Areas of Practice

Representative Experience

• Served as Florida statewide litigation counsel for asbestos-related products manufacturers (steel making and refractory materials; building products; valve, turbine, pump, and marine equipment; friction products) handling hundreds of products liability asbestos-related personal injury and wrongful death cases.
• Representation of a major brokerage company in defense of state and federal ADEA/FCRA, FMLA, wrongful termination, and breach of employment contract claims.
• Representation of a major valve manufacturer in defense of products liability wrongful death actions.
• Representation of a design professional in sea wall collapse/construction case.
• Representation of surety companies in major construction default and bankruptcy workout cases.
• Representation of a regional bank in multi-million dollar check-kiting fraud case.
• Representation of an engineering firm in suit for in excess of $5 million in damages for alleged breach of employment contracts and non-compete agreements and theft of trade secrets involving the design and construction of air traffic control towers.
• Representation of an engineering design firm in multiple wrongful death suits alleging negligent highway design.
• Representation of a major aircraft ground support service company in numerous ADEA/FLSA/Title VII discrimination suits.
• Representation of a trustee in defective CRUT/federal income tax liability suit.
• Representation of national toxicology laboratory in Non-Compete, Trade Secret and Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices litigation in Florida and Nevada.
• Representation of a major fan manufacturer in multi-location fire loss products liability/indemnity suit.

Professional Associations & Memberships

• American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Committee, Member; Litigation Section, Member; Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, Member
• The Florida Bar, Trial Lawyer Section, Member; Client’s Security Fund Committee, Past Member
• Florida Defense Lawyers Association, Member
• Defense Research Institute, Member
• Orange County Bar Association, Member;
• Orange County Bar Association Guardian Ad Litem Program for Abused/Neglected Children, Legal Aid Society, 1984 – Present
• The George C. Young First Central Florida American Inn of Court, Member
• Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Orlando Program, Past Chair; Leadership Orlando Alumni Association, Past President;
• Leadership Central Florida, Past (first) Chair
• Christian Service Center of Central Florida, Inc., Past Secretary/Director
• Women’s/Minority Business Enterprise Certification Board for the City of Orlando, Past Board Member
• Share The Care, Inc., Founding Board Member/Officer 2002 – 2012, “Godfather” for Life
• Quest, Inc., Board Member, 2008 – 2017