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Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is the process of resolving legal conflicts without going to trial. Our firm has extensive expertise in evaluating forms of ADR that may be in the best interest of clients. We offer certified mediators who have experience and training in ADR. We routinely advise our clients on the legal consequences flowing from particular terms and conditions of all ADR options.
Employment law covers a complex network of laws that controls how employers must treat employees, former employees and applicants for employment. Our firm has experience in the representation of employers concerning issues of employment discrimination, sexual harassment, whistle-blower litigation, wrongful discharge, employment contracts, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and other similar laws.
Our firm's healthcare practice includes the defense of professional liability claims and representation of healthcare providers before review boards and licensing agencies. The firm also represents healthcare providers regarding insurance and self-insurance issues, collection of accounts, issues of medical/legal ethics, risk management programs, and contract claims. The firm's clients include individual physicians, hospitals and healthcare systems, nursing homes, ambulance services, paramedics and EMTs, home health agencies and other healthcare-related entities.
Our firm provides defense and representation to insured persons and companies, through assignments from insurance carriers. Lawyers in the firm are often retained to consult with insurance companies to analyze and provide advice concerning issues of coverage and other questions of rights and duties arising from insurance policies and the handling of insurance claims.
Our firm has extensive experience in the area of product liability, including representation of manufacturers and distributors of industrial and consumer products. The firm represents a major builder of manufactured homes. In addition, the firm serves as statewide counsel for several companies involved in asbestos litigation in state and federal courts throughout Florida.
Additionally, the firm has experience in the following areas of practice:
As the federal, state and local administrative bureaucracies have grown, our firm has increased its representation of clients before agencies, commissions, boards and departments. Administrative law, and knowledge concerning it, impacts virtually all the areas of practice by the firm, and some lawyers in the firm have recurring experience with particular administrative agencies' procedures.
Our firm represents business clients, including corporations, partnerships and individuals in all areas of legal problems that may arise in the creation and operation of a business. Our corporate and commercial practice includes representation of clients in the courtroom as well as the preparation and review of documents in a variety of transactions involving both small and large businesses.
Our firm has a practice in the area of civil rights. The lawyers in this area represent employers alleged to have violated state or federal law by committing sexual harassment or discrimination based on age, disability, national origin, sex, race and religion.
Our firm represents teachers, administrators, educational institutions, school districts and governmental entities in matters relating to special education, discrimination, student rights and civil liability.
ABB Water Meters, Inc.
Allstate Insurance Company
American Indemnity Group
American National Property and Casualty Companies
Amica Mutual Insurance Company
Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
AvMed Health Plan
CF Industries, Inc.
Citrus Memorial Hospital
Cook Portable Warehouses, Inc.
Fleetwood Homes of Georgia, Inc.
Fleetwood Homes of Florida, Inc.
Flour Corporation
Heritage Management Corporation
Hobart Brothers/Lincoln Electronic
Marion County School Board
National Service Industries
Ogden Entertainment
Smith & Nephew
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
The Cincinnati Insurance Company
The Hartford
The St. Paul Insurance Company
United States Automobile Association
USAA Property & Casualty Insurance