Richard D. Eade practiced law for 14 years before being appointed to the Broward County Circuit Court bench in 1987. He served as a Circuit Court judge for the 17th Judicial Circuit for 25 years where he presided over cases in the civil, family, dependency and criminal divisions of the Court, most recently for 10 years in the civil division. His mediation specialties include all matters which would come within the jurisdicion of the Circuit Court with an emphasis on personal injury, commercial, employment discrimination and FLSA cases. Florida Circuit Courts have often appointed Richard to serve as a neutral umpire in property insurance appraisals due to his extensive experience mediating property and casualty first and third party lawsuits.

State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, High Honors in Economics

Columbia University School of Law, J.D.

Certified by the Supreme Court of Florida for Court Appointed Mediations

Certified by the Supreme Court of Florida for Court Appointed Arbitrations

Admitted to the Florida Bar

Admitted to the Federal Bar

Member of the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators

Member of the Association of South Florida Mediators and Arbitrators

Past member of the Broward County Bar Association

Please call (305) 371-5490 for details.