Mediation Specialties
Admiralty, Auto, Aviation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Bodily Injury, Business, Commercial, Construction, Death, Discrimination, Eminent Domain, Employment, Entertainment, Environmental, Family, Federal, Governmental, Health Care, Insurance Disputes, Legal Malpractice, Maritime, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury, Premises, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate, Securities, Tort, Workers Compensation

Education
• High School-Assumption Academy 1973
• College- University of Miami, Magna cum Laude 1976
• Law School- University of Miami 1979

Bar Admissions
• 1979- Admitted to The Florida Bar

Experience
• 1979-1992- Private law practice, Mercedes Armas P .A.
• 1992-1994- Certified Civil and Family Mediator, Florida Mediation Group.
• 1995-2008- County Court Judge of the 11 th Judicial Circuit.
• 2008 to Present - Senior Judge, State of Florida.
  Served in Criminal, Civil, Family, Juvenile and Domestic Violence Divisions.
• 2006-2008-Administrative Judge County Civil Division.
  Served as Associate Dean of Advanced Judicial Studies, Faculty of New Judges College, Co-Chair of the Education Committee of the Conference of County Judges, Florida Bar Committee on Professionalism, and presented at Miami Beach and South Dade Bar Associations.
  Co-Chair 11th Judicial Circuit Technology Committee.
• 2008- Supreme Court (Florida) Certified Civil Mediator.

Personal
• Born- November 10, 1956- Havana, Cuba
• Resident of Miami, Florida 1961- present
• Married to Dr. Jay Skyler
• 3 Children:
  Jenni Skyler- PHD Candidate and Fellow at Morehouse School of Medicine.
  Alexandra Bach Lagos- Associate at Law Firm of Shook, Hardy and Bacon.
  Marcus Bach- Associate at Law Firm of Holland and Knight.