Work for clients

General counsel

Outside general counsel to South Florida companies, including a marine fuel supplier, an insurance agency, and a franchise business, covering contracts, demand letters, and day-to-day decisions.

Ownership change

Drafted the operating agreement and membership interest purchase agreement for an LLC bringing in a new owner.

Acquisitions

Advised buyers on the acquisition of operating businesses.

Real estate financing

Prepared the promissory note, mortgage, and deed for an owner-financed property sale.

Lending

Reviewed a lender's loan documents and process for compliance.

Insurance recovery

Negotiated recovery of insurance proceeds for a business owner without filing suit, including the terms of the release.

Lead trial counsel · Broward · 2025

Jury verdict for an investor in a real estate joint venture holding Miami properties valued above $3.5 million. Defeated motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial.

Jury trial · Miami-Dade · 2025

$300,400 verdict for a defrauded real estate investor. Examined the damages expert and handled the jury-instruction conference.

Jury trial · Broward · 2022

$2.6 million verdict for a defrauded investor. Delivered the opening statement and examined four witnesses.

Final judgment

$532,908 treble-damages judgment for civil theft and fraud for an elderly lender defrauded by a borrower.

Summary judgment · 2026

Won summary judgment for an art investor against a dealer and its principal, then recovered the artwork through a turnover order.

DBPR arbitration · 2025

Summary final order seating seven homeowners' slate on their association's board, removing the improperly seated directors, and awarding fees.

Partition

Final judgment of partition for co-owners of a Miami property, closed through a negotiated deed transfer.

S.D. Fla. · Trade secrets

Prosecuted trade secret and non-compete claims for a global cruise-industry supplier against a departed executive, resolved on the eve of trial with negotiated non-solicitation terms.

Receivership defense

Defeated a judgment creditor's motion to appoint a receiver over a contractor client after cross-examining the proposed receiver.

Fla. 3d DCA · Oct. 2026

Reversal of an order denying leave to seek punitive damages, on the ground that the trial court applied a standard section 768.72 does not prescribe.

Fla. 3d DCA

Motion establishing that the COVID-19 administrative orders did not toll appellate deadlines. The appeal was dismissed as untimely.

Fla. 3d DCA

Winning appellee's brief establishing that a default judgment without a damages determination was not final and reviewable.