Experience, patience, results.

I've been helping parties successfully mediate their disputes since 1987. In large part, I'm successful in conflict resolution for the same reasons I've been successful as a litigator: commitment, hard work, and determination. During my time in private practice, I learned that my successes often come from perseverance. I also learned that the practical result is often the best result for a client. Most of our clients don't want to fight in litigation. Individuals want to be living their lives. Hopefully, they work to live, and not the other way around. Fighting with their employer or former employer is an unpleasant distraction from where they hope to be. Employers prefer to put their heart and soul into their businesses. Litigation squanders time and other resources that would better be used improving their bottom line. I have a real passion for helping folks get back on track, by seeing the value of resolution. I'm now devoting all my working time to conflict resolution. I'd love to have the opportunity to help you and your clients resolve their disputes, so you can both focus on more important things.

Shane Munoz, Mediator
Shane Munoz — STM Mediations

Credentials & Affiliations

  • Practicing labor and employment law for over 30 years
  • Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
  • Certified by The Florida Bar as Expert in Labor and Employment Law, 2001–present
  • Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar, 2014–15
  • Member, Executive Council, Labor and Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar, 2011–present
  • The Best Lawyers in America: Employment Law–Management; Labor Law–Management; Litigation–Labor and Employment (various years)
  • The Best Lawyers in America: 2020 "Lawyer of the Year" Tampa, Labor Law–Management
  • AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • "Florida Super Lawyers" by Super Lawyers magazine
  • Certified by Florida Supreme Court as Circuit Civil Mediator, state-wide
  • Certified Mediator, United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • Member, Florida Bar
  • Member, Hillsborough County Bar Association
  • Member, Connecticut Bar Association
  • Past Chair, Florida Bar Standing Committee on Advertising
  • Admitted: U.S. District Court for the Middle, Southern, and Northern Districts of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; all state courts in Florida; U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
  • University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1989
  • University of New Hampshire, B.S., 1977

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