(Main Office)

Podhurst Orseck, P.A., continues a legal practice, established over four decades ago, concentrating exclusively in trial and appellate litigation. The firm is dedicated to offering the highest caliber legal representation in both federal and state trial and appellate courts not just in Florida, but throughout the country. The firm's general tort practice places a major emphasis upon representing claimants in aviation, automobile, products liability and medical malpractice litigation. The firm's commercial practice focuses on complex civil litigation of all types. The firm serves as general litigation counsel to several major corporations as well as representing companies and individuals in substantial matters of commercial litigation. From its inception, the firm also has cultivated an appellate practice, handling appeals of not only the firm's trial lawyers, but of other lawyers throughout the nation, in various state and federal appellate courts, including the United States Supreme Court. The firm's practice serves clients throughout the United States, and in several foreign countries.

Statement of Practice

General Civil and Criminal Practice in all Courts. Aviation, Commercial, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, Automobile Negligence, Product Liability, Medical Malpractice and Professional Malpractice Litigation. Trial and Appellate Practice.

References:

City National Bank of Miami
Alienware Corporation
Codina Construction Corp.
Codina Group, Inc.
Coleman (Parent) Holdings Inc.
Flagler Development Group
Florida East Coast Properties
Hemisphere National Bank
Lennar Corporation
MasTec, Inc.
Miami-Dade Community College
Perry Ellis International
Sagamore Partners, LTD.
University of Florida.

Address

City National Bank Building, Suite 800
25 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130-1780, (Miami-Dade Co.)

Phone

Phone: 305-358-2800; Fort Lauderdale: 954-463-4346
Fax: 305-358-2382

Website

http://www.podhurst.com

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Carolina Maharbiz (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Florida. Education: Cornell University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1999); Yale University (J.D., 2003). Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Florida Association of Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice.

Ramon A. Rasco (Associate) born Miami, Florida, August 18, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Florida. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1999); Columbia University (J.D., 2002). Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Florida Justice Association; American Association for Justice; Cuban American Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Wrongful Death; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Aviation Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Financial Institutions Law; Securities.Email: Ramon A. Rasco

Alexander T. Rundlet (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Georgia; 2001, Alabama and District of Columbia; 2003, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., History, 1992); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1999). Health Education Volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps in Mali, West Africa. Law Clerk for The Honorable Andre M. Davis, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland. Former Soros Post-Graduate Justice Fellow. Staff Attorney, Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia, 2000-2003. Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, 2003-2006. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Law; Personal Injury; Contracts; White Collar Crime.Email: Alexander T. Rundlet

John Gravante, III (Associate) born New Haven, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 2002, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: Florida Atlantic University (B.A., Literature, 1999); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2nd in class, 2002). Law Clerk to The Honorable Adalberto Jordan, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Member: Coral Gables and American Bar Associations; Miami-Dade Justice Association (Board of Directors, 2008); American Association For Justice; Florida Justice Association. Practice Areas: Wrongful Death; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Aviation Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Financial Institutions Law; Securities; Class Actions.Email: John Gravante, III

OF COUNSEL

Walter H. Beckham, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Albany, Georgia, April 18, 1920; admitted to bar, 1949, Florida; 1956, U.S. Supreme Court; 1978, District of Columbia. Education: Emory University (A.B., 1941); Harvard University (LL.B., cum laude, 1948; J.D., 1969). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1947-1948. Professor of Law, 1967-1982 and Professor Emeritus, 1982, University of Miami Law School. President: Greater Miami YMCA, 1963-1967; YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly Board of Trustees, Past Chairman, 1977-1979. President, Dade County Crippled Children's Society, 1968-1969. Emory University, Dean's Council, 1992-1994. Director, Medical Institute for Attorneys, University of Miami Law Center, 1968-1983. Member, Board of Trustees, 1976-1987 and Chairman, 1983-1985, National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Member: Dade County (Member: Board of Directors, 1950-1952; Executive Committee, 1951-1952), American (Chairman, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, 1974-1975; Member: National Conference of Representatives, American Medical Association and American Bar Association, 1968-1974; House of Delegates, 1979-1986, 1990-1995; Secretary, 1987-1990) and Inter-American Bar Associations (Member, Board of Trustees, National Judicial College, 1990—; Vice-Chair, 1993-1994, Chair, 1994-1996; Chair Emeritus, 1996—); The Florida Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Chairman, Aviation Law Section, 1966-1968); American Judicature Society; International Academy of Trial Lawyers (President, 1973-1974); American Law Institute; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. American Bar Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocacy (Founding Member). [Capt., S.C., U.S.N.R., Ret.]. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death.Email: Walter H. Beckham, Jr.

Karen Podhurst Dern (Of Counsel) born Hollywood, Florida, January 28, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Colorado; 1990, Florida. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1983); University of Denver (J.D., 1987). Law Clerk to the Honorable Federico A. Moreno, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1990-1991. Member: Dade County, Colorado and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Discrimination.Email: Karen Podhurst Dern