Ms. Michelle M Gervais is a lawyer practicing probate & trust, antitrust law, arts & sports and 9 other areas of law. Michelle received a degree from Central Michigan University in 1996, and has been licensed for 27 years. Michelle practices in Miami, FL.
About Ms. Michelle M Gervais
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesRepresentative Matters
ObtainedReversal in part for Appellantas to alimony
child support claims.Addie v. Addie, case no. 4D12-1748 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013). ObtainedAffirmanceby the Eleventh Circuit on Emergency Motion to Stay
Appeal of Final Judgment inHamprecht v. Hamprecht, 12-12757 (11th Cir. 2012). Obtained aFinal Judgment
Orderon behalf of Petitioner granting a Verified Petition for Return of Child to Petitioner pursuant to The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
the International Child Abduction Remedies Act.Hamprecht v. Hamprecht, No. 2:12-cv-00125-UA-DNF (M.D. Fla. 2012). Obtained severalDismissals with Prejudiceof Counterclaims brought against National Bank alleging violations for negligent underwriting, breach of contract, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, violations of Real Estate Practices, Fair Debt Collections
Practices Act. Obtained dozens ofSummary Judgments
Final Judgments for Foreclosurefor a National Bank. Obtained multiple favorable results for athletes
celebrities involved in domestic disputes
alleged improprieties while keeping it confidential
out of the press. Obtained dismissal for national rental car company in class action matter. Obtainedfive outright Dismissalsfor publicly traded builder/developer in cases brought under the Interstate L
Sales Act
Florida's Deceptive
Unfair Trade Practices Act. Settled high profile personal injury
domestic relations action against a well-known celebrity. Settled an action for retaliatory discharge brought by a former employer against the client, a nationwide advocacy group, for $1,500, inclusive of attorneys' fees
costs. The plaintiff had originally sought approximately $500,000 in total damages for alleged violations of the Fair Labor St
ard Act, Florida's Minimum Wage Act
Florida's Whistleblower Act. Represented a biopharmaceutical company in an action for damages based upon defendants' acts of unfair competition under Sections 43(a) of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act), 15 U.S.C. 1125(a)(1)(B),
for substantial
related claims of trade secret misappropriation, tortious interference with business relationship, unfair competition
violations of the Florida Civil Remedies for Criminal Practices Act (Civil RICO). Our client also sought preliminary
permanent injunctive relief
a declaratory judgment regarding the ownership, validity
future infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,174,859 ('859 Patent)
our client's commercialization of a revolutionary new drug called Alpha 1-Antitrypsin (AAT). AAT is a therapeutic protein.
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1999, Florida
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
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Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolUniversity of Miami School of Law
Class of 1999
J.D.
cum laude
Other EducationCentral Michigan University
Class of 1996
B.S. in Political Science and Broadcast and Cinematic Arts
Central Michigan University
Class of 1996
cum laude
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Personal Details & HistoryAgeBorn in 1974
Michigan, May 2, 1974