4th Cir. Admin. Order 2004-06 — Administrative Order No. 2004-6 Civil Divisions: Fourth Judicial Circuit Standard Mediation Order · BenchPath

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4th Cir. Admin. Order 2004-06 — Administrative Order No. 2004-6 Civil Divisions: Fourth Judicial Circuit Standard Mediation Order

High confidence· verified July 26, 2026Administrative Orders4th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order 2004-06 (Duval Clerk repository)

Summary

18 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2004-06 (a further document filed under the same order number).

Applies to

Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2004-06 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-26; whitespace normalised only. • This Order shall take effect on August 1, 2004, and remain in effect until further Order gu of the Court and all the terms and condition set forth in this Administrative Order shall apply • This Administrative Order shall be recorded in the Official Records of Duval, Clay • D m and Nassau Counties in the State of Florida, and certified copies shall be furnished by the Clerks of each Court to each local Bar Association. • The Mediation Conference shall begin at (time and place) and sfu continue until recessed or terminated by the Mediator. • The parties shall cooperate with the Mediator in all such matters. • The time allotted for this Mediation is _ hours; however, if time permits, the participants shall be prepared to spend as much time as necessary to resolve this matter, or until an impasse is declared by the • The personal attendance of all parties, trial counsel, and insurance representatives is required, unless excused by prior agreement of all parties, and /or counsel or by leave of Court. • Parties shall appear with complete authority to resolve the matters in dispute 1 as denned in Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.720(b). • (a) A corporate party shall send an authorized representative with absolute authority to enter into a full and complete compromise and settlement. • Florida Statutes shall appear at the Mediation Conference by physical presence ofa representative with full authority to negotiate on behalf of the entity and to recommend settlement to the appropriate decision-making body of the entity. • (c) If insurance is involved in the action, the insurance carrier shall send a representative of the insured party, who is not such carrier’s outside counsel, who has full authority to settle up to the amount of the plaintiffs last demand or the policy limits, whichever is less, without further consultation. • (d) lf a party has knowledge of the existence of a lien, such as workers compensation, medical liens, or other subrogated liens, then that party shall give notice ofthe date, time and place of the Mediation Conference to the lien holder. • No less than 72 hours prior to ¤- the Mediation Conference, each party shall fumish to the Mediator, with a copy to all counsel involved, a statement outlining the party’s position, the issues involved, the latest settlement • S discussions, representations, and statements made at the Mediation Conference shall be m privileged as settlement negations and nothing related to the mediation conference shall be admitted at trial or subject to discovery. • The Mediator’s practice may be devoted primarily to mediation and their time typically may not be able to be filled when the Mediation is cancelled or postponed on short notice. • It shall be the responsibility of the Plaintiff(s) counsel to immediately notify the Court, and the Mediator, in writing, of any settlement or other termination of the litigation.l _ DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at County, • Florida, this day of 2004. • The Mediator shall be compensated at the rate of $ per hour for cases involving one plaintiff and one defendant. lf there is more than ig one plaintiff or defendant involved, the Mediator shall be compensated at the rate of ¤ $ per hour. • (d) All charges for Mediation are payable within 30 days of receipt of the statement from the Mediator.

Source of truth

This Order shall take effect on August 1, 2004, and remain in effect until further Order gu of the Court and all the terms and condition set forth in this Administrative Order shall apply

Official source: Duval County Clerk of Courts — Fourth Circuit administrative orders
Source health: Healthy · checked July 26, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 26, 2026benchpath-duval-variants-2026-07-26

Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 63807e3ed67d3512ce1952d2fc74d8a1f3adb45dfd944768d598099c62d61c1f. Extracted from the order's own text layer. One of several documents the Clerk publishes under order number 2004-06.