Shareholder at the firm Carlton Fields, P.A.
Areas of Practice
Insurance; Disability Insurance; Life and Health Insurance; Contract Litigation
Admitted
1979, Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Florida, J.D., 1979
College
Harvard University, B.A., cum laude, 1976
Membership
Defense Research Institute; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Reported Cases
In Re Kayajanian, 27 B.R. (Bankr.S.D. Fla. 1983); Scurio v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 448 So. 2d 72 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1984); Rich v. Independent Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 451 So. 2d 894 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1984); Jutagir v. Marlin, 453 So. 2d 503 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1984); Finberg v. Herald Fire Ins. Co., 455 So. 2d 462 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1984); Generali v. D'Amico, 766 F. 2d 485, 1986 A.M.C. 1051 (11th Cir. Fla.); Diaz by Rivas v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 475 So. 2d 932 (Fla. 3rd DCA); Cudlipp v. Blue Chip Laundry, Inc., 476 So. 2d 783 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1986); Garcia v. Garcia, 481 So. 2d 1278 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1986); Hang Fat Co. v. Twin Express., Inc., 483 So. 2d 556 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1986); Enfield's Miami Photo, Inc. v. Keyes Co., Inc., 489 So. 2d. 1203 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1986); Burns v. Otis Elevator Co., 550 So. 2d 21 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1989); C.M. Life Ins. Co. v. Ortega through Ortega, 562 So. 2d 702 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1990); Stinson, Lyons, Gerlin & Bustamante, P.A. v. Brickell Bldg. 1 Holding Co., Inc., 923 F. 2d 810 (11th Cir. Fla. 1991); Jumbo Nav., N.V. v. Melchior, 1991 WL 133552, 1991 A.M.C. 1518 (S.D. Fla. 1991); Groff v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co., 887 F. Supp. 1515 (S.D. Fla. 1993); Greenberg v. Mount Sinai Medical Center, Inc., 629 So. 2d 252 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1993); Wiesenberg v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co., 887 F. Supp. 1529 (S.D. Fla. 1995); Brooks v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, 1995 WL 931702 (S.D. Fla. 1995)*; Brooks v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, 116 F. 3d 1364 (11th Cir. Fla. 1997)*; Dinerstein v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co., 173 F. 3d 826 (11th Cir. Fla. 1999); Stern v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co., 744 So. 2d 1084 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); Spatz v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co., 746 So. 2d 1137 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); Zohar v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co., 769 So. 2d 1047 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2000); Damus, Ecker v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co., 864 So. 2d 442 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2003)*; *In the Brooks case I represented First National Life Insurance Company at the trial and appellate levels as Lead Counsel. For unknown reasons, my involvement as Counsel does not appear in the published opinion. In the Damus, Ecker case, I was Trial Counsel and Co-Counsel for Paul Revere on the appeal.
Born
Boston, Massachusetts, 1954
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