Affiliate Associate Professor, University of South Florida College of Public Health
President, My Florida Mediator
Tampa, FL

Gregory Firestone, PhD, is the President of My Florida Mediator and an Affiliate Associate Professor at the University of South Florida (USF) College of Public Health. A psychologist, mediator, mediation trainer, and dispute resolution system consultant, Dr. Firestone has maintained a private mediation practice since 1984. He previously served on the faculty of the USF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and was the Director of the USF Conflict Resolution Collaborative for 22 years.

Dr. Firestone is a practicing Florida Supreme Court certified Appellate, Circuit Court, Dependency, and Family Mediator, an Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) Advanced Practitioner, and a Diplomate Member of the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators. He has served on standing alternative dispute resolution committees of the Florida Supreme Court for more than two decades, including seven years as Vice Chair of the Court's Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules and Policy Committee. Additionally, he acted as an Official Observer to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws Uniform Mediation Act Drafting Committee on behalf of the ACR and the Academy of Family Mediators.

A respected voice in his field, Dr. Firestone has lectured and published widely on mediation. His recent work includes a co-authored article on mandatory pre-suit medical malpractice mediation, and he is the co-author of Mediation Works: Make it Work for You, a mediation orientation video produced by the Florida Supreme Court Dispute Resolution Center.