Stuart Sobel

Stuart Sobel

September 04, 2019 | Daily Business Review

'Daubert' Standard in Fla. Construction Litigation Requires Deft Implementation

Earlier this year, the Florida Supreme Court reinstated the Daubert standard for evaluating and admitting expert testimony, after having abandoned it in favor of the Frye standard.

By Stuart Sobel

5 minute read

November 18, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Mediating Catastrophic Construction Claims

Statistics tell us that nearly 99 percent of all filed lawsuits are settled. The settlement rate of arbitrations is not quite as high, but we should take some solace in the fact that, in all likelihood, a well-managed mediation process can also resolve our catastrophic construction claim.

By Stuart Sobel

6 minute read

November 18, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Mediating Catastrophic Construction Claims

Statistics tell us that nearly 99 percent of all filed lawsuits are settled. The settlement rate of arbitrations is not quite as high, but we should take some solace in the fact that, in all likelihood, a well-managed mediation process can also resolve our catastrophic construction claim.

By Stuart Sobel

6 minute read

November 17, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Mediating Catastrophic Construction Claims

Statistics tell us that nearly 99 percent of all filed lawsuits are settled. The settlement rate of arbitrations is not quite as high, but we should take some solace in the fact that, in all likelihood, a well-managed mediation process can also resolve our catastrophic construction claim.

By Stuart Sobel

6 minute read

October 29, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Mediating Catastrophic Construction Claims

Statistics tell us that nearly 99 percent of all filed lawsuits are settled. The settlement rate of arbitrations is not quite as high, but we should take some solace in the fact that, in all likelihood, a well-managed mediation process can also resolve our catastrophic construction claim.

By Stuart Sobel

6 minute read

July 03, 2014 | Daily Business Review

Vanishing Trial Experience Threatens Justice System

About 99.7 percent of cases are resolved without a jury trial, and the result of this decline in cases going to trial is that today's generation of young lawyers and future judges has very little trial experience, according to attorney Stuart Sobel.

By Stuart Sobel

5 minute read

October 24, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Board of Contributors: Avoiding disputes altogether saves money, time, relationships

Stuart Sobel of Coral Gables-based Siegfried, Rivera, Lerner, De La Torre & Sobel considers methods of avoiding disputes entirely so that dispute resolution becomes unnecessary.

By Stuart Sobel

5 minute read

March 21, 2011 | National Law Journal

Time to fix arbitration loophole

Arbitrators should be empowered to impose meaningful sanctions on parties that fail to pay their share of expenses.

By Stuart Sobel

5 minute read

March 24, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lack of Sanction Power Can Undermine Arbitration

During the past few decades, arbitration has gained traction as an attractive alternative to court trials for resolving disputes.

By Stuart Sobel

5 minute read