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Oscar J. Cabanas

Wicker Smith O'Hara McCoy & Ford P.A.
  • Recognized Since:
    2015
  • Recognized in:
    Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
    Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Website:
    http://www.wickersmith.com
  • Location:
    Regions Bank Building, Suite 800
    2800 Ponce de Leon Boulevard
    Miami, FL 33134

Oscar J. Cabanas is a managing partner of the firm and works in the Miami office of Wicker Smith where he has been a shareholder since 1999. He holds an AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell and focuses his practice in healthcare, professional liability, products liability, commercial litigation, and transportation. Mr. Cabanas has been honored as an American Board of Trial Advocate’s Miami Chapter “Defense Lawyer of the Year” in 2020 and Best Lawyers in America’s Miami Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants "Lawyer of the Year" in 2018.

For over 35 years, Mr. Cabanas has represented healthcare providers, insurers, and insureds in complex medical malpractice actions, general liability issues, and transportation concerns. His experience includes bringing major catastrophic injury cases involving paraplegic, quadriplegic, brain damage, and other life-changing injuries to complete defense verdict where the plaintiffs blackboard eight-figure damages. He also litigates business and commercial disputes.

Mr. Cabanas is admitted to practice in Florida before the Southern and Middle District Federal Courts and in Illinois before the Northern District Federal Court and the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. He has held various leadership positions in a number of professional organizations including the American Board of Trial Advocates, where he served as past president and executive committee member to the Miami chapter and additionally served on the organization’s national board of directors. Mr. Cabanas has also held section-chair and vice-chair positions within the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel. He is currently Chair of the Trial Tactics and Procedure Section for the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel and is an active member of USLAW Network’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Cabanas received his Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University in 1981 and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Miami in 1984. He was born in Havana, Cuba and is fluent in Spanish, helping him further serve the diverse jurisdictions in South Florida from West Palm Beach to Key West.

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Lawyer Bio

Oscar J. Cabanas is a managing partner of the firm and works in the Miami office of Wicker Smith where he has been a shareholder since 1999. He holds an AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell and focuses his practice in healthcare, professional liability, products liability, commercial litigation, and transportation. Mr. Cabanas has been honored as an American Board of Trial Advocate’s Miami Chapter “Defense Lawyer of the Year” in 2020 and Best Lawyers in America’s Miami Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants "Lawyer of the Year" in 2018.

For over 35 years, Mr. Cabanas has represented healthcare providers, insurers, and insureds in complex medical malpractice actions, general liability issues, and transportation concerns. His experience includes bringing major catastrophic injury cases involving paraplegic, quadriplegic, brain damage, and other life-changing injuries to complete defense verdict where the plaintiffs blackboard eight-figure damages. He also litigates business and commercial disputes.

Mr. Cabanas is admitted to practice in Florida before the Southern and Middle District Federal Courts and in Illinois before the Northern District Federal Court and the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. He has held various leadership positions in a number of professional organizations including the American Board of Trial Advocates, where he served as past president and executive committee member to the Miami chapter and additionally served on the organization’s national board of directors. Mr. Cabanas has also held section-chair and vice-chair positions within the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel. He is currently Chair of the Trial Tactics and Procedure Section for the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel and is an active member of USLAW Network’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Cabanas received his Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University in 1981 and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Miami in 1984. He was born in Havana, Cuba and is fluent in Spanish, helping him further serve the diverse jurisdictions in South Florida from West Palm Beach to Key West.

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Bar Admissions:

  • Florida, 1985
  • Illinois, 1984
 

Court Admissions:

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

Affiliations:

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • American Board of Trial Advocates - Member
  • American Hospital Association - Member
  • American Society for Healthcare Risk Management - Member
  • Cuban American Bar Association - Member
  • Defense Research Institute - Member
  • Florida Defense Lawyers Association - Member
  • Florida Hospital Association - Member
  • Litigation Counsel of America - Member
  • Transportation Lawyers Association - Member

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Miami (2018)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
 

Awards:

  • Super Lawyers Business Edition
  • 10 Best Attorneys, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys
  • America's Top 100 Attorneys
  • American Board of Trial Advocates, Defense Lawyer of the Year 2020
  • Best Lawyers in America, Medical Malpractice Law
  • Best Lawyers in America, Miami Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants "Lawyer of the Year", 2018
  • Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation 2013 Defendants
  • Dade County Bar Association, Superstars at Trial
  • Florida Super Lawyers
  • Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite, Civil Trial

Special Focus:

  • COVID-19
  • Medical Malpractice
 

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Lawyer Case History

Confidential.

Resolution of case involving allegations of human rights violations in not following proper bioethics protocols and laws in experimental testing leading multiple deaths and wrongful births. Confidential settlement including the drafting of new protocols for future use in addition to compensating parties.

Boise v. Miami Children’s Hospital.

Summary judgement on issues involving the rights of parents to terminate life support for their children and a hospitals’ duty as an advocate for their patients.

Coachman v. Gumer.

Jury defense verdict in paraplegia case involving alleged failure to diagnose epidural abbess.

Santamaria v. Perey.

Jury defense verdict in a case involving failure to diagnosis meningitis in young child.

Suarez v. Anido.  

Jury defense verdict in a wrongful death case of a 28-year-old mother of three involving issue of alleged misdiagnosis of breast cancer.

Acosta v. Miami-Dade.

Reversed trial court summary judgement and obtained judgement in favor of defense from appellate court in case expanded scope of workers’ compensation immunity.

Izquierdo v. Hialeah Hospital.

Summary judgement with issue affirmed on appeal establishing the elements of apparent agency in Florida.

Confidential.

Resolution of national probate matter involving historical institutions across multiple jurisdictions.
 
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