istock.com/Edwin Tan Jump to: I built my mediation practice after nearly a decade away from law. I had been living abroad, running hospitality businesses, developing real estate, and raising my children in the Cayman Islands. When I came back to Florida and re-entered the legal world, I started from scratch - no panel, no firm, no infrastructure, no support staff. I was, and still am, a solopreneur, like so many of my colleagues, as well as a solo parent navigating a busy life.