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One Financial Plaza
100 SE 3rd Avenue, 7th Floor
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394 (Broward Co.)
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 Free Initial Consultation (Main Office) Our senior partners have over 60 years of combined experience litigating cases throughout the State of Florida in state and federal courts and on all appellate levels. Our attorneys and staff reflect Florida's rich mixture of cultures. We are a service-oriented firm that is committed to providing representation to our clients through regular and effective communication. Experience has taught us that to best serve our clients we need to break from the traditional, rigid structure that most law firms employ. We have implemented a structure that is tailored to insuring that we meet each clients' unique needs in a timely and effective manner. We employ in-house registered nurses who can quickly and efficiently evaluate medical issues that arise in our litigation. Our experienced associate attorneys and paralegals assist the partners in evaluating and managing the intricacies of each case. We have an in-house appellate staff that provides support in thoroughly researching and analyzing each case. Over the years, we have developed close working relationships with expert witnesses in virtually every field. These resources allow us to be tough, aggressive and to move cases towards resolution whether through trial, settlement or alternative resolution. Our years of experience and tough-minded advocacy frequently enables us to reach a timely and successful resolution with opposing lawyers through negotiation and settlement. But, we will not hesitate to proceed to trial when it is in the best interest of the client. Statement of PracticeOur practice concentration is civil litigation with extensive experience in personal injury, medical malpractice, commercial litigation, employment law, professional liability and workers' compensation. Year Established: 1996
Firm Size: 12
Rate InformationFixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
AddressOne Financial Plaza
100 SE 3rd Avenue, 7th Floor
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394, (Broward Co.)
PhonePhone: 954-523-9922
Fax: 954-522-2512
Website
http://www.haliczerpettis.com
Office HoursMonday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Firm/Affiliate OfficesOrlando, Florida Office: 225 East Robinson Street, Landmark Center Two, #475, 32801. Telephone: 407-841-9866. Fax: 407-841-9915. Email: firm@haliczerpettis.com Fort Lauderdale, Florida: One Financial Plaza, Seventh Floor, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394. Telephone: 954-523-9922. Fax 954-522-2512. Email: firm@haliczerpettis.com
James S. Haliczer (Shareholder) born Fort Myers, Florida, October 27, 1952; admitted to bar, 1982, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., 1976; M.A., 1978); Stetson University College of Law (J.D., 1982). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Tau Delta; Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi Alpha Delta. Associate Editor, Stetson Law Review, 1981. Member, National Moot Court Team. Author: Note, "An Employers Liability for the Acts of his Servant, Mercury Motors Express v. Smith," Stetson Law Review, Summer, 1982. Listed in: Who's Who in the World; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in Finance and Industry; Who's Who in the South and Southwest; Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America; Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges; Who's Who Among Young American Professionals; United Who's Who; Marquis' Who's Who; Miami Herald's Top Florida Lawyers; Law & Politics' Florida's Super Lawyers; Florida Trend's Legal Elite. Member of: American Board of Trial Advocacy. Former Member of: Florida Bar Committee on Professional Ethics, Board of Directors Broward County Chapter of The American Red Cross, and Broward County Boys and Girls Clubs. A-V rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Member: The American, Florida, and Broward County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Professional Malpractice; Complex Commercial Litigation.Email: James S. Haliczer
Eugene K. Pettis (Shareholder) born Fort Lauderdale, Florida, August 31, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida including Trial Bar; U.S. District Court, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1982); University of Florida College of Law (J.D., 1985). Eugene K. Pettis is a founding partner of the firm and has been practicing law since 1985. He is a graduate of the University of Florida where he achieved a Bachelor of Arts in 1982 and his law degree in 1985. In addition to his admission to the Florida Bar, he is also admitted to the Federal Bar for the Southern District of Florida and the Northern District of Florida. Mr. Pettis established himself as a public servant throughout his college years. He was elected as Student Body Treasurer in 1981 and was recognized for his extensive contributions to the University of Florida by being tapped into Florida Blue Key, a leadership honorary society, in 1980 and inducted into the University of Florida's Hall of Fame the following year. Most recently, he was inducted in March, 2007 into Kappa Alpha Phi Fraternity's Hall of Fame. He has also served on the University of Florida's Foundation Board of Directors from 1999 to 2007. In 1991, the late Governor Lawton Chiles appointed Mr. Pettis as the first African-American and the youngest member ever to serve on the South Florida Water Management District's governing board. The SFWMD establishes and regulates water policy for the Sixteen County area from Orange County to Monroe County. He held leadership positions including Vice Chairman of the Board. He has also been an active member of the Broward Community College Foundation and served as Chairman of the Foundation's Board of Directors from 2004 to 2006. In 2005, Mr. Pettis was elected to the Florida Bar's Board of Governors representing the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit. The Board of Governors has the authority to develop policy and to regulate the practice of law in Florida for its 80,000 lawyers. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Board. He has served over the past two years as the Chairman of the Judicial Independence Committee, guiding the Florida Bar's efforts to make sure that the State of Florida has a fair, impartial and independent judiciary. He is also currently chairing a blue ribbon committee of the Florida Bar's Board of Governors designed to enhance the Bar's efforts of diversity in the practice of law. In 2005, now Chief Justice Fred Lewis, Florida Supreme Court, appointed Mr. Pettis to the work group for jury panel sizing. Mr. Pettis has extensive trial experience in the areas of medical malpractice, premises liability, employment law, and commercial litigation. He has also been called upon by corporate clients and individuals to represent them before very public boards, including county and city commissions. Mr. Pettis holds highest rating given by Martindale-Hubbell. He has been recognized by the Miami Herald as one of Florida's top lawyers and is most proud of being a 2007 inductee to the exclusive American College of Trial Lawyers, which is an invitation only Academy recognizing lawyers who are regarded by their peers to illustrate excellence in trial skills. Mr. Pettis has first chaired over 50 jury trials covering more than 200 actual trial days. Member: Broward County Bar Association; National Bar Association; American Bar Association; American Board of Trial Advocates. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Special Agencies: Florida Bar Board of Governors (Member, 2006 and Executive Committee Member, Chair Judicial Independence Committee 2007); University of Florida College of Law, Board of Trustee, 2008; University of Florida Foundation, Board of Directors, 1999-2007; Broward Community College Foundation 1990-2007 (Chairman, 2002-2004); Member, Governing Board South Florida Water Management District 1991-1999 (appointed by late Governor Lawton Chiles). Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice; Insurance Law; Commercial Litigation; Administrative Law; Business Law; Commercial Law; Labor and Employment; Trial Practice; Professional Liability; Professional Malpractice; Professional Liability Defense.Email: Eugene K. Pettis
Richard B. Schwamm (Shareholder) born Manhasset, New York, September 27, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: Rollins College (B.A., 1988); Stetson University (J.D., 1991). Omnicron Delta Kappa. Phi Eta Sigma. Listed in, Who's Who Among American Law Students. Member, Editorial Board, Stetson Law Review, 1990-1991. Author: "Recent Developments in Local Government," Vol 20-3, Stetson Law Review; "AIDS: The Physician's Duty to Treat," Stetson Law Journal, Spring, 1991. Member: Orange County Bar Association; The Florida Bar (Member, Health Law Section); Defense Research Institute; Florida Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Catastrophic Injury; Commercial Litigation; Trial Practice.Email: Richard B. Schwamm
Neal C. Falk (Partner) born New York, N.Y., December 23, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Florida; 1999, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: Union College (B.A., 1992); University of Miami (J.D., 1995). Member: Broward County Bar Association; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation; Workers Compensation Litigation; Wrongful Death Litigation; Insurance Defense Litigation.Email: Neal C. Falk
Debra Potter Klauber (Partner) born Indianapolis, Indiana, October 20, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Florida; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1997 U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Florida (B.S.B.A., 1992; J.D. with honors, 1995). Born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1970, Debra Potter Klauber is a graduate of the University of Florida (B.S. Finance 1992, J.D. 1995 cum laude). Mrs. Klauber is a member of The Florida Bar, where she is a member of the Appellate Practice and Health Law Sections. She is also admitted to practice in the federal courts in the Southern District of Florida (1998), the Middle District of Florida (1999), the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (1997) and the United States Supreme Court (2003). Mrs. Klauber, formerly a law clerk to judge Thomas H. Barkdull, Jr. at the Third District Court of Appeal, concentrates on appellate practice and litigation support in various areas of the law. She has extensive experience with insurance coverage, medical malpractice and physician credentialing issues. Her practice also includes general commercial and employment litigation and consulting, as well as administrative and legal matters involving local government and school district clients. She has experience in all District Courts of Appeal in Florida, the Supreme Court of Florida, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Her professional activities include active participation as a former board member of the Young Lawyers Section of the Broward County Bar Association, a member of the Appellate Section of the Broward County Bar Association. She currently sits as a member of the Appellate Court Rules Committee and is on a Florida Bar Grievance Committee serving the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit. An alumnus of Leadership Broward (Class XX), Mrs. Klauber has been actively involved in her community as a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, the Women of Tomorrow, a youth mentoring partnership with the School Board of Broward County, and has raised tens of thousands of dollars to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Member: Broward County Bar Association (Member: Grievance Committee "F", 2008 Appellate Section; Board Member, Young Lawyers Section, 2005-2006); The Florida Bar (Member, Appellate Court Rules Committee 2008 Member, Appellate Section; Programs Committee, 1999); National Association of Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Hospital Peer Review; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Litigation; Administrative Law.Email: Debra Potter Klauber
Kenneth J. Miller (Partner) born Hollywood, Florida, July 26, 1966; admitted to bar, 1990, Florida; 1992, U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S., Accounting, with honors, 1987; J.D., with honors, 1990). Listed, Who's Who Among American Law Students, 1989; Strathmore's Who's Who, 2001-2002. Member: Broward County Bar Association; The Florida Bar; American Bar Association; Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Insurance Defense; Litigation; Defense Litigation; Complex Litigation; Trial Practice; Administrative Law.Email: Kenneth J. Miller
——————————Misti Z. Barnett (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1988, Connecticut; 1989, New York; 1990, Florida; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., cum laude, 1985); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1988). Staff attorney to the Honorable George A. Shahood, Fourth District Court of Appeal, 1994-2006; Law clerk to the Honorable George A. Shahood, Robert Lance Andrews, Robert J. Fogan and James M. Reasbeck, Broward County (17th) Circuit Court, 1990-1992. . Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Appellate Section). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury.Email: Misti Z. Barnett
Scott C. Cohen (Associate) born Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 27, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Florida. Education: University of Miami (B.A., 1998); Nova Southeastern University (J.D., 2002). Scott Cohen is a graduate of University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida (B.A., Accounting, 1998) and University of Nova Southeastern School of Law (J.D., 2002). Throughout law school at the University of Nova Southeastern, Mr. Cohen served on Moot Court and recently has been a moot court judge during annual competitions. Currently, Mr. Cohen is responsible for handling various litigation matters in workers compensation for clients such as Broward County School Board, North Broward Hospital District, South Broward Hospital District and Protegrity Services. His professional activities include membership of the Broward County Bar Association, the American Bar Association, Friends of 440, and the Broward County Young Lawyers' Section. Member: Broward County Bar Association; American bar Association Friends of 440; Broward County Young Lawyers' Section. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense.
Dorsey Miller (Associate) born Fort Lauderdale, Florida, September 17, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1999; J.D., 2002). Phi Alpha Delta (Vice Justice, 2000-2001). Member, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Member, Florida Blue Key. Member: Broward County Bar Association; T.J. Reddick Bar Association; National Bar Association. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Appellate Practice; Labor and Employment; Litigation; Insurance Defense; Defense Litigation.Email: Dorsey Miller
Yohance A. Pettis (Associate) born San Diego, California, May 9, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 2000); University of Florida Levin College of Law (J.D., 2004). Yohance A. Pettis, born in San Diego, California and raised in Plantation, Florida, is a graduate of the University of Florida (B.A. in Criminology, 2000) and the University of Florida Levin College of Law (J.D., 2004). He previously worked for Haliczer, Pettis & Schwamm as a law clerk for three years before joining the firm as an associate. Mr. Pettis became entrenched in public service during his undergraduate years. He had the privilege of serving as President of the Omicron Zeta Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Vice-President of the University of Florida Branch of the NAACP, and Vice-President of the University of Florida Branch of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. His leadership abilities were recognized and further enhanced when he became inducted into Florida Blue Key Honor Fraternity and Savant UF Leadership Honorary Society. During his years in law school, Mr. Pettis continued to serve the community-at-large, as well as focus on his legal career. He served as President of the Levin College of Law Trial Team, where he, along with his colleagues, won several state and national competitions. Mr. Pettis was awarded the Gerald T. Bennett Outstanding Service Award two years in a row and was also selected to the Order of the Barristers. His law school career culminated when he was selected by his peers to be the Levin College of Law graduation class speaker. Mr. Pettis' professional affiliations include Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, the American Bar Association and the Broward County Bar Association. He also is a member of the T.J. Reddick Bar Association, where he serves on the Board of Directors. Member: Broward County and T.J. Reddick Bar Associations (Board Member). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Premises Liability.Email: Yohance A. Pettis
Trisha S. Widowfield (Associate) born Ohio, February 12, 1977; admitted to bar, 2007, Florida. Education: Kent State University (B.A., with honors, 1999); University of Miami (J.D., with honors, 2007). Trisha Sanor Widowfield is a graduate of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio (B.A. Psychology/Sociology 1999, cum laude) and University of Miami School of Law (J.D. 2007, cum laude). Prior to attending law school, Ms. Widowfield gained valuable experience working as a liability claims specialist for Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. and USAA. Her claims experience included handling complex litigation matters for which she was responsible for directing defense counsels' litigation plans and protecting the client's financial interests and exposure, while also actively engaging in negotiations with opposing counsel. Throughout law school at the University of Miami, Ms. Widowfield served on the International and Comparative Law Review and worked for Haliczer, Pettis, & Schwamm as a law clerk for two years. In addition to the Florida Bar, she is admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Florida, the Middle District of Florida, and the Northern District of Florida. Her professional activities include membership of the Broward County Bar Association and the Broward County Young Lawyers' Section. Member: Broward County Bar Association; Broward County Young Lawyers Section. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Medical Malpractice; Insurance Defense; Litigation; Labor and Employment.Email: Trisha S. Widowfield
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