Cindy Niad Hannah, Esq. is President and Chief Executive Officer of ATD Mediation. She has mediated over 5,000 lawsuits and pre-suit disputes. Her mediation practice largely consists of complex commercial cases, personal injury, premises and auto liability, employment discrimination, wage/hour, ADA, admiralty, banking and collections, insurance coverage, construction and medical malpractice claims. Her secret to success is applying a proactive approach to the resolution process. Cindy's Florida legal career began in 1984 as an associate in the commercial litigation department of Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, where she handled complex commercial cases and class action disputes. From private practice Cindy became Vice President and Legal Counsel for Southeast Bank, N.A and Southeast Mortgage Company where she was responsible for litigation. After Southeast's demise, she became Senior Counsel for Barnett Banks, Inc. and later, as Senior Legal Counsel, created the Legal Department for Eastern Financial Federal Credit Union.
Cindy has been a Certified Circuit Civil Mediator with the State of Florida since 1993. She is also a panel Mediator with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She has served as an EEOC Private Mediation panel member, and is a member of the Florida Circuit Civil Mediator Society and the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators, where she previously served as member of its Board of Directors. Cindy is also a Qualified Arbitrator for Miami- Dade and Broward County Circuit Courts.
Cindy graduated with a Bachelors of Arts with Honors, from Emory University in 1980, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received her Juris Doctor from the State University of New York in 1984, where she graduated with Honors and was elected to serve on the Moot Court Board and Student Bar Association. Her charitable interests include being a Godparent to JAFCO, which serves the needs of children in the foster care and adoptive process and sitting on the Advisory Board of the JAFCO Respite and Residential Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Legal Aid Service of Broward, Inc., a member of the Women of the Roundtable and, was previously a member of the St. Thomas Law School Inns of Court.
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