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Jacksonville, Florida, United States

• Complex fiduciary litigation experience involving high-net worth probate, trust, and guardianship disputes.
• Pursuing and defending claims on behalf of beneficiaries and fiduciaries in will and trust matters regarding lack of testamentary capacity, undue influence, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of trust, tortious.
• Pursuing and defending contested mental health… Show more
• Pursuing and defending contested mental health and guardianship proceedings.
• Performing all attorney functions including developing and implementing core strategies, primary drafting of all key pleadings, preparation and analysis of discovery efforts, and leading court appearances.
• Conducting extensive legal research

Jacksonville, Florida

• Complex probate/trust litigation for high net-worth individuals and complex business litigation for sophisticated owners and investors.
• Develop and implement global and tactical strategy for all litigation matters.
• Responsible for commercial litigation matters involving multi-million dollar breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, closely-held partnership and.
• Responsible for commercial litigation matters involving multi-million dollar breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, closely-held partnership and.
• Probate/trust litigation experience including undue influence, lack of testamentary capacity, civil theft, trustee and personal representative breach of fiduciary duty, breach of Florida Power of Attorney Act, elder.
• Perform all lead attorney functions including authoring decisive trial and appellate pleadings, executing deposition and mediation strategy, undertaking oral argument at key hearings, and leading mediation negotiations.

Seattle, Washington

• Complex business litigation experience for sophisticated corporate and individual clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts.
• Defended legal malpractice claims against large Pacific Northwest law firms involving broad ranging underlying subject matters such as Ponzi scheme fraudulent transfer claim, federal banking regulation dispute.
• Defended high-value close corporation shareholder oppression, breach of… Show more
• Defended high-value close corporation shareholder oppression, breach of land purchase agreement, and family trust litigation claims.
• Defended self-insured county risk pool in bad faith claim arising from wrongful conviction litigation including direct appeal to Washington State Supreme Court.
• Provided complex contract interpretation and remedies advice for Fortune 100 aviation parts supplier.

West Palm Beach, Florida

• Defended legal malpractice claims against large Florida law firms involving various underlying topics including business partnership disputes, international law disputes, real estate transaction disputes, and.
• Defended national securities firm in federal multi-district Madoff Ponzi scheme litigation.
• Performed complex legal research, evaluated legal precedents, drafted research memoranda, and prepared recommendations for supervising… Show more
• Performed complex legal research, evaluated legal precedents, drafted research memoranda, and prepared recommendations for supervising attorneys and clients.
• Drafted procedural and dispositive trial court pleadings.
• Managed extensive documentary and electronic fact discovery.

West Palm Beach, Florida

• Advised civil and criminal state court trial judges on important and unique legal issues.
• Performed in-depth legal research and drafted proposed decisions for matters including dispositive motions, jury selection concerns, evidence questions, and sentencing/damages issues.
• Researched, drafted, and orally presented bench memoranda for monthly circuit court civil and criminal appellate panels and drafted resulting majority and/or dissenting opinions.
• Supervised and mentored law… Show more
• Supervised and mentored law student interns. Show less

Juris Doctor

Activities and Societies: University of Miami Center for Ethics and Public Service - Project leader in the Law, Public Policy and Ethics.

Bachelor Of Science In Communication, Journalism And Political Science