Howard M. Talenfeld
Shareholder
Email: htalenfeld@cftlaw.com
Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; Class Actions.
Admitted: 1980, Florida; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: University of Miami, J.D., cum laude, 1979
College: Hamilton College; University of Miami, B.B.A., 1974
Member: The Florida Bar, Public Interest Law Section Legal Needs of Children Committee Chairman (2009-2010); American Bar Association; American Association for Justice, Civil Rights Section; National Association of Counsel for Children.
Biography: Florida's Children First! President, 2002-; Broward Days, Chair, Children Issues Team (2000-), Steering Committee Chair (2000-2006);Citizens for Broward's Children Steering Committee member (2000); Florida's Voice of the Mental Retarded, Director (2002-); Youth Law Center, Director; City of Parkland Planning Zoning Board, Member (1990-1996), Chairman (1996-2007) Hurricane Relief for Miami Foster Kids, Inc., Board Member; Big Brothers Big Sisters; South Florida Business Journal's Let's Do Something Giant Award Recipient, Legal Category (2008); Florida Trend's Legal Elite (2004, 2006, 2009); President's Pro Bono Service Award for the 17th Judicial Circuit (2006); Daily Business Review, Most Effective Lawyer recognition (2006); Russell Carlisle Award from Legal Aid Service of Broward County 2004 for outstanding contributions to social justice in Broward County; Kathleen Wright Award for a professional who has improved the quality of life for children in Florida, Family Central (2002); NCCJ Silver Medallion Recipient, 2002; Blue Ribbon Hero Award for Guardian ad Litem Pro Bono Attorney (2001-2002); Outstanding Citizen of the Year, Broward Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse (April 2000); Super Lawyer (2006, 2007, 2008).
Reported Cases: HAL v. Foltz, 551 F.3d 1227 (C.A. 11 Fla. 2008); Roes v. Florida Department of Children and Family Services, 2001 176 F. Supp.2d 1310 (S.D. Fla. 2001); Baumstein v. Sunrise Community, Inc., 738 So. 2d 420 (Fla 3d DCA 1999); McElligott v. Foley, et al., 182 F. 3d 1248 (11th Cir. 1999).
Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
ISLN: 903262451
