Practice Areas
Complex Commercial Litigation
Our firm has unparalleled experience trying cases involving complex business disputes before judges and juries in state and federal courts and arbitrations.
Our firm represents states, corporations, and individuals before federal and state juries, trial courts, appellate courts, and arbitration panels. Our firm represents clients in almost every area of financial and business law, including class actions, contractual disputes, business torts, securities, and fraud actions.
Our litigators are not merely pre-trial strategists, they pride themselves on trying complex commercial disputes. Founders of our firm have tried cases in nearly all areas of finance and commerce, including such diverse topics as reverse repurchase agreements, securities fraud, anti-trust, lender liability, breaches of fiduciary duty, probate and trust litigation, partnerships, title insurance, consumer and commercial class actions, intellectual property, injunctions, employment, officer and director liability, insurance coverage disputes, theft of trade secrets, unfair competition, defamation, non-compete provisions, RICO, deceptive trade practices, fraudulent and preferential transfer and other bankruptcy and state law avoidance claims, and other complex economic issues.
Our firm represents both Plaintiffs and Defendants, in courts throughout the State of Florida and the United States. Our firm's trial lawyers take particular pride in their ability to translate complex financial and legal matters into simple concepts that juries and triers of fact can understand, thereby enabling their clients to effectively communicate their claims to those considering them.
Bankruptcy and Receiverships
Our firm represents trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, acquiring entities, and debtors in bankruptcy cases and related adversary proceedings. Our firm has significant experience in Chapter 11 reorganizations, liquidations of corporations and partnerships, loan work-outs, and debt restructuring. Members of our firm have served as lead counsel for the debtors in the following Chapter 11 cases: New Florida Properties Corp.; CHS Electronics, Inc.; Florida West Airlines, Inc.; South Motors Companies; Beverage Canners International Corp.; CopperCom.Inc.; FB Air, Inc.; and Reptron Electronics Corp. Members of our firm have served as counsel for the bankruptcy trustees in the Omni Capital Group and Premium Sales bankruptcies. Members of our firm have also served as counsel for official committees of note holders, indenture trustees, and unsecured creditors in the following noteworthy Chapter 11 cases: Braniff, Inc.; Atlas Air, Inc.; Model Imperial, Inc.; SeaEscape Cruises, Inc.; Bertram-Trojan, Inc.; and Arrow Air, Inc.
Members of our firm have more than 50 years of combined experience in federal and state receivership matters. Members of our firm have served as federal and state equity receivers, and have also represented equity receivers, in fraud cases brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Florida Department of Financial Services. The cases where members of our firm have acted as and/or represented federal equity receivers at the request of the SEC include the cases of Pension Fund of America, Inc., et al. ($130 million), Viatical Capital, Inc., et al. ($60 million), Medco, Inc. and SunState FX, Inc. A member of our firm also serves as the Conservator of the $250 million Future First Financial Group, Inc. viatical proceeding initiated by the Florida Department of Financial Services.
Class Actions and Enforcement Proceedings
Our firm prosecutes and defends class actions, and defends against related enforcement actions. Our firm represents securities issuers, officers and directors, venture capital firms, hedge funds, investment bankers, broker-dealers, and attorneys and accountants, in individual actions, class actions, derivative lawsuits, and enforcement proceedings brought by federal and state regulatory agencies.
Insurance
Our firm represents insurers regarding coverage issues and litigates disputes over the interpretation of a variety of insurance contracts, including title, property, casualty, officer and director liability, accountant liability, legal liability, general liability, and aviation.
Labor and Employment
Our firm represents clients in all aspects of personnel-related legal matters. This includes: employment discrimination, both agency and civil employment litigation, traditional labor work, investigations of employee complaints and whistleblower claims, workforce issues involving high-level strategic planning and collective bargaining, and other areas of regulation, such as OSHA, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, and state and federal wage and hour regulation. Our firm has considerable expertise in defending employers against significant class action and multi-plaintiff cases, including individual and class action claims under Title VII (sex, race, national origin, and religious discrimination and retaliation), the ADEA (age discrimination), the ADA (disability discrimination), the Fair Labor Standard Act (wage and hour claims), and the FMLA (family leave). Our firm also represents individuals in negotiating employment agreements and pursuing legal claims against employers, such as major Fair Labor Standards Act collective action and state law wage-hour class actions, and employment tort and breach-of-contract cases. Our firm prosecutes and defends claims for breach of contract, trade secrets, antitrust, unfair competition, non-compete agreements, intentional interference with business relations, and defamation on behalf of businesses and employees.
Professional Malpractice
Our firm prosecutes and defends actions involving professional malpractice, including accounting and legal malpractice. Our firm represents national and regional law firms in the defense and prosecution of legal malpractice claims.
Construction Law
Our firm represents owners, developers, condominium associations, and contractors in litigation of claims arising from construction and design defects, change orders, delays, construction liens, and architectural errors and omissions.
Our firm represents homeowner's associations, condominium associations,both equity and non-equity membership clubs, developers, lenders, investors, brokers, title insurers, and others in connection with all types of real estate litigation, including foreclosures, title insurance issues, homeowner's disputes, construction litigation, partners' disputes, contract litigation, and commission disputes.