Rochelle Walk

Rochelle Friedman Walk, Esq. is an experienced, thoughtful and strategic attorney, business executive and neutral mediator. She has been court-appointed as a receiver and mediator, and is a member of numerous arbitration and mediation panels including the FINRA arbitration and mediation panels. She is known for her negotiating skills and the ability to bring parties together in win-win, creative solutions. She offers a practical and business-oriented approach to mediation and the practice of law. Her background in business enables her to relate well to clients and to quickly define the work and potential solutions. In her more than thirty years of business and legal experience, she has served as the chief restructuring officer, chief administrative officer, chief legal officer and Business Unit Manager to several national and multi-national business organizations. As an attorney, she has represented clients in a wide range of legal transactions including: Complex commercial matters Mergers and Acquisitions including deferred payment arrangements Ecommerce Technology Financial restructuring Employment matters She has served as an ombudsman in employment, elder care, NAACP, creditor and shareholder matters and has worked with a number of different international unions to resolve concerns. Most recently she has been engaged to help business partners and owners as a neutral mediator or arbitrator resolve disputes and differences so that their businesses can operate more effectively. A graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Colgate University, she is a Florida Supreme Court Circuit Civil, Family and Appellate certified mediator, licensed to practice law in the States of Florida and Ohio, and is a member of the America Bar Association, the Hillsborough County Bar Association and the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators. Areas of Focus Business & Commercial Law Mergers and Acquisitions Technology and Ecommerce Employment and Labor, including EEOC Intellectual Property Mediation Arbitration Education Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio, J.D., 1986 Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, A.B., 1983 Darden School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, Strategic Marketing Management – Certificate, 1995 Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Communications Strategy, Certificate, 1993 Licenses & Certifications Florida Supreme Court Certified Family and Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediator Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil and Appellate Mediator since 2010 FINRA Mediator and Arbitrator Bar Admissions Ohio, 1986 Florida, 2011 U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 2011 U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1987 Memberships The Florida Bar Association, Member, 2011 – Present American Bar Association, Business Law and Dispute Resolution Sections, Member Ohio Bar Association, Member, 1986 – 2016 Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association, Member, 2010 – 2018 Hillsborough County Bar Association, 2011 – 2022 Professional Associations Florida Academy of Professional Mediators, Member, 2010 – Present Tampa Jewish Community Centers and Federation, President, 2014-2017; Treasurer 2017-2019 and member of Board of Directors, 2014 – Present Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Member, 1999 – 2010 Weinberg Village LLC, Member, Board of Managers, 2007 – present; secretary to the Board 2010 – 2014 TOP Jewish Foundation, Trustee 9-2014 and 2017-2023; Chair of the Board 2021-2023; Tampa Community Chair 2011- 2014; 2017-2021; 2023- present. GMP Retiree Medical Trust, Trustee, 2008 – 2010 Providence House, Trustee, Fund Development and Governance Committees, 2000 – 2006 Providence House, Secretary, Governance and Executive Committees, 2001 – 2003 Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Ohio Chapter Treasurer, 2005 – 2005 Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Secretary, 2006 – 2006 Greater Cleveland General Counsel Society, 2003 – 2006