Our Lawyers

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• Real Property and Trust Litigation. Secured a multiple eight-figure settlement for a client involved in multi-jurisdictional litigation concerning the ownership of commercial real property located throughout the United States.
• Financial Fraud. Secured an eight-figure settlement for an investor who was defrauded through an alleged Ponzi scheme.
• Healthcare Litigation, Civil RICO. Represent health care providers in litigation with insurance companies involving allegations of unlawful billing, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and Civil RICO.  Secured judgment in health care provider’s favor on claim under Florida’s Civil RICO statute against imposter entity engaged in unfair competition, theft and unlawful collections activities.
• Private Whistleblower Claim. Secured more than $1 million and recovered a judgment for a minority shareholder in a company that brought to light concerning information as part of a whistleblower claim.
• Breach of Contract. Secured a $1 million award for a manager of a professional athlete whose client breached employment terms after the manager secured a profitable deal for the athlete.
• Construction Litigation. Prevailed at trial on behalf of contractor sued for allegedly failing to make improvements in accordance with a construction agreement. The contractor obtained a directed verdict at trial against the plaintiff and recovered a money judgment after the court granted the contractor’s motion to treat its affirmative defense of “set-off” as a counterclaim.
• Inverse Condemnation. Successfully litigated against CSX Transportation, the Florida Department of Transportation, and the South Florida Regional Transport Authority for inverse condemnation and to enjoin construction of a new railroad bridge over Fort Lauderdale’s New River. Following an emergency hearing for a temporary injunction, the defendants were able to relocate the proposed site of the new bridge, preventing a multi-million-dollar devaluation of the client’s commercial property.
• Non-Conforming Products. Prevailed at a federal trial for a European retailer against a Florida wholesaler over defective e-cigarettes that failed to satisfy the European Union’s (EU) mandatory standards governing the maximum amount of lead (Pb) permitted in consumer products sold in the EU. The purchase agreement falsely represented and warranted that the e-cigarettes complied with “applicable law.”
• Federal Injunctions, Tortious Interference & Trade Secrets. Procured a federal preliminary injunction against multiple individuals and entities on claims for unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, civil conspiracy and tortious interference with advantageous business relationships. Recovered a consent final judgment with nearly a million dollars becoming owed to the client.
• Attorney Trust Account Litigation. Prevailed at trial on behalf of a medical provider against a personal injury attorney and the medical provider’s former patient. The attorney and the patient failed to pay the provider from the proceeds recovered in the patient’s personal injury litigation. The attorney improperly disbursed the settlement funds from his trust account to himself and to the patient without satisfying the patient’s medical bills that were owed to the medical provider. The court held both the attorney and the patient jointly and severally liable for payment to the medical provider.
• Judgment Enforcement. Prevailed in action to dissolve a writ of garnishment under Fla. Stat. § 222.12 following entry of a default judgment for approximately $400,000. In a detailed opinion, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s order.  After the Florida Supreme Court denied jurisdiction and put an end to the opponents’ appeal, the opponents turned to the Florida legislature, which ultimately repealed the statute making it easier for creditors to collect judgments in Florida.  See Caproc Third Ave., LLC v. Donisi Ins., Inc., 67 So.3d 312 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011) (prevailing on the construction of Florida Statutes § 222.12).
• Corporate Dissolutions & Valuations. Prevailed at trial on the “fair market value” of a corporation that the client was required to purchase under Fla. Stat. § 607.1436. At trial, the client’s expert valued the corporation at $0 and the competing expert placed the value at $1.2 million dollars.  The client won as the court entered a judgment finding the value was $0, which was far below the “liquidation value” awarded to the client.
• Federal Receiverships & Debtors’ Rights. Secured involuntary dismissal weeks before the trial of a federal action brought by an out-of-state receiver appointed to collect a domesticated foreign judgment in Florida exceeding $30 million.
• Money Lent. Recovered judgment following a jury trial for multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars for “money lent” involving a decades-long business relationship based on an agreement between private individuals for a line of credit.
• Will Contests, Undue Influence & Lack of Capacity. Prevailed at trial invalidating testamentary documents, including a will and pour-over trust, which were found to be the products of undue influence on an incapacitated elderly woman prior to her death.  Recovered a final judgment awarding real property to the rightful heirs of the decedent’s estate.
• Wrongful Termination & Fair Labor Standards. Successfully litigated and ultimately favorably resolved claims brought against co-employers regarding wrongful termination, discrimination and violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
• Successfully litigated and ultimately favorably resolved claims brought against co-employers regarding wrongful termination, discrimination and violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Ben Gurion Society, the Jewish Federation of Broward County

• Member, 2015-2022
• Co-Chair, 2017-2018
• Horizons Leadership Series, 2015 – 2016

Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce

• Leadership Fort Lauderdale, 2015-1016

Prepaid Legal Service Committee of The Florida Bar

• Appointed Member 2011-2014

Emerge Broward, a division of the Leadership Broward Foundation, 2012-20