Herbert Stettin comes to JAMS with over 25 years’ experience providing mediation, arbitration, special magistrate and other alternate dispute resolution (ADR) services in the South Florida region. Mr. Stettin practiced law for over 35 years, specializing in commercial and bankruptcy litigation. Formerly a senior judge, Mr. Stettin served as a circuit court judge in the civil, probate and criminal divisions of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida in Miami-Dade County; as a senior circuit judge in the civil division of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida in Broward County; and as an associate judge on the Fourth District Court of Appeal.

With a background as both a jurist and a practicing lawyer, Mr. Stettin’s has a practical understanding of the law, which incorporates and informs his approach to ADR.

Mr. Stettin has mediated and arbitrated more than 2,500 cases, including class actions, derivative claims, fraud claims, insurance coverage issues, commercial matters, construction litigation and bankruptcy disputes. Additionally, he has conducted hundreds of arbitrations, including those involving complex commercial disputes.

• Mediator, Herbert Stettin Mediations, 2010-2022
• Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami-Dade County
  • Senior Circuit Judge; Civil, Probate and Criminal Divisions; 1999–2010
  • Circuit Judge, Criminal Division, 1978–1979
  • Circuit Judge, Civil Division, 1976–1977
• Senior Circuit Judge, Civil Division, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Broward County, 1999–2010
• Associate Judge, Fourth District Court of Appeal, 1978, 1979, 1999
• Attorney, Herbert Stettin, P.A., 1986–1999
• Attorney, Lapidus & Stettin, 1979–1986
• Attorney, Friedman Britton & Stettin, 1964–1975
• Law Clerk to Judge A.O. Kanner, Second District Court of Appeal, 1962–1963
• J.D., University of Miami, 1962
• Associate Editor, University of Miami Law Review, 1961-1962
• M.A., Harvard University, 1958
• B.A., Queens College, 1957