I began practicing maritime insurance and complex civil litigation in New York in 1981. In 1987, I became an Assistant United States Attorney in the criminal division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida for seven plus years, handling a variety of cases, including major narcotics and white collar prosecutions from investigation through trial. I then went into private practice and was a partner in one of South Florida’s leading commercial litigation firms where I played a substantial role representing the Plaintiffs in what at that time was one of the largest fraud cases in the history of South Florida. I subsequently established my own firm, obtaining substantial recoveries for clients in commercial disputes, claims based upon violations of federal price discrimination laws, and attorney malpractice. I also have ten years of experience defending insurers from first party property insurance and bad faith claims, as well as in coverage disputes.
Select Reported Cases:
• Biscayne Cove Condo. Ass’n v. QBE Ins. Corp., 971 F. Supp. 2d 1121, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124544, 2013 WL 4711161 (S.D. Fla. 2013)
• Cypress Chase Condo. Ass’n “A” v. QBE Ins. Corp., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40347, 2013 WL 1191413 (S.D. Fla. 2013)
• Garden-Aire Vill. S. Condo. Ass’n v. QBE Ins. Corp., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47640, 24 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 9, 2013 WL 864570 (S.D. Fla. 2013)
• 200 Leslie Condo. Ass’n v. QBE Ins. Corp., 965 F. Supp. 2d 1386, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 126521, 2013 WL 4714212 (S.D. Fla. 2013)
• Garden-Aire Vill. S. Condo. Ass’n v. QBE Ins. Corp., 774 F. Supp. 2d 1224, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38562, 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 595 (S.D. Fla 2011)
• Wynmoor Cmty. Council, Inc. v. QBE Ins. Corp., 280 F.R.D. 681, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 29453, 23 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 185, 2012 WL 716480 (S.D. Fla. 2012)
• Oceania I Condo Ass’n v. QBE Ins. Corp., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54256, 23 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 9, 2011 WL 1984483 (S.D. Fla. 2011)
• Parkview Point Condo. Ass’n v. QBE Ins. Corp., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 159814 (S.D. Fla. 2011);
• Gordon v. Binderman, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76024 (S.D. Fla. 2006)
• Solomon v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield Ass’n, 574 F. Supp. 2d 1288, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66900, 21 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 359 (S.D. Fla. 2008)
• 1550 Brickell Assocs. v. QBE Ins. Corp., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2247, 2011 WL 9506 (S.D Fla 2011)
• C & M Oil Co. v. Citgo Petroleum Corp., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116128 (S.D. Fla 2007
• Stephenson Oil Co. v. Citgo Petroleum Corp., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83231, 2010 WL 2998604 (N.D. Ok. 2010)
• Lopez-Infante v. Union Central Life Insurance Co., 809 So.2d 13 (Fla. App. 3 Dist., 2002)
• Vines v. U.S., 28 F.3d 1123 (11th Cir. 1994)
• U.S. v. Garcia, 13 F.3d 1464 (11th Cir. 1994)
• U.S. v. Paul, 150 F.R.D. 696 (S.D.Fla.1993)
• U.S. v. Pena, 897 F.2d 1075 (11th Cir. 1990)
• U.S. v. Lopez-Lima, 738 F.Supp. 1404 (S.D. Fla. 1990)
• U.S. v. Fuente-Kolbenschlag, 878 F.2d 1377 (11th Cir. 1989)
• Dell’Orfano v. Scully, 692 F.Supp 226 (S.D.N.Y. 1988)
• U.S. v. Aleman, 832 F.2d 142 (11th Cir. 1987)
• U.S. v. Guevara, 823 F.2d 446 (11th Cir 1987)
• Shoyo Shipping Co. Ltd v. Shipmair, B.V., 1986 WL 11607, S.D.N.Y. 1986)
• General Electric Co. v. M.V. Nedlloyd Rouen, 618 F.Supp. 62 (S.D.N.Y. 1985)
• Hojgaard & Schultz A/S v. Transamerican S.S. Corp., 590 F.Supp. 916 (S.D.N.Y. 1984)
• Thyssen Steel Caribbean, Inc. v. Palma Armadora S.A., 1984 WL 905, 1985 A.M.C. 2840 (S.D.N.Y. 1984)
• Thyssen Steel Caribbean, Inc. v. Palma Armadora S.A., 1983 WL 674, (S.D.N.Y. 1983)
• Marcraft Clothes, Inc. v. M/V Kurobe Maru, 575 F.Supp. 239 (S.D.N.Y. 1983)
• Weyerhaeuser Co v. Western Seas Shipping Co., 568 F.Supp 1220 (N.D. Cal. 1983)
