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| | Address | | 80 S.W. Eighth Street, Suite 2700 | | Miami, Florida 33130 | | (Miami-Dade Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| Mase & Lara, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
Civil Litigation, Appeals and Arbitration, Maritime and Admiralty, Commercial Litigation, Class Action, Employment and Labor Law, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Medical Malpractice and Toxic Torts. | | Year Established: 1997 | Firm Profile:
The centerpiece of the firm's practice is civil litigation, including trials and appeals in both state and federal courts. The firm has a proven track record of winning verdicts and successful client representation. Curtis Mase is Board Certified (Florida Bar, National Board of Trial Advocacy) in civil trial law and the firm's appellate department provides highly competitive appellate and trial support. In addition, our attorney's have been named as "Top Lawyers" by the South Florida Legal Guide and "Florida Super Lawyers" by Law and Politics. To better serve our clients, we are committed to utilizing state-of-the-art support systems and technology in our practice of law. This has enabled our attorneys to deliver timely and efficient service to our clients. We actively solicit client feedback and have regular attorney and staff training to ensure our ability to meet our clients' changing needs. In addition to client service, the firm is actively involved in the community where its lawyers serve as officers and board members of professional, charitable and educational organizations. Our lawyers speak Spanish, Finnish and Czech. The firm has a wide range of resources and talent with extensive experience in specific industries and practice areas. We provide creative solutions and client-oriented strategies in order to meet the needs of our clients in an ever-changing legal environment, whether in the court room, board room or elsewhere. | | Firm Size: 14 | Representative Clients:
Assuranceforeningen Gard; BBF Realty Investments, LLC; Carnival Corporation; Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc.; Celebrity Cruises, Inc.; Cunard Line Ltd.; Helen of Troy; Ivax Corporation; JEM Technology Group, Inc.; Liebherr Cranes, Inc.; MasTec North America, Inc.; Metro Beauty Supply, Inc.; NCL (Bahamas), Ltd. d/b/a NCL; Oceania Cruises; Princess Cruise Lines Ltd.; Radtech Inc.; Raytheon Company; Republic Western Insurance Co.; ResidenSea, Ltd.; Rivi Construction Inc.; Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.; Sea Island Scenery Equipment, LLC; Seabourn Cruise Line; Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc.; Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association, Ltd.; Teva Pharmaceuticals USA; The American Insurance Company; The Berkely Group; The West of England Ship Owners Insurance Services, Ltd.; Thomas Miller P&I, Ltd.; Vanguard Mortgage Group, LLC; Worldsize Nutritional Technologies; Zurich American Insurance Company. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
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Fixed Hourly Rates
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| | Curtis J. Mase (Shareholder) born Coral Gables, Florida, June 18, 1961; admitted to bar, 1985, Florida, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Florida State University (B.A., 1982; J.D., with honors, 1984). Member, Florida State University Law Journal. Vice President, Florida State University Moot Court. Managing Shareholder and the Founding Attorney of Mase & Lara, P.A. Member: Dade County (Civil Litigation Committee, 1992-1993), Federal and American (Section Litigation Committee on Admiralty and Maritime, 1991-1992) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member: Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, 1990-1993, 1998—; Admiralty Law Committee, 1993—; Grievance Committee 2006—); Maritime Law Association of the United States (Member, Cruise Line Committee, 1993—); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; The Maritime Council. (Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education); (Board Certified, Civil Trial, National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Class Action Defense; Commercial Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Aviation; Personal Injury; Casualty; Malpractice; Product Liability; Labor and Commercial Claims. Email: Curtis J. Mase | | Richard David Lara (Shareholder) born Gloucester City, New Jersey, September 8, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Florida; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 2000, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1990); Boston College (J.D., 1993). Member: Miami-Dade County, American and Cuban-American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Consumer Protection Law Committee, 2006-2009; Voluntary Liaison Committee, 2000). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Employment Contracts; Commercial Contracts; Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act; Americans with Disabilities Act; Title VII; Construction; Labor Disputes; Condominium Law; Intellectual Property; Trademark Law; Collective Bargaining; Civil Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law. Email: Richard David Lara | | Natasha K. Talib (Shareholder) born Newtown, Pennsylvania, March 29, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. Education: Rice University (B.A., Economics, 1997); University of San Diego Paris Institute, Paris, France (Certificate in International Comparative Law, 1998); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2000). Recipient, Dean's Merit Scholarship. Chairperson, Juvenile Offender Tour Program. Author: "Litigation Trends in Automobile Lending and Leasing," Automobile Lending and Leasing: Issues, Cases and Sample Pleadings, LRP Publications, Spring, 2000; "Hostilities Escalate in Banana Wars," International Law at Houston, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Spring, 1999. Member: Board of Directors, Art Spring, Inc.; Women's Fund. Member: Dade County Bar Association; The Florida Bar; Florida Association of Women Lawyers. Languages: Finnish. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Admiralty and Maritime Law. Email: Natasha K. Talib | | —————————— | | Thomas A. Briggs (Associate) born Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, December 9, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, Florida; 2006, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida;. Education: Boston University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999); University of Miami (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Recipient, Dean's Cup. Legal Intern, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida, 2001. Certified Legal Intern, Office of the State Attorney, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, 2003. Member, H.O.P.E. Project. Member: The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Insurance Defense; Complex Litigation. Email: Thomas A. Briggs | | Leah H. Martinez (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 22, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Florida; 2006, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: University of Florida, Gainesville (B.S., with honors, 2000); Florida State University College of Law (J.D., 2005). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Blank Miller Scholarship and Ford Bloodworth Scholarship Awards; Writing Skills Book Award. Article and Notes Editor, Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law and the Journal of Transnational Law & Policy. Certified Student Extern, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida. Author, Post Industrial Revolution Human Activity and Climate Change: Why the United States Must Implement Mandatory Limits on Industrial Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 Fla. St. J. Land Use & Envtl. L. 403). Co-authored, article Proper Supervision of Physical Activities, by Daniel Connaughton, Ed.D & Leah Harkiewicz Martinez, 39(1) Florida JOPERD 21 (2000). Member: The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law. Email: Leah H. Martinez | | Bryan E. Probst (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, June 28, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Florida; 2006, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida;. Education: Guilford College (B.A., 1999); Penn State University Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: The Florida Bar; Monroe County Bar Association; Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Wrongful Death; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect; Medical Negligence. Email: Bryan E. Probst | | Rachel S. Cohen (Associate) born Columbia, South Carolina, September 17, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Florida; 1995, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1991); University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law (J.D., 1994). Senior Student Editor, Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy. Honorable Mention, Huber Hurst Case Comment Competition. Teaching Assistant in Legal Research and Writing. Member: The Florida Bar; Dade County and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Bautista, et.al. v. Star Cruises et.al., 285 F. Supp.2d 1352 (S.D. FL 2003); Eckert v. U.S., 232 F. Supp.2d 1312 (S.D. Fla 2002); Ortiz v. Carnival Corp., 825 So.@d 323, (Fla. App.3 Dist.2002); Bonavia v. Carnival Corp., 822 So.2d 523 (Fla. App.3 Dist 2002). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Trial Support; Litigation; Labor and Employment; Medical Malpractice; Insurance Defense. Email: Rachel S. Cohen | | J. Gregory Lahey (Associate) born Ottawa, Canada, June 14, 1965; admitted to bar, 2004, Florida; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: University of Western Ontario, London, Canada (B.A., 1988); St. Thomas University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Recipient of Book Award, European Union Law. Judicial Intern, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Certified Legal Intern, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida. Member: The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Class Action Defense; Commercial Litigation. Email: J. Gregory Lahey | | Scott P. Mebane (Associate) born Hendersonville, North Carolina, October 24, 1963; admitted to bar, 1999, North Carolina; 2000, Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida and Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Asheville (B.A., 1985); Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 1990). Member: The Florida Bar; Miami-Dade and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Languages: Spanish. Email: Scott P. Mebane | | Geoffrey E. Probst (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, April 6, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Florida; 2003, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1998); Penn State University Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 2001). National Moot Court. Extern, Cumberland County District Attorney's Office. Member: The Florida Bar; State Bar of Georgia; Dade County, Monroe County and Broward County Bar Associations; Dade County Trial Lawyers Association; Academy of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Personal Injury; Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Wrongful Death; Medical Negligence. Email: Geoffrey E. Probst | | Robert J. Squire (Associate) born Denver, Colorado, September 15, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: University of Miami (B.A., cum laude, 1999); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., 2002). Tax Law Review; Corporate Law Society; Entertainment and Sports Law Society. Member: The Florida Bar; Dade County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury. Email: Robert J. Squire | | Joel V. Lumer (Associate) born Takoma Park, Maryland, June 13, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, District of Columbia and Colorado; 1975, Florida. Education: New York State University at Binghamton (B.A., 1970); Duke University (J.D., 1973). Member: Dade County Bar Association; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Appellate Law; Employment Law; Commercial Litigation; Federal Litigation; Bad Faith. | | Andrew D. Craven (Associate) born Heidelberg, Germany; admitted to bar, 1999, Florida; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Florida State University (B.A., 1996); Stetson University College of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Admiralty Law; Premises Liability; Insurance Defense. | | Monica F. Klein (Associate) born Plantation, Florida; admitted to bar, 2005, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: University of Miami (B.S.C., cum laude, 2002); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., 2005). Golden Key. Member: Miami-Dade Bar Association; The Florida Bar; Florida Association of Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law. | | OF COUNSEL | | Bruce Benjamin Baldwin (Of Counsel) born Miami, Florida, August 27, 1967; admitted to bar, 2001, Florida. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., cum laude, with departmental honors, 1995); University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law (J.D., 2000). Member, Journal of Technology, Law and Policy. President, Morningside Historical Education Society. Chairman of the "Tropees" of the Historical Museum of Southern Florida. Member: Board of Directors, Kiwanis Club of Biscayne Bay; Federalist Society. Member: The Florida Bar; Dade County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Law; Corporate Law; Contracts; Commercial Law; Admiralty and Maritime Law. Email: Bruce Benjamin Baldwin | | Robert M. Kritzman (Of Counsel) born Gainesville, Florida, October 11, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S., 1981; J.D., 1984). Editor, University of Florida Law Review, 1983-1984. Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law(50%); Maritime Law(15%); Finance Law(10%). |
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