Tampa, FL
Family Lawyer at Tampa, FL
Practice Areas: Family, Divorce & Separation ... +6 more
OUTCOME: Won the appeal
Represented parent of public school student who sought review of dismissal of her petition for writ of prohibition. In a case of first impression, the Fifth DCA held that an administrative law judge i ... n an Exceptional Student Education due process hearing lacked authority to order discovery, reversing the trial court.
OUTCOME: Won the appeal to the Florida Supreme Court.
Appealed holding that subsequent legislation can resuscitate an extinguished cause of action, without violating a defendant's due process guaranties. The Florida Supreme Court reversed, deciding the i ... ssue, unique in the United States, that the defendant's right to the time bar defense is a constitutionally-protected property right which vests when the limitations period then applicable to the cause of action in question runs.
OUTCOME: Won the appeal.
Appeal won for hospital opposing access of news reporter to involuntary placement hearing of mentally ill patient, challenging confidentiality of medical records guaranteed by Florida Statute § 394.459 ... (9), another issue of first impression in Florida.
OUTCOME: Won the appeal.
Established plaintiff's right to trial by jury in a juror protection case, a case of first impression in the United States. Won substantive case both before jury and on appeal of trial court's judgmen ... t notwithstanding the verdict, in Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
OUTCOME: Lost the appeal, per my client's instructions.
Represented state on appeal of termination of life support of minor child, making new law nation-wide regarding ability of parents to substitute judgment for child in determining whether to terminate c ... hild's life support.
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