Featuring Eugene K. Pettis who is the first African-American President of The Florida Bar who is the Co-founder and Senior Partner of Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm, residing in the Fort Lauderdale office. For more than 30 years, Gene has represented an impressive list of corporate, public sector, and individual clients in civil trial matters. He handles a range of complex cases, for both defendants and plaintiffs, in the areas of medical malpractice, personal injury, commercial litigation, and professional liability.

As the first African-American President of The Florida Bar. In his role at the helm of The Florida Bar, which governs nearly 100,000 attorneys, he provided visionary leadership and brought a passion for giving back to his profession and his community. Gene spearheaded an assortment of initiatives while President, including the conceptualization of the still active William Reece Smith Leadership Academy, a multi-session training program designed to help a diverse and inclusive group of lawyers become better leaders.

Wrongful death is “any death caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default.” In other words, if someone’s misconduct causes a fatality, that death may be considered “wrongful”. Many wrongful deaths are the result of an accident involving negligence. Sometimes, criminal misconduct results in wrongful death. In such cases, the at-fault person may be both criminally and civilly liable for the wrongful death.

The trials and tribulations of Community Associations featuring  Ryan M. Aboud, Partner in the Law Firm Backer Aboud Poliakoff & Foelster. The Firm’s community association practice includes representation in the collection of delinquent accounts, enforcement, drafting and interpretation of governing documents and rules, negotiation of contracts with vendors and contractors, and litigation. The firm currently represents communities  Preparation, interpretation, and enforcement of governing documents

Backer Aboud Poliakoff & Foelster is committed to using technology to communicate efficiently with our clients. BackerHiTechCollect, our Internet-based community association collections system, and the BackerReport Newsletter are examples of those efforts.

Contact us today to learn more about our services and to speak directly with an experienced community association law attorney.

Backer Aboud Poliakoff & Foelster assists clients throughout St. Lucie, Palm Beach County, Broward County, and Miami-Dade County.

Elder Law encompasses a wide range of legal issues and disciplines, from estate planning, government benefits, incapacity planning, asset protection, and caregiving options.  Our goal at the Law Offices of Gail M. Fisher is to help guide seniors and the people who love them through the countless legal and financial challenges that accompany growing older.    To help take the confusion out of planning and to debunk the myths associated with Elder Law.  We provide sound legal and compassionate counsel to address your concerns. Elder fraud prevention

"Sexual Harassment" Both the victim and the harasser can be either a woman or a man, and the victim and harasser can be of the same sex. It is unlawful to harass a person (an applicant or employee) because of that person's sex. Harassment can include "sexual harassment" or unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature. The harasser can be the victim's supervisor, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker, or someone who is not an employee of the employer, such as a client or customer.

It is unlawful to harass a person (an applicant or employee) because of that person's sex.  Alison focuses her practice on labor & employment, municipal, appellate, and administrative and regulatory matters. Alison regularly represents public and private entities in connection with lawsuits brought pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII, the Florida Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and many other labor and employment laws. She also acts as outside counsel to several municipalities, assisting them in navigating matters relating to the complex and rapidly evolving labor and employment landscape,

Philip Bell, as a respected professional in the legal community, we would formally like to invite you to contribute content to Attorney at Law Magazine. For more than 14 years, Attorney at Law Magazine has produced print and digital publications for and about the private practice legal community. Attorney at Law Magazine delivers content to readers through print magazines, email newsletters, social media, Google News, and our online format. The magazine distributes more than 50,000 newsletters each month to our database of more than 400,000 attorneys. Our website receives 100,000 visitors each month with and an impressive Domain Authority Ranking (DR) of 68. With over 10 million magazines printed, Attorney at Law Magazine has interviewed, written, and published over 3,000 unique attorney feature stories as well as publishing over 10,000 industry-specific articles/editorials. We are always looking to publish articles that are educational, insightful, entertaining, or otherwise of interest to our readers… private practice attorneys. Please feel free to submit an article/editorial, press release, announcement, or an event promotion/recap. Mr. Bell we would formally like to invite you to contribute.  

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Board certification recognizes attorneys' special knowledge, skills, and proficiency in various areas of law and professionalism and ethics in practice. Established in 1982 by the Florida Supreme Court, board certification helps consumers identify specialists in various areas of law.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit an unprepared world hard. The public health, social, and economic toll has been unprecedented in recent decades. As of mid-May 2021, more than 168 million people have been infected and 3.5 million have died of the disease. Based on estimated excess mortality for 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently indicated that the death toll is likely higher.

While this global crisis has unraveled social life across countries, the equally devastating decades-old pandemic of tobacco use has continued unabated to claim lives and make people sick as it is causally linked to diseases of nearly all organs of the body.  Around 25% of all heart disease deaths and 80% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking, and many others are caused by exposure to secondhand smoke, for example.

A different, but the devastating pandemic

Cigarette smoking is not only the most common form of tobacco use but one of the leading preventable risk factors for premature mortality worldwide 

 Stem cell lawsuit client Doris Tyler sat down with NBC Nightly News to tell her story 

The segment, “Warning Over Controversial Stem Cell Clinics and Unapproved Treatments” discusses the need for government regulation of rogue clinics, such as the one where she was treated.  Many people have heard about stem cell therapy, which has been marketed as a cutting-edge treatment with a wide range of possibilities. However, the truth is that the effectiveness of stem cell therapy has yet to be proven. Yet, this does not keep many medical facilities from claiming it is a cure for various ailments.

Learn more about stem cell therapy and why you should not believe these facilities’ unsafe promises.

“My life is over.”

That’s what Remington said, lying in the street next to his motorcycle, looking at his crushed and mangled leg. He had no idea if he would ever walk again. He couldn’t work, and in the next few months, the bills mounted. The insurance companies denied coverage and he faced a second catastrophe, this one financial.

Remington found Kelley | Uustal.

K|U not only had the insurance denials reversed, K|U discovered additional layers of coverage, so that Remington’s settlement was much higher than he had ever hoped.

Remington was reinvigorated and went onto become the first amputee to race in the AMA National Supermoto Series. He also started Traumatically Altered, an organization that connects disabled athletes through adventure sports.

That’s what personal victory looks like to Remington.

Kelley / Uustal got involved and was able to get the insurance companies to pay up. thanks to attorney Kristin E. Bianculli who is now a Partner in the firm.  Kelley | Uustal is a nationally recognized, award-winning law firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Founded by Robert Kelley and John Uustal, they are dedicated to fighting for justice by protecting victims and punishing intentional wrongdoing and negligence.

They dig. They work. They do what it takes to deliver Personal Victories for their clients.

Their track record of success includes fighting against some of the largest corporations...

DeSantis vetoes auto insurance overhaul

Pointing to possible negative impacts for the insurance market and drivers, Gov. Ron DeSantis late vetoed a long-sought effort by legislators to end the state’s no-fault auto insurance system.

Charles Vaccaro is a Florida Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer & has defended thousands of Automobile Accident, PIP, First Party Insurance and Insurance Bad Faith matters for numerous insurance companies including Union General Insurance Company, Trans-Florida Insurance Company, Fortune Insurance Company, Ocean Harbor Insurance Company, Legion Insurance Company, Union American Insurance Company, First Miami Insurance Company, Seminole Casualty Insurance Company, United Auto Insurance Company, and The Responsive Auto Insurance Company. During those same time periods, Charles has maintained a prolific Plaintiff practice handling an even greater number of Plaintiff PIP, Auto Accident, Bad Faith, and First Party insurance claims at the Trial and Appellate level, which include the noteworthy PIP cases of Amador v. United Automobile Insurance Company, 748 So.2d 307 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999) and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Universal Medical Center as assignee of Blanco Franco, 881 So.2d 5557 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004).The 2021 Florida Statutes

(1) REQUIRED BENEFITS.—An insurance policy complying with the security requirements of s. 627.733 must provide personal injury protection to the named insured, relatives residing in the same household unless excluded under s. 627.747, persons operating the insured motor vehicle, passengers in the motor vehicle, and other persons struck by the motor vehicle and suffering a bodily injury while not an occupant of a self-propelled vehicle, subject to subsection (2) and paragraph (4)(e), to a limit of $10,000 in medical and disability benefits and $5,000 in death benefits resulting from bodily injury, sickness, disease, or death arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle as follows:

Greenspoon Marder is among the first national law firms to establish a dedicated Cannabis Practice Group,  Greenspoon Marder is at the forefront of this exciting and rapidly growing industry.  With over 30 attorneys focused on the cannabis, medical marijuana, and hemp sectors, Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Practice advises clients from the early formation of the Cannabis businesses that face unique challenges and opportunities in this fast-paced, highly regulated industry.