Sarasota Partner Steven Chase presented a seminar entitled "Evaluative-Qualitative Mediation as an Alternative to Traditional Mediation" to the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) section of the Sarasota County Bar Association.

The seminar included several topics:

• Understanding the role of a mediator
• How evaluative-qualitative mediation differs from traditional mediation
• Ethical limitations as to evaluative-qualitative mediation
• The rise of neutral evaluators
• So-called good faith requirement to mediation
• Recent changes to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure concerning mediation
• Recent mediator ethics advisory committee opinions (MEAC)