Partner
Current- Practice areas include: Complex Commercial Litigation, Class Action, Employment/Labor Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Defense, Commercial and Residential Foreclosure, Estate and Trust litigation, Commercial and Corporate Transactions, Bankruptcy, Construction Litigation, Landlord Tenant Litigation and Legal Malpractice.- Highly skilled in strategic thinking with an emphasis placed on personal service, common sense solutions and cost-effective strategies.- Named by the South Florida Daily Business Review as 2019’s Most Effective Lawyer in Class Action/Mass Tort for successfully obtaining a settlement in excess of $200 million dollars of monetary and non-monetary benefits for over 12,000 class members in a deceptive trade practice class action.- Represented a Security company’s officer in a trade secret, tortious interference, conspiracy litigation in the U.S. Southern District Court of Ohio in which Motion to Dismiss filed on behalf of the officer and granted as to all claims. - Represented Italian immigrants and obtained Final Summary Judgment in excess of $400,000.00. for conversion and negligence. - Represented a national Security company in favorably settling a nationwide Fair Credit Reporting Act Class Action.- Represented and obtained a dismissal with prejudice of all claims filed against officers of life insurance brokerage company for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference and conspiracy.- Represented the owner of an oil and gas company in a $4 million dollar sale of the company’s assets and real estate.- Represented AIG insurance companies as coverage counsel in numerous Declaratory Judgment actions concerning additional insured coverage issues.- Successfully represented a real estate development group in multiple foreclosure actions brought by a lender, which resulted in client being released from $60 Million dollars of liability and receiving a substantial settlement payment.
