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| | Address | | 413 East Park Avenue | | Tallahassee, Florida 32301 | | (Leon Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 850-224-6205 | | Telecopier: 850-224-1353 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.vlplaw.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Vezina, Lawrence & Piscitelli, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
Construction and Public Contracts Law. Civil Litigation and Arbitration. Administrative Law. General Corporate, Business Transactions. | Firm Profile:
Vezina, Lawrence & Piscitelli, P.A. serves the construction industry throughout Florida, the eastern seaboard of the United States and the Caribbean Basin. The firm is dedicated to providing all legal services required by contractors, design professionals, sureties and owners. The firm's practice encompasses construction litigation, environmental law, business law and transactions, public contracts law, labor law, administrative law and other legal specialties required to serve the construction industry. The firm maintains offices in Tallahassee given the substantial interaction between the construction industry and state government and in Fort Lauderdale to better serve Central and South Florida and the Caribbean Basin. Firm's reported cases include: Anderson Columbia Co., Inc. v. State Dept. of Transp., 695 So.2d 782, (Fla. 1st DCA 1997); Mitchell Bros., Inc. v. State Dept. of Transp., 686 So.2d 756, (Fla. 1st DCA 1997); Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority v. Hubbard Const. Co., 682 So.2d 566, (Fla. 5th DCA 1996); Maccaferri Gabions, Inc. v. Dynateria, Inc., 91 F.3d 1431 (11th Cir., 1996); Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. School Bd. of Dade County, 661 So.2d 111 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1995); Hubbard Const. Co. v. Department of Transp., 642 So.2d 1192, (Fla. 1st DCA 1994); Hubbard Const. Co. v. Orlando/Orange County Expressway Authority, 633 So.2d 1154, (Fla. 5th DCA, 1994); Fairbanks, Inc. v. State Dept of Transp., 635 So.2d 58, (Fla. 1sr DCA 1994); Broward County v. Russell, Inc., 589 So.2d 983, (Fla. 4th DCA 1991); Central Florida Equipment Rentals of Dade County, Inc. v. Lowell Dunn Co. 586 So.2d 1171, (Fla. 3rd DCA 1991); Hammet Co., Inc. v. Federal Ins Co., 560 So.2d 326, (Fla, 1st DCA 1990); White Const. Co., Inc. v. State Dept. of Transp., 535 So.2d 684, (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); Albert Gore, Jr. v. Katherine Harris, 772 So.2d 1243 (Fla. 2000); Albert Gore, Jr. v. Katherine Harris, 773 So.2d 524 (Fla. 2000); Triple R Paving, Inc. v. Broward County, 774 So.2d 50 (Fla 4th DCA 2000); Town of Palm Beach v. Ryan Incorporated Eastern, 786 So.2d 665 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001); Engineering Contractors Association of South Florida, Inc. v. Broward County, 789 So.2d 445 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001); Florida Chapter of the Sierra Club v. Suwannee American Cement Company, Inc., 802 So.2d 520 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001); J.T.A. Factors, Inc. v. Philcon Services, Inc., 820 So.2d 267 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2002). | | Firm Size: 10 | Representative Clients:
Ajax Paving Industries, Inc.; Anderson Columbia Co., Inc.; Anderson Materials Co., Inc.; Asphalt Contractors Association of Florida, Inc.; Beazer East, Inc.; Bergeron Land Development, Inc.; Better Roads, Inc.; Brevard County, Florida; CNA Surety Company; Community Asphalt Corporation; Cone & Graham, Inc.; Cumberland Casualty Co.; D.A.B. Constructors, Inc.; Finley McNary Engineers, Inc.; Florida Transportation Builders' Association, Inc.; Gilbert Southern Corp.; GLF Construction Corporation; Gulf-Atlantic Constructors, Inc.; Hewlett Packard Company Hubbard Construction Company; The Hartford Insurance Group; Kiewit Group, Inc.; L & A Contracting Company; Misener Marine Construction, Inc. City of Pensacola; Orion Construction, Inc.; Railworks Corporation; Reliance Insurance Company; Safeco Insurance Company of America; Southeast Mechanical Contractors Inc.; Suwannee American Cement Co., Inc.; The Travelers Insurance Co.; TIC Holdings, Inc.; Triple R Paving, Inc.; TRW, Inc.; Unisys Corporation; Watkins Engineers & Constructors, Inc.; WRS Infrastructure and Environment, Inc. |
Other Office Locations of Vezina, Lawrence & Piscitelli, P.A.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.
| | —————————— | | W. Robert Vezina, III (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1981, Florida; 1985, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: University of Central Florida (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); Duke University (J.D., 1981). Member: Moot Court Board and National Trial Team. Author: "Recoverability of Prejudgment Interest: Argonaut v. May Plumbing," 60 Florida Bar Journal 39, 1986. Co-Author: "Public Sector Construction Projects," Construction Industry Joint Ventures Formbook, 1992. Selected to Best Lawyer in America. Member: The Florida Bar (Member: Trial Practice Section); American Bar Association (Member: Sections on Litigation, Tort and Insurance Practice; Forum Committee on the Construction Industry); National Bond Claim Association. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Government Contract Law; Litigation; Administrative and Appellate Law; Surety Law. Email: W. Robert Vezina, III | | Bradley S. Copenhaver (Member) born Farmington, Missouri, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Alabama; 1999, Florida. Education: Spring Hill College (B.S., 1993); University of Alabama (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997). Hugo Black Scholar. John A. Campbell Moot Court Board. Student Works Editor, Alabama Law Review. Member: Mobile and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Fidelity and Surety Bonds; Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Bradley S. Copenhaver | | —————————— | | Robert F. Jernigan (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Alabama; 2005, Florida; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Florida. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., cum laude, 1998; J.D., 2001). Member: State Bar of Florida; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Government Contract Law; Administrative Law; Appellate Law; Fidelity and Surety Bonds. Email: Robert F. Jernigan | | Eduardo S. Lombard (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Florida International University (B.S., 1995); Florida State University (J.D., with honors, 1998). Associate Editor, Florida State University Law Review. Member, Florida State University Moot Court Board. Appointed, Florida Bar Judicial Administration and Evaluation Committee. Member: Miami-Dade County (Member, Young Lawyers Section) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Appellate; Trial; Appointed to Judicial Administration, Selection and Tenure Committee). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Government Contract Law; Business Litigation; Labor and Employment; Appellate Practice; Fidelity and Surety Bonds. | | Megan Reynolds (Associate) born Enid, Oklahoma; admitted to bar, 2007, Florida. Education: Florida State University (B.A., 2004; J.D., with honors, 2007). Editor in Chief, Florida State University Law Review, 2006-2007. Member: The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Appellate Practice; Government Contracts. Email: Megan Reynolds | | —————————— | | Mary Piccard Vance (Of Counsel) born Tallahassee, Florida; admitted to bar, 1981, Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida. Education: Florida State University (B.S., 1978; J.D., with honors, 1980). Co-Author: "Bid Dispute Resolution," Florida Administrative Practice Fourth Edition, 2000. Senior Administrative Law Clerk, Florida First District Court of Appeal, 1985-1988. Member, Florida Board of Bar Examiners, 1991-1996, Chair, 1995-1996. Member: The Florida Bar. (Board Certified Appellate Practice Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Practice Areas: Administrative and Appellate Law; Construction Law; Government Contract Law. Email: Mary Piccard Vance | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Office: The Museum Building, 300 SW First Avenue, Suite 150, 33301. Telephone: 954-728-1270. Telecopier: 954-728-1271.
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