Federal · trial
Constitutional Trial v. City of Boca Raton
Served as first chair for Natural Lands, LLC v. City of Boca Raton (S.D. Fla.), representing the client at a five-day federal bench trial against a city government. At trial, the court found the mayor and two council members were not impartial, declared they could not lawfully vote on the client's application and ordered it reconsidered with them recused, recognized the client's vested right to build a single-family home, and awarded attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The trial judgment was later reversed on appeal on procedural grounds, and the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in 2026. Reported by the Palm Beach Post and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Legal malpractice
Summary Judgment vs. a Law Firm
Won summary judgment on liability — for the firm's client and against a law firm and its principal — in a legal-malpractice action, and in the same order defeated the defendants' own competing motions for summary judgment. The court held, as a matter of law, that an attorney-client relationship existed, that the defendants breached their duty of care by failing to revise the client's assignment of benefits to comply with amended § 627.7152, Fla. Stat., and that the breach was the proximate cause of the client's loss — deficiencies that had led to insurer denials, adverse rulings, and dismissal of the client's underlying claims with prejudice. Damages proceed to trial. (RestoPro770, Inc. v. Font, No. CACE22017461, 17th Jud. Cir., Broward Cty., May 2, 2025)
Appellate · 4th DCA · government
A City's Suit Against a Town — Dismissed, and Affirmed
Counsel of record for the Town of Southwest Ranches in City of Pembroke Pines v. Town of Southwest Ranches, No. 4D22-2212 (Fla. 4th DCA Mar. 22, 2023). The Fourth District affirmed dismissal of the City's public-records suit against the Town in a published opinion, holding the City was first required to follow the mandatory pre-suit conflict-resolution procedure of section 164.1041, Florida Statutes — and denied the City's motion for appellate attorney's fees.
Election · government law
Eligibility Challenge, State Party Leadership Election — Sustained 5–0
Represented the challenger in a contested proceeding over a candidate's eligibility to run for chair of the Florida Democratic Party. Argued the challenge before the party's subcommittee, which sustained it by a 5–0 vote — nullifying the qualifying election the candidate's eligibility turned on.
Condominium · defense
Dismissal, and Fee Entitlement, for a Unit Owner
Defended a condominium unit owner sued over a disputed right of first refusal in Swedroe v. Feuerring (Miami-Dade Cty., No. 2021-027124-CA-01). The court dismissed the suit on a threshold standing ground — the right of first refusal belonged to the association, which had never validly exercised it — and found the plaintiff liable for the defendant's attorney's fees. (Dismissed Jan. 14, 2022.)
Real property · defense
Partition Defense, Resolved
Defended an individual in a contested partition action, Young v. Weiss (Palm Beach Cty., No. 50-2024-CA-005404). The court dismissed the amended complaint, then the second amended complaint, before the case settled and was dismissed with prejudice in September 2025.
Commercial litigation
Summary Judgment as a Sanction
In Lighthouse List Co. v. Cross Hatch Ventures (S.D. Fla. 2014), the firm's principal — then on the trial team at a national firm — helped prove by clear and convincing evidence that the opposing party had intercepted privileged attorney-client communications in what the court called a fraudulent scheme to interfere with the judicial process. The court struck the defense's opposition and granted partial summary judgment as a sanction; the case resolved on an accepted offer of judgment weeks later.
Trade secrets · defense
Trade-Secret Defense, Resolved Early
In America's Vacation Center, LLC d/b/a Avoya Travel v. Robinson (Miami-Dade Cty., No. 2016-005075-CA-01), the firm's principal — then at a Florida litigation firm — defended a travel agent against trade-secret and unfair-competition claims brought by a national travel platform, and pressed a declaratory counterclaim challenging a perpetual-commission clause. No injunction was ever entered against the client, and the case resolved at an early stage — settled, with all claims dismissed with prejudice in January 2017.
Regulatory · N.Y. · statutory interpretation
Closing a Physician-Discipline Loophole
As a New York Assistant Attorney General, defended the State's authority to investigate and discipline a physician who sought to exploit an ambiguity in newly enacted professional-misconduct enforcement language to avoid review. Briefed and argued the dispositive motion on a question of first impression under the new statute; the challenge was dismissed with prejudice — closing the loophole and preserving the State's power to hold physicians accountable. (N.Y. Dept. of Health / OPMC)
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