Experience

Education

• University of Central Florida (Florida Technological University) 1978 BA-History; BS- Political Science
• Stetson University College of Law 1980 Juris Doctorate
• Donald T. Reagan School of Advanced Finance 1981
• Florida Circuit Court Judges Advanced Judicial College 2005; 2006.

Work History-Experience

• Securities | 1981-1987 | Stockbroker / Manager
  • Merrill Lynch
• Legal | 1987-1991 | Staff Attorney
  • 5th Judicial Circuit Court
• Legal | 1991-1994 
  • Department of Justice
• Legal | 1994-2004 | Private Practice
  • Stephen D. Spivey, P.A. in Ocala Florida, a civil and securities litigation firm. Some of the work performed:
    • 70 securities litigation cases in the NASD binding arbitration system and attended more than 100 securities mediations during this ten-year span.
    • 2 major consumer class action cases as Plaintiff’s lead or co-counsel and participated in approximately 10 other national class action cases representing class members. The defendants included Shell Oil Company, Cox Cable, DuPont, Hoerscht-Celenese, International Paper, Jefferson-Smurfitt, Masonite Corp., ABTCO, AT&T, Sprint and others involving defective building products, FDUPTA claims, and complex business issues
• Judicial | 2004-2007 | Circuit Judge
  • 5th Judicial Circuit
• Mediation | 2007 to Present | Private Mediation Practice
  • Judge Spivey formed Spivey Mediation Services, a full time, mediation only practice serving clients in Florida and the Southeastern United States. He is a Supreme Court Certified Mediator, 5th Circuit Arbitrator and Certified Appellate Mediator, and is also a member in good standing of the Florida Bar. Over the last seventeen years Mr. Spivey has mediated several thousand cases involving eminent domain, complex civil, tort, property and business litigation. Reviews and ratings are available on this website