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By: Former Circuit Court Judge Sarah Zabel  The cliché “teamwork makes the dreamwork” is never truer than when it comes to the collaborative process. Without the collaborative process, a family may be caught up in the rabbit hole of the court system with no eject button. After a long journey in which a dedicated group of professionals sought a change in the law regarding the installment of a collaborative law system into Florida courts, the Florida Legislature enacted the “Collaborative Law Process Act,” Fla. Stat. §§ 61.55-61.58. The statute is aimed at “create[ing] a uniform system of practice for the collaborative... Read More

May 10, 2022 – MAZE Resolutions PA is pleased to announce that Former Circuit Court Judge Sarah Zabel was featured in CanvasRebel. She discussed her life journey from her start in law school to becoming a Judge and then pursuing her entrepreneurial venture in the world of alternative dispute resolution. Click here to read the full article. About MAZE Resolutions PA MAZE Resolutions is a statewide full-service dispute resolution practice. We facilitate civil and family mediations, arbitration, non-binding arbitration, special magistrate, neutral umpire work, and private judging. MAZE Resolutions helps navigate those with a dispute to bring them out of the court system.

April 10, 2022 – MAZE Resolutions PA is pleased to announce that Former Circuit Court Judge Sarah Zabel was featured in the Campbell Corner. She discussed her days at the State Attorney’s office to her time as a Miami-Dade Judge. Click here to watch the full video. About MAZE Resolutions PA MAZE Resolutions is a statewide full-service dispute resolution practice. We facilitate civil and family mediations, arbitration, non-binding arbitration, special magistrate, neutral umpire work, and private judging. MAZE Resolutions helps navigate those with a dispute to bring them out of the court system.

March 30, 2022 – MAZE Resolutions PA is pleased to announce that Former Circuit Court Judge Sarah Zabel was featured in the Daily Business Review. She discussed her life journey from her start in law school to becoming a Judge and then pursuing her entrepreneurial venture in the world of alternative dispute resolution. Click here to read the full article. About MAZE Resolutions PA MAZE Resolutions is a statewide full-service dispute resolution practice. We facilitate civil and family mediations, arbitration, non-binding arbitration, special magistrate, neutral umpire work, and private judging. MAZE Resolutions helps navigate those with a dispute to bring them out of the... Read More

February 15, 2022 – MAZE Resolutions PA is pleased to announce the addition of a new neutral, Jessica Lassman Geller. She concentrates her practice on facilitating a broad ranges of dispute resolution services, including post-judgment, paternity, divorce, and complex unified family court cases. In addition, Ms. Geller handles business and commercial, construction, employment, first property insurance, personal injury and torts, professional liability, real estate, malpractice, employment, maritime, class action, banking, bankruptcy, construction, securities, and early mediation before the case is filed. Ms. Geller focuses on obtaining a settlement as soon as possible to avoid further animosity between the parties. Ms. Geller excels in... Read More

MAZE Resolutions PA is pleased to announce that Former Circuit Court Judge Sarah Zabel has been recognized in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Judge Zabel was recognized for her work in Family Law Mediation. Best Lawyers is a sophisticated peer-review process that surveys leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues in the same geographic and legal practice areas.

MAZE Resolutions PA is proud to announce that Sarah Zabel and Maria Sampedro-Iglesia have been recognized in the 2021 edition of Florida Trend’s “Florida Legal Elite™” in the Arbitration & Mediation practice area. Florida Trend’s Legal Elite presents the state’s top licensed and practicing attorneys selected by their peers. The list of 1,071 honorees represents just over 1% of the active Florida Bar members, including attorneys in private practice as well as top government and non-profit attorneys who practice in Florida. 

Former Circuit Court Judge Sarah Zabel spoke with Frank Ramos, partner with Clarke Silverglate PA, on a free presentation discussing the Pros and Cons of Mediating Through Zoom vs. Mediating In Person. The discussion took place through Zoom on Friday, May 7, 2021. Click here to watch the full presentation.