Find Lawyers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs - Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Rudwin Ayaia is a Florida attorney and a named partner at Cohen, Blostein & Ayala, P.A. , focusing his practice in Plaintiff Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice. He received his Bachelors from Quinnipiac University Magna Cum Laude in 2007 and his Juris Doctor as a Goodwin Scholar from Nova Southeastern University in 2010. His experience and professionalism have earned him recognition as a Super Lawyers Rising Star and Best Lawyers in America© for Personal Injury – Plaintiff...
Kristin E. Bianculli is an experienced trial attorney at Kelley / Uustal who handles a wide range of personal injury and wrongful death cases, including those involving auto accidents, dangerous and unsafe consumer products, and premises liability, among others. Ms. Bianculli is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s University and Nova Southeastern University. She is a passionate advocate for clients and has earned a positive reputation for her abilities and trial skills. She has been named to t...
Florida attorney, Jay Cohen focuses his practice in Plaintiff Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice. As a senior partner at Cohen, Blostein & Ayala, P.A. , he represents individuals and families who have suffered catastrophic loss due to the negligence of others. His experience and professionalism have earned him membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates, peer recognition from Super Lawyers, Florida’s Legal Elite and The Best Lawyers® in America, and an AV Preeminent...
Attorney Todd R. Falzone is an experienced South Florida personal injury lawyer who has secured dozens of multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts for personal injury and wrongful death victims. Mr. Falzone has helped secure hundreds of millions in compensation on behalf of clients at Kelley/Uustal, particularly in the areas of product liability, auto accidents, premises liability, medical negligence, maritime accidents, and discrimination. He has been named one of the most effective law...
Justin D. Grosz is a Partner and Co-Business Unit Leader of the Justice for Kids® Division, the firm’s national practice dedicated to providing legal services to protect abused, disabled, and catastrophically injured children harmed at home, by the acts of others, in child welfare and foster care settings, and in group home settings and residential treatment centers. Justin focuses his practice on: Catastrophic injury Child safety Civil rights Injured, abused and neglected children ...
James S. Haliczer , co-founder and the firm’s managing partner, has been involved in dozens of trials involving numerous substantive areas of the law including medical and legal malpractice, personal injury, wrongful death, commercial and construction litigation. He concentrates his practice at this time in the trial of complex cases involving medical malpractice, personal injury/wrongful death, and business disputes. Mr. Haliczer has the unique experience of having successfully represe...
Attorney Robert W. Kelley is a founding Partner at Kelley/Uustal. Mr. Kelley is a highly accomplished attorney. He has earned numerous awards and recognitions, including his continued inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America publication, Florida Super Lawyers ® Magazine, and South Florida’s Best Lawyers. Mr. Kelley has tried over 100 jury trials. His record of success includes the 7th largest jury verdict in the country according to the National Law Journal, and more than 25 multi-m...
Kenneth J. Miller is a partner in the Fort Lauderdale office of Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm. Ken focuses his practice in the areas of medical malpractice, premises liability, personal injury and administrative law. He is a native Floridian, having practiced in Broward County since 1992. Ken has extensive trial experience in the areas of medical malpractice, premises liability and personal injury. He is also frequently invited to present to insurance companies, hospitals and other health car...
Kenneth Padowitz is a former Homicide Prosecutor with the Broward County State Attorneys Office for 16 years and a practicing Trial Lawyer for 32 years. Throughout his career, Ken has tried over 300 jury trials and 35-First Degree Murder Trials. He has a Resume on paper and experience unmatched by most other Criminal Defense Attorney's in the Southeastern United States. Kenneth Padowitz has been an Adjunct Law Professor at Nova Southeastern Law School for 17 years teaching courses in Trial Ad...
Eugene K. Pettis, a co-founder of Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm, leads a trial practice representing an impressive list of corporate, public sector and individual clients in civil trial matters. He has over 30 years of experience handling a range of complex cases for defendants and plaintiffs in the areas of medical malpractice, personal injury, commercial litigation, employment and professional liability. Mr. Pettis attended the University of Florida where he received his Bachelor's degree i...
Robert M. Roselli devotes his practice to major insurance claims and the representation of individuals and families who have suffered serious injury or the loss of a loved one as a result of the negligence of a person or company. Cases that Mr. Roselli has championed have been featured in The Florida Jury Verdict Review & Analysis, Florida Jury Verdict Reporter and The Product Liability Reporter. In recognition of his achievements for his clients, Mr. Roselli has been inducted into Multi-...
Peter Spillis brings more than 20 years of experience as a civil trial lawyer to Kelley/Uustal. He has worked as defense counsel for some of the largest insurance companies in the world, and today uses his insight to protect the rights of injured victims and families. Mr. Spillis has been named to the 2010 “Legal Elite” list by Florida Trend magazine and has been recognized as a Top Lawyer by the South Florida Legal Guide from 2012 through 2014.
Howard M. Talenfeld is a Partner in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office. He is the Practice Lead of the Justice for Kids Division, the firm’s national practice dedicated to providing legal services to abused, disabled, and catastrophically injured children harmed at home, in child welfare and foster care settings, group home settings and residential treatment centers, as well as all children harmed by the acts of others. One of the nation’s preeminent children’s rights a...
Attorney John Uustal is a founding partner at the Fort Lauderdale law firm, Kelley/Uustal. John specializes in protecting the rights of catastrophically injured victims. Mr. Uustal holds an impressive record of success, including many multi-million dollar verdicts and a $51 million car accident verdict—one of the largest verdicts ever awarded for an individual. As a result of his continued success, Mr. Uustal has been named one of the Best lawyers in America and has been included in mul...
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