David Steinfeld

Florida Bar Board Certified expert on business law and lawsuits. Over 25 years experience. I protect small and mid-sized businesses, business owners, and individuals and their assets by educating business people and drafting proper contracts and agreements. I also mediate and arbitrate business disputes for parties in disputes, lawsuits, and arbitrtions.

Significant Recognitions:

• Best Lawyers in America, U.S. News and World Report
• Florida Super Lawyer 
• Florida Legal Elite
• AV-Preeminent rated Martindale-Hubbell
• Florida Bar Business Litigation Certification Committee Chair and Vice Chair
• Florida Supreme Court Business & Contract Jury Instructions Committee
• Palm Beach County Bar, Business Litigation CLE Committee Chair
• Palm Beach County Bar North County Section President and Board Member
• “One to Watch” Attorney at Law Magazine of the Palm Beaches 
• Top Lawyer in Florida - the Legal Network 
• Top Attorneys in Florida Award
• Top 100 Florida Verdict Award
• AVVO 10.0 Superb rating
• Top 1% of America’s Most Honored Professionals
• Best Lawyers in South Florida – Wall Street Journal 
• Business Litigation Lawyer of the Year in Florida, Corporate Livewire 
• Senior Fellow Litigation Counsel of America
• Rue Ratings Best Attorneys of America 
• Trademark Who’s Who 
• Strathmore Who’s Who 
• Keiser University Business Advisory Board Member
• Full Professor of Law at Dankook University Law School in Seoul, South Korea
• Author/Editor, Chapter 10 Florida Small Business Practice, the Florida Bar
• Re-Election Campaign Treasurer for Judge Donald Hafele, 15th Judicial Circuit 
• AVVO Clients’ Choice Award

Owner of the Law Office of David Steinfeld In Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

• Business Litigation Legal Advisor of the Year for Florida - M&A Insider Magazine
• Sole Practitioner Business Law Firm of the Year,Corporate Livewire
• Ranked in Best Law Firms in America, U.S. News and World Report
• Corporate Livewire’s Best in Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution
• Corporate Livewire’s Global Awards in Construction and Real Estate
• Recognized by Acquisition International as one of the best business litigation practices in Florida and recipient of Dispute Resolution Award in real estate litigation
• Honored by the International Association of Lawyers and Swissport as the Florida Real Estate Litigation Law Firm of the Year
• Florida Business Litigation Legal Elite Award, Corporate America Magazine
• Excellence in Strategic Business Planning, International M&A Awards
• Palm Beach Gardens Best in Business Law Award
• Palm Beach Gardens Small Business Excellence Award - Business Law category

I am one of about 250 of the over 110,000 lawyers in Florida that is Board Certified in business litigation. Board certification means I have been recognized for my experience and expertise through many bench and jury trials, passed a special exam, and have been approved by Judges and lawyers. I have also been appointed by the President of the Florida Bar as the Chair of the Committee that oversees business litigation board certification and appointed to the Florida Supreme Court's Committee that writes jury instructions for business and contract cases.

I am AV-Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell, which is the highest recognition lawyers can achieve for legal ability and ethical standards.

I am proudly a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only organization of less than one-half of one percent of all attorneys in America. 

Business/commercial litigation includes contract disputes, business torts,  trade secrets, trademarks, UCC consumer claims, license and franchise agreement litigation, creditor’s rights, and corporate governance issues and dissolutions.  I also litigate real estate contract and land-use disputes, construction and lien disputes, commercial mortgage foreclosures, special asset prosecutions, commercial landlord/tenant disputes, and represent clients in securities and commercial arbitrations, bankruptcy adversary cases, and independent actions in probate.

I am licensed to practice in all Florida State trial and appellate Courts and am authorized to practice before the U.S. Federal District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida, and the Eleventh Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.  I am also a member of the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court and am licensed before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

I formerly proudly served as a Captain in the U.S. Army JAG Corps where I represented service members in courts-martial and administrative hearings.

I earned my law degree from the University of Miami and my Bachelor’s from the University of Wisconsin in Madison.  I speak Japanese, some Korean, and am an Eagle Scout. I enjoy scuba diving, underwater photography, and golf.