Charles N. Castagna - Mediator

A native of Clearwater, Florida, Charles Castagna began his legal career in 1980 as a law clerk to Florida Supreme Court Judge James C. Adkins, Jr. (1980 - 1982) He graduated from the George Washington University in 1977 with a degree in Public Affairs, and received his J.D. degree from the Florida State University College of Law in 1980.

After a brief stint in Washington, D.C. as a lawyer with the Carr, Jordan, Coyne & Savits insurance defense firm (1982 - 1983), he associated with the lobbying firm of Alcalde, Henderson & O 'Bannon (1983 - 1985) before returning to the Tampa Bay area in 1985. From 1985 - 1987 he was associated with Battaglia, Ross, Hastings & Dicus in St. Petersburg, FL, and then with McMullen, Everett, Logan, Marquardt & Cline in Clearwater from 1987 - 1990, after which he formed Charles N. Castagna, P.A. in 1990. Practice areas generally included criminal law, personal injury (plaintiff and defense), real estate, family law, condominium law, commercial law, banking and commercial landlord and tenant.

Mr. Castagna began mediating in 1988 as a volunteer with the 6th Circuit Citizen Dispute Settlement program. He was certified as a circuit-civil and county mediator in 1990, and as a family and federal mediator in 1992. He has now mediated thousands of matters in state and federal court, as well as pre-suit matters including civil rights, commercial, condominium, construction, contract, corporate, employment and non-compete, family law (all issues), franchise disputes, hurricane claims, insurance coverage and bad faith, partnership disputes and dissolutions, personal injury and wrongful death, prem ises and product liability, probate, professional liability (accounting, dental, legal and medical), real estate and securities.

Charles served as a member of the former Florida Supreme Court Standing Committee on Mediation and Arbitration Rules from 1993 - 2001, as President of the Florida Association of Professional Family Mediators (2000 - 2002), and as President of the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators (2002 - 2005), in which he maintains Diplomate status. He has served as an adjunct professor of Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Stetson University College of Law, and frequently presents to state and local bar associations on the topic of ADR. He also maintains an active training schedule and has taught dozens of Continuing Mediator Education courses focusing on ethics in mediation.

Mr. Castagna has been selected as a Leading Florida Attorney (ADR) and named a recipient of the 13th Judicial Circuit Mediation and Diversion Services Outstanding Family Mediator Award. He has also been selected for inclusion in Who's Who in American Law (ADR).

Mr Castagna is also a Charter Member of the FL Circuit-Civil Mediator Society:
www.floridamediators.org/charles-castagna

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