
Mr. Seiden is Certified by the Supreme Court of Florida as a Circuit Court Mediator. He also holds a Certificate in Family Business Advising from the Family Firm Institute, is Certified by The Florida Bar as a Program Mediator and Arbitrator and has completed the Certified Training for Court Appointed Arbitrators through the Supreme Court of Florida.
He is a member of the Family Firm Institute, International Association for Attorneys for Family Held Enterprises, American Bar Association Section on Dispute Resolution, Association for Conflict Resolution, National Institute for Advanced Conflict Resolution and Association of Attorney-Mediators. Mr. Seiden is also a contributing writer for the Magazine of the Association for Conflict Resolution.
A former Chairperson of the Fee Arbitration Committee for the 15th Judicial Circuit, Mr. Seiden still serves The Florida Bar as a Program Mediator and Arbitrator. He is also an approved lecturer for the Florida Department of Financial Services and presently has a patent pending in the United States Patent Office in the area of online dispute resolution.
In addition to his conflict management background, Mr. Seiden is a practicing attorney licensed in Massachusetts and Florida who is AV-rated, the highest rating awarded by Martindale-Hubbell, a nationally recognized organization which assesses ethical standards and legal ability. Mr. Seiden represents clients in business transactions, contractual issues, insurance coverage matters and complex litigation involving personal injury and insurance bad faith.
Representing a young couple victimized by a major insurance company, Mr. Seiden obtained a landmark victory before the Supreme Court of Florida in Allstate Indemnity Company v. Ruiz, 899 So.2d 1121 (Fla. 2005) which established that the relationship between an insurance carrier and its policyholder should be non-adversarial.
"Allstate Indemnity Company v. Ruiz changed the legal landscape on discovery in these 'bad faith' cases," wrote Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal Judge Gary M. Farmer in Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company v. Genovese, 943 So.2d 321, 323 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). "Although the principal holding did away with the distinctions between first-party and third-party claims, its equally significant holding was to recognize the true nature of the relationship between a liability insurance carrier and its insureds in dealing with a covered claim as non-adversarial."
Formerly, Mr. Seiden was a sports writer for The Miami Herald and The Miami News, with concentration on investigative reporting, feature writing, boxing, professional football and college football.
