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2 summarised requirements on mediation.
Fifth Judicial Circuit — Circuitwide civil only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the division's live instruction page (https://www.circuit5.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/diff.-case-management-order-of-referral-to-mediation_.pdf), harvested 2026-08-04; each bullet is quoted whole from the page, whitespace normalised only. • 2) If the amount of the damages claimed is $15,000 or less, the Plaintiff’s counsel may contact Court Mediation Services for available dates and times for scheduling the mediation. A notice of mediation must be filed within thirty days (30) from the date of this Order. Pursuant to Fla. Stat. 44.108(2)(c) each person (party) shall be assessed a fee of $60.00 for each mediation session scheduled with the Court Mediation Services Program. • 3) If the amount of the damages claimed exceeds $15,000.00 the case does not qualify to use the Court Mediation Services Program. Within thirty (30) days of the date of this Order, the parties shall attempt to agree on a private mediator from the list of Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediators (https://www.flcourts.org/Resources-Services/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution). • Plaintiff’s counsel shall notify the court, in writing, of the date and time for a mediation conference. Absent mutual agreement of selection of a mediator, Plaintiff’s counsel shall notify the Court in writing within 45 days of the date of this Order and the Court shall appoint a mediator.
A notice of mediation must be filed within 30 days of the referral order.
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Judge Miller mandates pre-trial mediation after every Order Setting Trial — regardless of any earlier mediation — on pain of striking from the trial docket and sanctions up to dismissal without further notice or hearing.
2 summarised requirements on mediation.