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| | Address | | Northbridge Centre, Suite 900, 515 North Flagler Drive | | West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 | | (Palm Beach Co.) | | Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3795, West Palm Beach, FL, 33402 | | | |
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| FitzGerald Mayans & Cook, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
Commercial Litigation and Mediation. | | Firm Size: 8 | Representative Clients:
Deutsche Bank/Bankers Trust; Ecclestone Signature Homes; Falls Country Club; Forbes/Cohen Florida Properties, LP; Four Seasons Ocean Grand; Gordon Homes, Inc.; Haifa, Inc.; Harris Bank & Trust; Incapital, LLC; Jupiter Medical Center; The MacArthur Center Property Owners Association, Inc.; Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc.; National Golf Foundation; Ocean Drive Development; Oscar Gruss & Son, Inc.; Palm Beach Kennel Club; Pinetree Homes, Inc.; Quest Diagnostics Incorporated; Randall Stofft Architects; REG Architects; South University; SunFest of Palm Beach County, Inc.; Venture Marine, Inc.; Wilmington Trust Company. | | Gregory D. Cook (Member) born San Diego, California, January 28, 1954; admitted to bar, 1985, Maryland, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Columbia and District of Maryland; 1987, Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Ninth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: University of Illinois; University of Colorado (B.A., with distinction, 1977); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Editor, Law and Policy in International Business, 1982-1983. Graduate, Leadership Martin County, 1992. Member: Martin County and Palm Beach County Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Civil and Commercial Litigation. Email: Gregory D. Cook | | E. Cole FitzGerald, III (Member) born Newburyport, Massachusetts, July 27, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Florida; 1976, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida including Trial Bar; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1969); Duke University (J.D., 1973). Assistant State Attorney, 1973-1976. Member, 1996-2000 and Chairman, 1999-2000, Judicial Nominating Committee, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida. Member: Palm Beach County Bar Association; The Florida Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil and Commercial Litigation. Email: E. Cole FitzGerald, III | | Steven A. Mayans (Member) born New York, N.Y., July 6, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, Florida; 1986, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida including Trial Bar and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); Duke University (J.D., 1981). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Epsilon. Board of Directors: Honorary Director, 2008—, Member, 1997-2008 and Chapter Chairman, 2003-2005, American Red Cross, Greater Palm Beach Area Chapter. Board of Directors: Member, 2006— and Chair of Ethics Task Force (2007—), Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches. Executive Committee Member and Legal Counsel, 1993—, SunFest of Palm Beach County. Downtown Development Authority, 1998-2001. Vice-Chair: Downtown Action Committee, 1997-2000. West Palm Beach City Hall Selection Committee, 1999; City of West Palm Beach Charter Review Committee, 1998; West Palm Beach Waterfront Steering Committee, 1998. Legal Aid Society Cultural Arts Award Winner, 1997; Leadership Palm Beach County, 1993. Member: Palm Beach County (Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1994-1997) and American (Member, Dispute Resolution Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; American Arbitration Association. Mediation Certifications: 1994, Florida Circuit and County Court, Florida Department of Insurance; 1996, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1999, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 2003, American Arbitration Association National Roster of Neutrals (Commercial Arbitration Panel and Commercial Mediation Panel). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Mediation. Email: Steven A. Mayans | | —————————— | | James A. Burnham (Associate) born Glen Falls, New York, November 27, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois; 1993, California; 1997, Florida. Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S., magna cum laude, 1989); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1992). Formerly with: Andrews & Kurth, Los Angeles; Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum & Perlman, Chicago. Member: Los Angeles Bar Association, 1992-1993; Chicago Bar Association, 1993-1996. Member: Palm Beach County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law; Trial Practice; Real Estate Law. Email: James A. Burnham | | OF COUNSEL | | Michelle L. Azar (Of Counsel) born Miami, Florida; admitted to bar, 1988, Florida; 1990, Colorado; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida including Trial Bar; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Florida; Newcomb College of Tulane University (B.A., magna cum laude, with departmental honors, 1985); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1988). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Palm Beach County Bar Association; The Florida Bar; American Inns of Court, Newsletter Editor; Music Law Newsletter Editor. Languages: French and Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Entertainment Litigation; Music Law. Email: Michelle L. Azar | | Lynn Gilleland Hawkins (Of Counsel) born Bronxville, New York, July 17, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida including Trial Bar. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1982); Duke University (J.D., 1985);. President, Center for Family Services, 1993-1994. Past Member: Board of Directors, Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches; Board of Directors, Drug-Free Workplace Coalition of Palm Beach County, Inc.; Palm Beach Gardens Charter Revision Committee; Executive Women of the Palm Beaches; Leadership, Palm Beach County, Class of 1994. Member: Palm Beach County Bar Association; The Florida Bar (Member, Section on Labor and Employment Law). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Civil Rights Defense. Email: Lynn Gilleland Hawkins | | Celia E. Henry (Of Counsel) born Winter Garden, Florida, July 29, 1958; admitted to bar, 1993, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 2000, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: Palm Beach Atlantic College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); Southwestern Seminary (M.C.M., magna cum laude, 1982); Temple University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993). Law Clerk, Honorable Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, 1997-1999. Member: Philadelphia, Palm Beach County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Fraud; Securities Consumer Arbitration. Email: Celia E. Henry | | Thomas A. Hickey (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., February 4, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, New York; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of New York; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1996, Florida; 2000, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1972); Fordham University (J.D., 1975). Member, National Moot Court Team. Author: "Recent Developments in Construction Law Involving Contractors and Design Professionals," The Nielsen-Wurster Group Construction Dispute Seminars, 1988. Lecturer: "Managing and Resolving Construction Disputes," The Nielsen-Wurster Group Construction Dispute Seminars, 1988—. Assistant District Attorney, Trial Division, Westchester County, New York District Attorney's Office, 1975-1978. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, 9th Judicial District, 1983—, Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel, 1st Judicial District, 1996—. Member: New York State and American (Member: Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, 1983—; Construction Law Committee, 1985—; Sections on: Litigation; Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. (Also Member of Eaton & Van Winkle, New York, N.Y. and Of Counsel to Moyle, Flanigan, Katz, Raymond, White & Krasker, P.A., West Palm Beach). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Litigation; Commercial Law; Labor and Employment Law; Mediation. Email: Thomas A. Hickey |
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