We represent clients when the issues are complex, the stakes are high, and trial experience matters.
We look for opportunities to resolve matters before they become a lawsuit or indictment. In a civil dispute, that can protect a client’s balance sheet and keep the business moving. In a criminal investigation, it is the difference between a quiet declination and a public charge.
Doing that well requires understanding more than the law. We understand how governments, corporations, and individuals set priorities, allocate resources, and assess risk.
When resolution is not possible, we go to trial.
Our lawyers have spent decades handling disputes in federal and state courts, before government agencies and in enforcement proceedings, and in domestic and international arbitrations.
Our work includes complex commercial and business disputes; white-collar criminal defense; class actions and mass torts; health care fraud and abuse; consumer protection and fraud litigation; real estate and construction; corporate governance and shareholder derivative disputes; internal investigations and compliance; whistleblower representation; regulatory enforcement; cross-border disputes and international arbitration; court-appointed receiverships and special master engagements.
Chambers USA ranks the firm as Band 1 in Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations in Florida and as Band 2 in Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded.
The firm and its lawyers have also been recognized by The Legal 500 United States, The Best Lawyers in America, Florida Super Lawyers, Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, and U.S. News and Best Lawyers.
Trusted by the courts we serve. The Southern District of Florida and The Florida Bar have repeatedly turned to our lawyers to help govern the practice of law itself. Our ranks include a Fellow of the American Bar Association, along with lawyers who have served on The Florida Bar’s Civil Procedure Rules Committee and the Southern District’s Local Rules Committee, as co-chair of the Southern District’s Bench and Bar Committee, and as president of the University of Miami Law Alumni Association.
The Southern District has also appointed our lawyers to three of its most consequential committees: the Federal Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel, which recommends candidates for the federal bench; the Federal Criminal Litigation Committee, which worked to ensure incarcerated defendants have unobstructed access to counsel; and the Ad Hoc Committee on Peer Review and Attorney Grievance, which oversees the conduct of the bar itself.
We serve the court in a more direct way as well. Our lawyers sit on the Southern District’s Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel, accepting court appointments to defend people charged with federal crimes who cannot afford a lawyer.
