Cases
Representative Matters: Commercial Trial Work
The representation of a Chinese fortune 500 company in a dispute over control of Florida limited liability company created to re-develop a 32 acre mixed use parcel in Plantation, Florida for a project worth in excess of $400,000,000 (the representation included a successful bench trial)
The successful resolution of a breach of distributorship dispute on behalf of a Fortune 500 company doing business in Brazil
A jury verdict on behalf of one of Venezuela's leading providers of services to the energy
industrial sectors on a claim for fraud in the inducement stemming from a business transaction in Venezuela
An administrative trial order in favor of a Hungarian transit industry manufacturer reinstating a $125,000,000 transit bus contract
A total defense verdict for a Chinese individual in a federal jury trial seeking $8,000,000 in damages based on unproven allegations of civil theft
A directed verdict in favor of the world's leading airport IT service provider in a federal jury trial where the plaintiff was seeking unspecified damages based on unproven allegations of race/national origin discrimination
Successful representation of a former NFL star
two other individuals in a real property
contract federal jury trial in St. Thomas, USVI
A defense arbitration award in favor of an industry-leading specialty distributor serving the dental, veterinary
rehabilitation supply markets in a matter involving allegations of assault/battery in the workplace
Successful representation of a 600-unit condominium association in a multi-million dollar federal lawsuit against its insurance carrier for hurricane-related damages
A verdict in favor of an international residential/commercial developer in a state court jury trial involving a claim under the Bert J. Harris, Jr., Private Property Rights Protection Act
Successful representation of members of 450-unit homeowner association in a state court class action against a contractor
developer for damages resulting from structural design defects
building code violations
Successful representation of a residential condominium associations in lawsuits against developers of mixed-use condominiums relating to association governance
The ongoing representation of one of the world's leading manufacturers of copiers
supplies, as it seeks to protect its competition rights.
Voting Rights
Representation of plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit challenging Florida's purges of alleged non-citizens
Representation of national civil rights groups in connection with voter registration
get-out-the-vote initiatives for the 2008
2012 presidential elections
Successful representation of plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit alleging violations of Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by Volusia County, Florida
Successful representation of a county supervisor of elections on various matters, including negotiation of contracts with voting-system vendors
preparation of testimony before various governmental bodies
Consultant for national civil rights organization, directing its Right to Vote Public Education Initiative which was designed to increase awareness of current limitations on the right to vote in the U.S.
to explore ways to strengthen the right to vote for all Americans.
