Our Mediator Team

EDUCATION:

Samford University, Batchelor of Music, 1964;
Rollins College, Masters of Commercial Science, 1971;

Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, J. D., 1974

MEDIATION/NEGOTIATION:

Certified by Supreme Court of Florida as a County and Circuit Civil Mediator; Florida Supreme Court Trained Arbitrator.

Mr. Davis has experience in mediating and arbitrating personal injury, insurance, commercial matters, governmental liability, professional liability, products liability, wrongful death, medical negligence, first party insurance matters and real property disputes, among others.

AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:

1974 – 1988
Partner/Director, Billings, Frederick, Wooten & Honeywell, P. A., presently known as Wooten & Kimbrough, P. A., Orlando, Florida

Practice devoted exclusively to all aspects of personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, workers’ compensation, professional liability and first party insurance litigation.

1988 – 1995
Partner/Director, J. Ross Davis, P. A., Winter Park, Florida

Practice devoted exclusively to all aspects of personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, workers’ compensation, professional liability and first party insurance litigation, mediation and arbitration.

1995 – 2005
Partner/Director, Davis & Miles, P. A., Winter Park, Florida

Practice devoted exclusively to all aspects of personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, workers’ compensation, professional liability and first party insurance litigation, mediation and arbitration.

2005 – 2016
Partner/Director, J. Ross Davis, P. A., Orlando, Florida

Practice devoted exclusively to all aspects of personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, professional liability and first party insurance litigation.

GENERAL LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

Mr. Davis is A-V rated by Martindale-Hubbell and a Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1974 and has been a Board Certified Trial Lawyer since 1986. He has both litigated and tried cases in a number of venues throughout the State of Florida and in the Federal Court system. He has also argued before the First and Fifth District Court of Appeal, State of Florida.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/ASSOCIATIONS:

Mr. Davis has been a long-standing member of the Florida Bar, the American Bar Association, Florida Justice Association and the Orange County Bar Association, Florida Academy of Professional Mediations, Inc.

LEGAL ACTIVITY:

Member, Moot Court Board, Cumberland School of Law

Lecturer: Opening Statements: National College of Advocates, 1986;

Florida Bar, Young Lawyers-Bridge-the-Gap Seminar, 1987-1989

Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers-Trial Advocacy Topics and Law School for Laymen, 1988-1991

Member, Advisory Board, Cumberland School of Law, 1986;

Member, Orange County Member Speakers Bureau, 1981

Lectures: National Business Institute, 2008-2009

CURRENT ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS:

Mr. Davis loves to hunt, fish and scuba dive. He also loves photography.