Cases
Experience: Environmental: Williams v. Mosaic Fertilizer . Defended Mosaic in federal toxic tort litigation in which the plaintiff alleges that she suffered adverse health effects as a result of exposure to industrial emissions. The trial court entered summary judgment in Mosaic's favor,
the plaintiff appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. See Rhonda Williams v. Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC, Case No. 8:14-cv-1748, 2016 WL 7175657 (M.D. Fla. June 24, 2016). Plaintiff appealed the trial court's decision
the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed entry of summary judgment in favor of Mosaic. Williams v. Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC, No. 17-10894, -- F.3d --, 2018 WL 2191426 (11th Cir. May 14, 2018).
Federal
State Liability Cases: Obtained $142 million damages award after trial for three nuclear utility companies in New Engl
on breach of contract claim arising from U.S. DOE's failure to remove utilities' spent nuclear fuel to the Yucca Mountain, NV disposal site. Yankee Atomic Electric Co. v. US, 94 Fed. Cl. 678 (2010).
Represented plaintiffs in several other spent nuclear fuel cases, including one leading to $89 million award for a major West Coast utility. Pacific Gas
Electric Co. v. US., 92 Fed. Cl.175 (2010), aff'd, 668 F.3d 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2012). Assisted with settlement of that case, together with a related case seeking additional, subsequent-period damages of $204 million, for payment by U.S. of $266 million in 2012, plus periodic later payments of on-going damages.
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Regulatory Taking/Eminent Domain Cases: Represented developer of prominent Florida coastal community in a takings case establishing a key precedent on the parcel-as-a-whole
Lucas/residual value issues. See Lost Tree Village Corp. v. US, 707 F.3d. 1286 (Fed. Cir. 2013), rev'g, 100 Fed. Cl. 412 (2011), on rem
, 115 Fed. Cl. 219 (2014), aff'd, 787 Fed. 3d 1111 (Fed. Cir. 2015).
Internship: Legal Intern, Miami-Dade Office of the Public Defender, Juvenile Division, 2005
