Ms. Sovran gained her first experience in mediation work when she was appointed by a justice of the New York Supreme Court to serve as the attorney member of Special Mediation panels for medical malpractice actions commenced in the Second Judicial Department (New York) and by a justice of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division-First Department, for medical malpractice actions commenced in Bronx County. She was selected to sit on the first panel of Compulsory Arbitration panels for actions in the Ninth Judicial District in New York.  

In the course of her twenty years as a trial/litigation attorney for major liability insurance companies in Florida and New York, she had the opportunity to handle cases involving auto, premises and products liability, with injuries ranging from minor to fatal. She represented a major Fortune 500 company in its mass-tort asbestos litigation throughout Florida, in some cases working with tobacco company defense attorneys.

She is a fifteen-year resident of Florida, a member of the Florida and New York bar and certified as a county and civil-circuit mediator (# 16836 CR) by the Florida Supreme Court.