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Welcome toLouise B. Zeuli, P.A.
Florida Certified Circuit Civil Mediator & Florida Qualified Arbitrator
Central Florida •
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Louise is an experienced civil litigator in state and federal courts, now practicing exclusively in dispute resolution. She serves in a wide variety of disputes both privately administered and with organizations, including the American Arbitration Association, American Health Lawyers Association, FINRA and The Florida Bar. Combined with Louise’s health care profession as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, she is detail oriented with a down to earth, active listening, practical approach to dispute resolution.
Streamlining the arbitration process is essential, starting with the first preliminary hearing. Along with counsel/parties, Louise establishes: 1) discovery limitations, parameters, electronic disclosures and filings, 2) motion deadlines, including dispositive motions, 3) claw back provisions, 4) communication methods, 5) trial date and length, 6) regular monthly or bimonthly short hearings to address any discovery or other concerns which have arisen. Expectations are for counsel/parties to meet all deadlines, be forthcoming in discovery, timely raise concern/issues and cooperate to prevent unnecessary continuation of the original trial date.
Louise has served as an arbitrator on single- and three-member panel arbitrations. Representative issues include the following:
• Attorney's Fees | • Managed Care/Payor Provider Disputes (Provider Agreements, CMS Medicare, Medicaid) | |
• Breach of contract | • Medical Malpractice | |
• Civil Theft | • Noncompete agreements | |
• Commercial business agreements | • Nursing Home/ALF/ Long Term Care Facilities | |
• Consumer/Business Agreements | • Personal Injury/Wrongful Death | |
• Debtor/Creditor/Collections | • Products Liability | |
• Employment law (health care/non-healthcare) | • Professional Negligence | |
• Franchise agreements | • Punitive Damages | |
• Fraud | • Sales Agreements | |
• Florida Consumer Collections Protection Act (FCCPA) | • Securities | |
• Health Law | • Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) | |
• Injunctive Relief | • Torts | |
• Insurance law | ||
Before commencement Louise reviews all information provided and encourages counsel to confidentially speak with her about their perspectives. In her proactive, straightforward style Louise engages counsel/parties during mediation to explore legal, financial and emotional issues and possible solutions. She facilitates continued engagement, even when doing so is challenging.
Louise mediates in state and federal court cases, ranging from less than $15,000 to multi-million dollars. Representative issues include the following:
• Attorney's Fees | • Medical/Dental Malpractice | |
• Breach of contract | • Medical Devices | |
• Business | • Mental Health Law | |
• Civil Rights/Title VII | • Negligence | |
• Civil Theft | • Nursing Home/ALF/ Long Term Care | |
• Commercial/Consumer Law | • Personal Injury/Wrongful Death | |
• Construction Law | • Premises Liability | |
• Elder Law/Elder Abuse/Vulnerable Adults | • Probate/Estates/Trusts | |
• Employment Law/Noncompete | • Products Liability | |
• Family Law | • Professional Liability | |
• Foreclosures | • Professional Licensure | |
• Fraud | • Property Damage | |
• Guardianship/Advanced Directives | • Punitive Damages | |
• Health Law | • Real Property | |
• HIPAA/Privacy | • Religious Institutions | |
• HMO'S/Managed Care | • Securities | |
• Insurance Law | • Sexual Harassment/Discrimination/Title VII | |
• Joint Ventures | • Sovereign Immunity | |
• Landlord Tenant | • Torts | |
• Mass Disasters/Hurricanes | • Unfair Deceptive Trade Practices/FTC | |
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• AV Preeminent® rated by Martindale-Hubbell® by Florida Bar members and judiciary • Top Women Lawyers: Alternative Dispute Resolution: 2012, 2015 |
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• "Selected and Thorny Issues in Florida Bar Arbitrations," (co-presenter), The Florida Bar • "Mediation and Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Clauses," The Florida Bar, Health Law Section • "Extent or Limits of Mediator Influence," AAA Advanced Mediators' Seminar • "40 Lines Mediators Can Hang Clothes On: No Really!," AAA/International Center for Dispute Resolution Neutrals Conference, co-presenter • "Alternative Dispute Resolution," American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants • "Legal Issues in Supervision of Resident Intern Mental Health Counselors," Center for the Healing Arts/Counseling Services of Central Florida • "Legal Considerations in Mental Nursing Practice," chapter author, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Dr. Faye Gary, Little, Brown & Company (1990) |
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