Robert J. Merlin - Coral Gables, FL

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1978
    J.D.
    Honors: With Honors

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1976
    B.S.
    Major: Accounting
  • Cambridge University & The Institute of Law, England, 1978
    Polish Academy of Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Partner

Representative Clients

• American Capital Corporation

• Creative Directors, Incorporated

• Florida Eastcoast Properties

• Gulf Bank

Published Works

Articles

• “The Marital Home – Will It Come Back To Haunt You?” 67 Fla. Bar J. 62, 1993
  
• “Developing a Collaborative Family Law Practice” Aspatore, 2011
  
• Collaborative Law Process Act Passes, The Florida Bar Family Law Section Commentator, Vol XXX, No. 1, 2016
  
• The Long and Winding Road to Implementing the Uniform Collaborative Law Act and Rules in Florida, The American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section Dispute Resolution magazine, Vol 23, No. 2, 2017
  
• The Collaborative Law Process Act: The Future Is Now, The Florida Bar Journal, 2017
  
• The Collaborative Law Process Rules: This is How We Do It, The Florida Bar Journal, 2018
• Contributing author to Building a Successful Collaborative Family Law Practice, (Adam Cordover with Forrest S. Mosten) ABA, 2018
• It is Time to Make Financial Affidavits and Other Documents Private in Family Matters, The Florida Bar Family Law Section Commentator, Vol 1, No. 1, 2019
• Blueprint for a More Effective Family Court Intake Process and Beyond: Opening the Umbrella to Process Family Court Cases, The Florida Bar Journal, 2021

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1979
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1979
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida Trial Bar
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• The Florida Bar, 2011 - 2013 (Family Law Section: Legislation Committee)
• he Florida Bar, 2010 - 2013 (ADR Committee, Chair)
• The Florida Bar, 2017 - 2018 (Family Law Rules Committee Chair)
• The Florida Bar, 2014 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association (Family Law Section and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee)
• Dade County Bar Association
• American Bar Association Foundation Fellow
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, 2019 - 2022 (Treasurer)
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, 2016 - 2022 (Member of Board)
• Collaborative Family Lawyers of South Florida
• First Family Law American Inn of Court
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta