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2300 East Oakland Park Boulevard, Suite 206
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33306 (Broward Co.)
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(Main Office) Statement of PracticeFirst Party Insurance Claims, Catastrophic Personal Injury, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Commercial Litigation, Business Litigation and Civil Appeals. Firm Size: 1
Address2300 East Oakland Park Boulevard, Suite 206
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306, (Broward Co.)
PhonePhone: 954-763-2800
Fax: 954-763-2885
Website
http://www.ntglaw.com
Scott A. Mager (Senior Partner) born Tallahassee, Florida, January 2, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988 Florida; District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1984); Nova University (J.D., 1988). Awarded, National Litigator of the Year for Multi-Billion Dollar Insurance Company. Recipient: Leading Florida Attorneys, 2006, 2007; Distinguished Eagle Talon Award for Dedication to the Highest Ideal of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; NFL Community Quarterback Philanthropist Award for Extraordinary Charitable Service to the Community. Lecturer, Annual Judicial Conference for State Trial Judges. Lectures/Seminars: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Supreme Court: The Lighter Side of The Baby Theresa Case. (Kiwanis Club - West Palm Beach); "Acing" the Marketplace - New Strategies to Increase Tennis Awareness (United States Tennis Association Regional Conference Keynote Address); Activism and the Law: The Judiciary Act of 1789 (Nova Southeastern Law Center); Appealing Appellate Advocacy: What the Trial Lawyer Must Know, (Practice with Professionalism seminar); Advanced Appellate Practice - How to Handle Appeals (Video, Audio, Materials) PESI National Seminars (Held live in three occasions: Orlando, Miami, and Tampa); Appealing Appellate Practice, Practicing with Professionalism Seminar (Deerfield Beach); Appealing to Employers: Marketing Tips To Secure Attorney Job Positions (Nova Southeastern Law Center); Appealing to the Court: Successful Oral Argument (Nova Southeastern Law Center); Appellate Appeal (Nova Southeastern Law Center Spring, 1993); Appellate Appeal. What Goes Up Must Be Down (AFTL seminar 1993); Appellate Practice 3-day Bridge-the-Gap Seminar (West Palm Beach); Appellate Practice, 3-day Bridge-the-Gap Seminar (West Palm Beach - Spring, 1996); Appellate Practice, Bridge-the-Gap Seminar (Fort Lauderdale) (Fall, 1996); Appellate Practice, Bridge-the-Gap Seminar (West Palm Beach) (Spring, 1996); Appellate Practice 3-day Bridge-the-Gap Seminar (West Palm Beach) (Fall, 1995); Appellate Practice, 3-day Bridge-the-Gap Seminar (West Palm Beach - Spring, 1995); Appellate Practice 3-day Bridge-the-Gap Seminar (West Palm Beach Spring, 1994); Appellate Practice, 3-day Bridge-the-Gap Seminar (West Palm Beach - Fall, 1994); Appellate Practice, 3-day Bridge-the-Gap Seminar (West Palm Beach -Fall, 1993); Appellate Practice, 3-day Bridge-the-Gap Seminar (West Palm Beach - Spring, 1993); Appellate Practice, 3-day Bridge-the-Gap Seminar (West Palm Beach - Fall, 1992); Appellate Practice, 3-day Bridge-the-Gap Seminar (West Palm Beach - Spring, 1992); Appellate Practice Update (28 separate presentations to Board of Directors of AFTL, 1994-97); Appellate Trial Notebook (Seminar using the Appellate Trial Notebook, Summer, 1994) (supp. periodically); Appraising Your Potential Client: How Appraisors Can Sell Their Services, American Association of Appraisers (Miami, May, 2000); Avoiding Malpractice Tips for the Trial Lawyer (AFTL Seminar); Baby Theresa: A biblical comparison (Temple Beth Om -1993) Brief Briefs: There Is No Substitute (A series of seminars on effective Brief writing in the appellate court system - 1994); Causation Causes, (AFTL Workhorse Seminar, Feb. 1999); Communication - Tools and Techniques for Increased Marketing (Broward Association of Female Executives - May, 1996); Court Appeal: Successful Oral Argument (Nova Southeastern Law Center-1994); Creating and Implementing Your Business Plan (FlU Small Business Association June, 1996); Deciphering the small print: Fraud and the Consumer Protection Act (Principal address at the Tower Club for the South Florida Automotive Dealers Association - 1992); Deciphering Deceptive Advertisements: Consumer Protection Law (A presentation, videotaped and distributed to a variety of public entities throughout Florida - 1990); Depositions and Hearings in Federal Court (Professionalism Seminar in Fort Laud. March 1998); Do I Have To Tell: The Responsibility of Florida Mental Health Practitioners to Disclose When Their Patients Reveal An Intent To Harm Third Parties about their Patients (Nova Ph.D. & Psy.D. programs, 1992, 1993); Don't Complain about the Complaint: Winning Discovery Strategies to Effectively Defend the Case (Summer 2005); Don't Get Caught With Your Briefs Down: Traps For The Unwary Litigator (AFTL Annual Seminar, 1993); Don't Get the Case Law Blues, AFTL Annual Legislative Case Law Update (June, 1996); Duty To Warn: Case Law Developments in Florida (for Mental Health Practitioners (Nova Ph.D. & Psy.D. Programs 1993); Dynamic Selling and Teamwork, TCG Corporate Sales Force (Spring, 1998); (Everything's Negotiable: How To Successfully Mediate (Nova Southeastern Law Center Spring, 1993) (Live and video presentation); FlU Business Workshop: Legal Aspects of Small Business, Marketing Your Business, Legal Aspects of Small Business, Creating and Implementing Your Business Plan (2), and 'How to Start & Operate a Small Business (Parts 1 & II of two day program, Nov. 1996); How to Prepare a Business Plan, (FlU Business Workshop - Jan. 1997); Florida Civil Procedure - Half Day Seminar on Florida's Rules and Procedures, (West Publishing Bar Exam Review Course - July, 1996); Florida Civil Procedure (West Publishing Bar Review Course at University of Miami Law School, Jan. 1997); Freshman Moot Court: Real Insights (Nova Southeastern Law Center - Fall, 1989); "Getting down" While You're up on Appeal: Sophisticated Oral Argument Tips (Nova Law Center - Spring, 1991); Guerilla Marketing For Yourself (Sunrise Chamber of Commerce - Nov. 1995); Having Appellate Appeal (Nova Southeastern Law Center - Fall, 1994); Having a Happy Meal (Keynote Address at the McDonald's Regional/National Convention - 1994); How To Handle Your Own Appeals (1994) (with materials created/compiled by Mr. Mager, this series of live presentations with top appellate judges is also available on audiotape); Intramural Moot Court Performance Techniques (Nova Southeastern Law Center - Fall, 1992); I Appeal to Your Reading Pleasure, AFTL (Aug. 1998); Last Appeal: Techniques For Surviving Law School (Nova Southeastern Law Center (Fall, 1993); Legal Aspects of Business (A series of five separate seminars sponsored by SBA - Sept., Oct. and Nov. 1995); Living the Life; (St. Thomas Law School, Spring 1998); More Legal Aspects of Business (A series of seminars sponsored by SBA, Nov.-Dec. 1995); Making a Major Difference (Keynote address at the United States Tennis Association); Major Marketing and Motivation (SBA Summer, 1995); Major Secrets for Successful Law School Performance (BALSA - 1991); Major Secrets for Successful Law School Performance (BALSA - 1992); Major Motivating Moot Court (Nova Law Center - 1989); Major Law Update (A compilation of tort law from Jan.-June 1995); Marketing Wizardry (SBA Sponsored) (Summer, 1995); Marketing For Success (Summer, 1995); Marketing for Tennis Professionals (U. S. Tennis Association Regional Convention - April, 1996); Marketing Your Law Practice (AFTL Annual Convention, Family Law Program Business Workshop - Miami 1996); Marketing Yourself through Holistic Report Writing (Broward County Nurses Association - 2005); Moot Court Success: Advanced Techniques for Successful Argument (March, 2002); Motivating Motivation (Summer, 1995); Moot Court: A Primer (Nova Southeastern Law Center - Spring, 1992); Negotiation in Mediation: A Practical Approach (Nova Southeastern Law Center - Fall, 1995) (Live and video presentation); Networking Business Strategies (Radisson Hotel - 1995); One Piece of the Pie of Success (Cardinal Gibbons Annual Sports Banquet -1995); Now-or-Never: Motivating Change In Your Life (speeches to Lauderdale Elementary Teaching Staff, and to a national teaching organization - Oct. 2000); Panther Power: Enhancing Sales Performance, (July 1999); Post Judgment Motion Practice On The State And Federal Level (Written materials, audio and video compliments, Tampa -1995); Reading 100 pages a minute: Strategies for Successful Law School Performance (BALSA - 1991); Real Moot Court (St Thomas Law School - 1994); Regional Success - Effective Oral Advocacy in Regional Moot Court Competitions (Nova Southeastern Law Center - Fall, 1992); Sales and Communication Seminar (Exit Shops - Retail Sales Executives and Management - April, 1996); Sales Magic (Fort Lauderdale, FL - 1995); Salesmanship: the Psychology Of Selling And The Art Of Persuasion (CBS Marketing Systems); Selling Ice To The Eskimos: Advanced Sales Tips and Marketing Ideas (Unisyn - 1994); Selling Yourself the Legal Way (Exit Shops April, 1996); Selling Yourself the Legal Way - Motivational Tools and Sales Tips (The Mansion and Deer Creek 1994); Shaping Our Jewish Future (15th Annual National Jewish Law Students Association Annual Conference, March 1997); Should Old Acquaintances Be Forgot, Don't Let These Slip Your Mind (BCTLA - Jan. 1996); Speak No Evil: Effective Oral Advocacy in National Moot Court Competitions (Nova Southeastern Law Center - Fall, 1993); Study City: Making It Through Law School (Nova Southeastern Law Center - 1993); Succeeding In National Moot Court Competition (Nova Southeastern Law Center -1992); Surviving Law School: How To Stay Alive (BALSA - 1992); Tactics And Tips For Effective Oral Argument (Nova Southeastern Law Center - 1991, 1992, 1993); Talk the Talk: Effective Oral Argument (Nova Southeastern Law Center - Spring, 1993); T-E-A-M - Notice There's No "I" (Tower Club Employees - June, 1996); The Different Sides of Appellate Advocacy (A Round table Appellate Practice Symposium with experienced appellate lawyers and judges, led by form Supreme Court Chief Justice Harry Anstead - Spring, 1991); The Power of Influence (Lecture presentation to the nation's top financial investment strategists - 1998); There is a Tomorrow (Motivational speech to convicted drug offenders - 1992); There is No Tomorrow (Pine Crest School Pre-state Championship Dinner Presentation - 1995); Update on Tort Law (A series of monthly presentations on recent law developments, 1994-95); Using Their Money Wisely - Further Enhancing Your Professional and Personal Success, (MCR Funding, Feb. 1999); What Goes Up Must Be Down: Appellate/Federal Practice tips (Practice with Professionalism, Florida Bar 2001); Winning Moot Court Skills (UM - Spring, 1991) (Tulane Law School, 2000); Winning Moot Court Competitions: Tactics and Techniques (Videotaped presentation) (Major Dynamics 1995); Winning Oral Argument (Nova Southeastern Law Center - Spring, 1993); Winning the Appeal with Appeal (Nova Southeastern Law Center - Fall 2004); Witness Handling - Preparation of Witnesses Before Trial and How Paralegals Can Aid (Broward and Dade County Legal Assistants Seminar, Hollywood, Florida - March, 1996); Who Gets To Declare War: The Judiciary Act of 1789 (A roundtable discussion led by presidential candidate John Anderson - Spring, 1991); Selling the Clothes Off Your Back (Exit Shops); Write Right: Learning the Secrets of More Persuasive and Technically Correct Writing (Nova Law Review); You Are The Best: A speech about the recent book, You Are The Best, authored by Mr. Mager. Liberty's - book-signings at every Borders Book Stores in Miami, Coral Gables, Aventura, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton and Delray Beach, 1996, 1997); You Are The Best - Enhancing Personal and Professional Success (Kiwanis Club - Hollywood, Florida); You CAN Do It (A motivational presentation to the entire incoming freshman class at Nova Southeastern Law Center - Fall, 1993); You Can Have What You Wish For (Stranahan). Member: The Florida Bar; Broward County (Former Chair, Appellate Rules Committee) and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Adelman v. St. Paul Guardian Ins. Co., 805 So. 2d 106 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002), reh'g den. (2002); Alterra Healthcare Corp. v. Estate of Shelley, 827 So. 2d 936 (Fla. 2002); Boynton v. Burglass, 590 So.2d 446 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991) (on rehearing); Bachrodt v. Savage, 570 So.2d 306 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990); Bassette v. Health Management Resources, 661 So.2d 317 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1995); Belc v. E.I.U. Dupont, Case No. 93-1195, 93-1196 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993); Beverly v. Knowles, 766 So.2d 335 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000) (en bane), affirmed, 898 So.2d 1 (Fla. 2004); Borino v. Publix Supermarkets, Inc. 825 So. 424 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002); Brennan v. Ruffner, 640 So.2d 143 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994); Buto v. Sirius Int'llns. Co., 807 So. 2d 674 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2001); City of Hollywood v. Karl, 643 So.2d 34 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994); Dempsey v. Shell Oil Co., 589 So.2d 373 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991); Donigan v. Nevins, 785 So. 2d 573 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001); Elliott v. Elliott, 648 So.2d 135, 137 fn.1 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994); Edwards v. Edwards, 559 So.2d 281 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990); Estate of Esterline v. Avante at Leesburg, Inc., 845 So. 2d 1028 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003); Estate of Vazquez v. Avante Groups, Inc., 880 So.2d 723 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004); Foster v. Beverly Enterprises-Distribution Services, Inc., 827 So. 2d 1104 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2002); Furman v. Roberts, 2 Fla. L.Weekly Supp. 248 (Brow. Cty. Ct. April 4, 1994); Gardner v. Broward County, 631 So.2d 319 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994); Green v. Seigle, 745 So. 2d 411 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); Greystone Tribeca Acquisition, L.L.C. v. Ronstrom, 863 So. 2d 473 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2004); Hardy v. A-1 Ken Phillips Economy Auto Sales, 656 So. 2d 931 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995); Hedendal v. Hedendal, 695 So. 2d 391 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997); Hialeah Hotels, Inc. v. Talley, 778 So. 2d 314 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2000); Hickey v. Pompano K of C, Inc. (Hickey I), 624 So.2d 854 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); Hickey v. Pompano K of C, Inc. (Hickey II), 647 So.2d 270 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994); H.R.S. v. Ledford, 621 So.2d 682 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993) In re TACP, 609 So.2d 588 (Fla. 1992); Integrated Health Care Services, Inc. v. Redway, 783 So. 2d 1108 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2001), cert granted and affirmed, 840 So. 2d 974 (Fla. 2001); Jackson v. York Hanover Nursing Centers, 876 So.2d 8 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004); Jacksonville Heart Center, P.A. v. Distadio, 828 So. 2d 394 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002); J.L. v. H.R.S. 683 So. 2d 653 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996); Jallai v. NBOME, 902 N.E. 2nd 902 (Ind. App. 2009); Jewish Introductions v. Sternfield, 581 So.2d 987 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991); Jewish Introductions v. Sternfield, 16 Fla. L.Weekly C47 (Brow Cty Ct. 2/8/91); Krilich v. Lange, 683 So. 2d 656 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996); Lamz v. GEICO Gen. Ins. Co., 803 So. 2d 593 (Fla. 2001); Lou Bachrodt Chevrolet, Inc. v. Savage, 570 So. 2d 306 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990); Medina v. State, 634 So.2d 1139 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994); SSJ Mercy Health Sys. v. Posey, 756 So. 2d 177 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000); O'Keefe v. Orea, 731 So. 2d 680 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998); Otis Elevator v. Youngerman, 636 So.2d 166 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994); Peck v. Giannou, 23 Fla. L. Weekly D631b (March 4, 1998), withdrawn on other grounds, 1998 WL 88333; Perriera v. Florida Power & Light Co., 680 So. 2d 617 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996), affirmed, Perriera v. Florida Power & Light Co., 705 So.2d 1359 (Fla. 1998); Progressive Exp. Ins. Co. v., 763 So. 2d 557 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000); Roggio Wilgus v. Marlin, 699 So.2d 1050 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997); R.J. v. Humana, 652 SO.2d 360 (Fla. 1995); Siani v. Siani, 603 So.2d 721 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992); Seslow v. Seslow, 625 So.2d 1248 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); School Board of Broward County v. Greene, 739 So. 2d 668 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); State Farm v. Margiotta, 622 So.2d 135 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); State Farm Fire & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Deni Assoc. of Florida, Inc., 678 So. 2d 397 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996), affirmed, 711 So. 2d 1135 (Fla. 1998); Progressive Insurance v. Russell, 763 So. 2d 557 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000); Turner v. Nolan, 737 So. 2d 579 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); Woods v. Hialeah Hotel, Inc., 884 So.2d 517 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2004); Woods v. Woods, 610 So.2d 71 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991); Williams v. Ft. Pierce Tribune and Claims Center, 667 So. 2d 174 (Fla. 1995); Williams v. United States, 986 F.2d 86 (4th Cir. 1993); Jones v. Williams Pawn & Gun, Inc., 800 So. 2d 267 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001); Youngerman v. Otis Elevator, 636 So. 2d 166 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). Practice Areas: First Party Insurance Claims; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Civil Appeals; Contracts; Breach of Contract; Commercial Contracts; Contract Fraud; Contract Litigation; Business Consulting.Email: Scott A. Mager
Kathleen S. Phang (Managing Partner) born New York, New York, August 1, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1997); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Business Law; Criminal Law; Family Law; Premises Liability; Products Liability; First Party Insurance Claims.
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