ABOUT THE AUTHOR Thomas Glick is an attorney residing in Miami, Florida. In 1995 along with his partner Rosanne Shore, he created Center for Conflict Resolution (www.centerforconflictresolution.com) an alternative dispute resolution company that mediates and arbitrates well over 2500 cases per year. Glick has personally mediated over 7500 mediations. Thomas Glick, former Mayor of Bay Harbor Islands, Florida is certified by the Supreme Court of Florida as a circuit court and family law mediator in the State of Florida. Additionally he is accepted as a Federal mediator, which includes Bankruptcy, in the Southern District of Florida, He is designated by the Department of Insurance for the State of Florida to mediate those disputes. Glick is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating bestowed upon an attorney. He gives lectures on the subject of "creative mediation" to bar associations and civic groups.