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Expert Mediation Services for Your Family, Auto Personal Injury & Civil Disputes in Florida
Next Step Mediation® provides experienced family and civil mediation services throughout Florida. With decades of legal and mediation expertise, we are committed to helping families and individuals resolve disputes in a calm, respectful, and solution-focused manner. Our mediation services cover a wide range of matters, including divorce, child time-sharing, modifications of court orders, child support, auto accident personal injury, property damage, and more.
Every mediation is tailored to your unique needs and goals. We believe mediation is a cost-effective and efficient alternative to litigation, empowering parties to reach practical agreements while maintaining control over the outcome. Our role is to guide you through the process with clarity, professionalism, and care.
Contact Next Step Mediation® today to schedule a case review and take the next step toward a peaceful resolution.
Darla K. Snead Dulin
Darla Snead Dulin is a Polk County, Florida native who concentrates her practice on family law, mediation, and personal injury matters throughout Central Florida. She is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator and a Florida Arbitrator, with more than 25 years of experience representing clients in a broad range of legal matters, including family law, divorce, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and personal injury.
Darla earned her Juris Doctor from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. She began her legal career as an Assistant State Attorney with the State Attorney’s Office in Bartow, Florida. After becoming licensed to practice law in Illinois, she practiced in the Chicago area, handling criminal law, family law, and medical malpractice defense cases. She later returned to the Lakeland, Florida area, where she continued her legal career with a personal injury defense firm.
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