Icard Merrill's Paul D. Beitlich Receives Certification as a Circuit Mediator for Florida's 12th Judicial District.

SARASOTA, FL, January 13, 2011 (Press-News.org) Paul D. Beitlich, admitted to the Florida Bar in 1982, and Senior Counsel at Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsburg, P.A. since 1988, has recently been certified by the Supreme Court of Florida as a circuit mediator. Circuit mediators are trained and certified attorneys who are selected or appointed to a case by the court as a neutral facilitator to help disputing parties reach mutual and voluntary agreements. Mediation benefits both the court system and the parties involved by reducing costs and saving time.

In order to become a certified circuit mediator, a candidate must meet stringent educational and training requirements as prescribed by the Florida Dispute Resolution Center, an initiative of the Florida state court system.

Mr. Beitlich is an experienced attorney who specializes in real estate, development, banking, foreclosures and collections, real-estate based and commercial lending, and real estate title law. A distinguished graduate of the University of Florida College of Law, Beitlich is a member of the Florida and Illinois Bars. He has been a Florida Bar Board Certified Real Estate attorney since 1991. He is a member of the Sarasota County Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association. He is also a member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar as well as the Real Estate Section and Corporate Banking Sections of the American Bar Association. He is a founding director of and represents First America Bank. He also represents several other area banks and serves as counsel of record for local real estate developers and contractors as well as out-of-state institutions. In 2006, Beitlich was listed in the Florida Super Lawyers publication in the field of real estate law and was also listed as one of 30 "Sarasota Super Lawyers" by the same publication.

In addition to mediating mortgage foreclosure disputes, Mr. Beitlich will mediate business and real estate contract disputes, development, construction and banking issues, as well as commission disagreements.

About Icard Merrill
Established in 1953, the law firm of Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsburg, P.A., is headquartered in Sarasota, with office locations in Lakewood Ranch and Port Charlotte. Icard Merrill is a full-service firm with more than half a century of legal expertise in business, commercial and construction litigation, personal injury, real estate, land use, family law, probate, and tax and estate planning. The firm has a strong commitment to supporting its communities through its patronage of the arts, civic involvement and significant pro bono contributions.

For more information, call 941-366-8100 or visit http://www.icardmerrill.com.