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native of Miami,
1969.Admitted to Florida Bar, September
1996; United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1997; United
States District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2009; United States Court of
Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1997.Undergraduate Education: BostonUniversity, Boston, MA
(B.A., 1991); Honors: Academic Scholarship Recipient, 1987-1991; Dean’s
Scholarship Recipient, 1991.Graduate
Education: Nova Southeastern University (J.D. 1996); Honors: Academic
Scholarship Recipient, 1994, 1995; Goodwin Fellowship Recipient, 1994-1995,
Honor Court Justice, 1994-1995; Moot Court Officer and Brief Writer, 1995; Ken
Raab Memorial ATLA Tournament Winner, 1994.National Member of the Order of Barristers; Dade County Bar Association,
Director, Young Lawyers Section, 1998-2000; Dade County Defense Bar
Association, 2003-2006. State and federal court practice areas include all
aspects of high exposure medical malpractice, wrongful death, nursing home and
assisted living, personal injury, product and premises liability, insurance and
complex commercial litigation from presuit through trial and post-trial motion
practice.Reported Decisions and
Verdicts: Abu-Hamdeh v. Romero-Bolumen, M.D., 889 So.2d 879 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004); Dubler
v. Gomes, D.O., 05 FJVR 11-29 (Fla.Cir.Ct. 2005)(defense verdict on behalf
of Defendant Gomes); Snyder v. J. Alexander’s restaurants, Inc. et. al.,
2007 WL 1575276 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 2007)($530,000 recovery on behalf of
Plaintiffs); Hall, Lamb & Hall, P.A. v. Sherlon Investments Corp.,
2008 WL 4722972 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008); Fifth Third Bank v. East Ridge
Retirement Village, 2008 WL 4210677 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 2008)($1 million
recovery on behalf of Plaintiff); Aviles v. U.S. Development, Ltd.; 08
FJVR 11-24 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 2008)($65,400.00 recovery on behalf of Plaintiff).
