MEMBERS OF FIRM
M. David Shapiro (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, August 31, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S., Journalism, 1981); Florida State University College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1985). Member, Moot Court Team, 1984-1985. Member, Mock Trial Team. Staff Member, Florida State Law Review. Author: The Seatbelt Defense After Pasakarnis; Defamation in Florida: Miami Herald v. Ane, Florida State Law Review. Formerly with: Rosen & Shapiro; Butler & Burnette; M. David Shapiro, P.A.; Baker & Hostetler. Member: Sarasota and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (Eagle Member); The Million Dollar Advocates Forum. (Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Languages: English. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Nursing Home Negligence; Insurance Bad Faith.Email: M. David Shapiro
David L. Goldman (Member) born New York, New York, May 4, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., Government, 1983); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 1987). Recipient, Legislative Leadership Award, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 1997. Member, Judicial Nominations Commission, 12th Judicial Circuit, 1998-2001. General Counsel, Reform Party USA, 2000. Chairman, Reform Party of Florida, 1998-2000. Chairman, Floridians for Fair Elections, 1998. Director, Temple Emanu-El, Sarasota, 2001. Director, Gulf Coast Latin Chamber of Commerce, 2002. Partner: Goldman & Kleinberg, P.A., 1998-2003; Cate & Goldman, P.A., 1995-1998; Macy, Glober, Goldman, Robinson & Farrow, 1992-1995. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Nursing Home Negligence; Insurance Bad Faith.Email: David L. Goldman
Michael J. Babboni (Member) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 7, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Florida; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1984); Stetson University (J.D., 1987). Phi Eta Sigma. Member, University of Wisconsin Honors Program. Member, City of St. Petersburg, Nuisance Abatement Board, 1990-1992. Member: The Florida Bar; American Bar Association; Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Pinellas County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Pinellas County Trial Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Elam v. Railroad Retirement Board, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 1991; Ollie Mae Richardson v. State of Florida, 1992; Jason Johnson vs. Club New York et al. Fla 2nd DCA 1993. Languages: English. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Trial Practice; Criminal Defense.Email: Michael J. Babboni
Bernard F. Walsh (Member) born Amityville, New York, January 27, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Florida. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., 1975); Cumberland School of Law Samford University (J.D., 1978). Bernard Walsh devoted the next three years to trial work for the state of Florida. This provided him with the opportunity to concentrate on his trial abilities, with numerous high profile trials concerning serious felony crimes. Since 1982, he has exclusively practiced personal injury law and helped accident victims in and beyond Bradenton and Manatee counties in Florida. Mr. Walsh has been listed in Avvo, an attorney rating site, as Superb. Lexis Nexis/ Martindale Hubbell, an attorneys rating publication as very high legal ability and ethical standards. Mr. Walsh is listed in Top Lawyers of America, National association of Personal Injury Lawyers, and inducted into Southern Trial Lawyers Association. He has also won the largest playground recovery judgment, one of the top three motorcycle recoveries and the second largest daycare center recovery in the state of Florida. He is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is a group of attorneys who have achieved career case successes that include million dollar recoveries, settlements and/or verdicts. Bernard Walsh is firmly committed to community service. He is an active member of Manatee and Sarasota Sheriff's Advisory Board, the Florida Highway Patrol Advisory council and the One Hundred Club for Law Enforcement in Manatee and Sarasota. His volunteer efforts to help all levels of law enforcement have benefited both private citizens and law enforcement personnel. As a guest lecturer on the law, he has been asked to make presentations for the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Stetson School of Law, American Inns of Court and Manatee Community College. He has also presented at Southern Trial Lawyers Association and Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (Florida Justice Association). These lectures include presentations on how evidence to both a jury and insurance companies. Other lectures he has presented include Trial Advocacy and Medical Jurisprudence. Mr. Walsh is also a member of The National Advisory Board of APITLA. APITLA is The Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America. APITLA is a national association of committed lawyers who have joined together to help eliminate unsafe and illegal interstate trucking practices. Through the combined efforts in learning, litigation and legislation, we are working today to make America's highways a safer place. The National Advisory Board members of APITLA include lawyer citizens who are recognized leaders in their profession, many of whom have been voted by their peers to elected offices in their respective local or state bar associations, or state, local or national trial lawyer association or litigation groups. Our board also includes frequent speakers at local, state or national continuing legal education programs on the subject of interstate trucking litigation or trial practice. Some are nationally recognized authors on interstate trucking litigation. Membership on this board is by invitation only. Membership is limited to a group of not more than 100 Lawyer citizens from across America. Prior to extending an invitation to any lawyer to serve on our national advisory board, careful consideration is given to a number of important criteria, including each potential board members knowledge, reputation, litigation, record and qualifications in interstate trucking litigation. Mr. Walsh is a member of the Melvin M. Belli Society. The Melvin M. Belli society is a group of lawyers who had distinguished themselves as trial lawyers and who are dedicated to the principles of education on an international basis. Bernie was the founder of a thirteen office law firm that had offices from Orlando to Tampa - New Port Richey and south to Naples. His experience and expertise is a great asset to helping our firm's clients. Membership in the Melvin M. Belli society is by invitation only and approval of the board. Only those lawyers who met the criteria established by the board would be invited to join. Its stated purpose would be to promote the international exchange of ideas among lawyers through meetings and education. Member: Sarasota County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Trial Lawyers Section); Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association; The Minnesota Trial Lawyers Board; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; Florida Justice Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; American Association of Justice; Southern Trial Lawyers Association. Special Agencies: FHP Advisory Board. Reported Cases: Motorcycle Accident, 6 Million Dollar-Brain Injury; Trucking Accident-1 Million Dollar; Bad Faith Claim, 275,000 Dollar; Motorcycle Accident-amputation-1 Million Dollar; Airplane Accident-policy limits tendered; Drunk Driver-pedestrian-fractured arm-200,000.00 Dollar. Languages: English. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Wrongful Death Law.