Professional Liability
We consider ourselves a leading accountants' liability defense firm. We have over two decades of experience defending a wide array of professionals in Florida's courts. Due to complexities often involved in professional liability cases, we believe in early investigation and evaluation of claims as well as the retention of necessary and appropriate experts to defend those claims.
We have vast experience in representing accounting firms and provide an aggressive liability defense.
- Agents & Insurance Brokers
We have a recognized expertise in this area and experienced attorneys with broad exposure to the potential areas of liability.
We represent lawyers in claims covering a broad spectrum from underlying litigation matters of all types to complex securities transactions, trusts and estates, and real-estate and commercial transactions.
Claims brought against architects and engineers are considered among the most complex and time-consuming matters. We represent architects and engineers in all phases of litigation and arbitration matters.
We have built a reputation for successfully defending doctors, nurses, hospitals and other healthcare providers in all types of medical negligence claims, including complex malpractice actions. We believe in early investigation and assessment of claims and obtaining the necessary and appropriate experts to best defend against the claims. We aggressively defend our clients and their insurers and will not waver on the courthouse steps.
We represent construction professionals including owners, developers, contractors, construction managers, and sureties in all phases of litigation and arbitration matters.
D&O liability represents a unique and complex practice area, which requires special consideration and handling. We are acutely aware that these claims involve legal attacks against the most senior executives of a corporation.
General Liability & Catastrophic Claims
We have an extensive practice and significant trial experience representing businesses, individuals and insured in a wide array of personal injury actions. Our experience covers the spectrum from routine general liability claims to complex multi-party, multi-million dollar catastrophic injury claims. We defend claims involving all aspects of the following:
- Automobile and Trucking
- Premise Liability including Security-Related Claims
- Products Liability
- Malicious Prosecution
- Sexual Harassment and Discrimination
- Slander and Defamation
Assisted-Living Facilities & Nursing Home Defense
We offer a wide variety of litigation defense services to healthcare facilities, medical professionals and their insurers, including the highly regulated and litigious area of ALF and nursing homes. This representation includes both litigation defense and proactive risk management with preventive liability counsel.
Class Action Litigation Defense
Our attorneys are experienced in defending self-insured and insured clients in class-action lawsuits involving asbestos and product liability actions and complex commercial claims, in both state and federal courts.
Appellate & Insurance Coverage
We handle appeals in every appellate court in Florida, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. We have been involved in hundreds of published and unpublished opinions in the Florida Supreme Court, the five District Courts of Appeal through Florida, and Federal Appellate Courts.
We also offer complete insurance defense, including declaratory coverage suits and insurance coverage analysis of issues involving coverage, denial of coverage and "bad-faith." We provide opinion letters setting forth in-depth analyses of coverage issues. We have extensive experience with first-party and third party insurance coverage issues arising from broad array of insurance policies.
Labor & Employment
We offer representation for employers and insurers providing EPL coverage in all areas of employment law including federal EEOC and state FCHR administrative law forums, class action litigation, trials in federal and state courts, appeals in federal and state courts, labor union formation issues, labor contract negotiations, plant closures, FLSA compliance and defense, defense of Title VII and FCRA claims, defense of public and private whistle blower claims, enforcement of non-compete and protection of trade secrets contracts, defense of breach of employment contract claims, and defense claims for deprivation of civil rights in employment in the public sector.
