John Loring Bischof graduated with honors from Rutgers University and the Florida State University College of Law. Born and raised in New Jersey, Mr. Bischof joined the United States Navy in 1983 and served with distinction for 13 years as a Naval Intelligence Officer, both in the United States and overseas.
For three years, Mr. Bischof served as a Special Agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) in Naples, Italy, where he specialized in civil and criminal investigations. During this tour of duty, Lieutenant Bischof also served as the NCIS anti-terrorism threat expert for all United States naval port visits throughout the Mediterranean. He later served for five years in the Special Operations Division at the Atlantic Intelligence Command in Norfolk, Virginia, where his responsibilities included providing intelligence analysis for SEAL Team Six. In recognition of his service, Mr. Bischof was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal and the Joint Service Commendation Medal.
Throughout his 25 years of legal practice, Mr. Bischof worked for leading Florida law firms, primarily in the area of insurance defense, before establishing his own private practice in 2004. He owned and operated his firm in Tallahassee, Florida, from 2004 through 2016, focusing on first-party insurance matters, bankruptcy, debt relief, foreclosure defense, personal injury, and consumer and professional breach-of-contract actions.
Mr. Bischof now draws upon his extensive legal experience to serve the citizens of Florida as a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Court Mediator and Qualified Arbitrator. His dedication to dispute resolution, combined with his decades of experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants, makes him exceptionally well suited to mediate and arbitrate complex disputes.