Appeals Lawyer
Practice Areas: Appeals, Constitutional ... +5 more
OUTCOME: We won
Prevailed in striking down Georgia's criminal statute against assisting in a suicide as an unconstitutional infringement on First Amendment-protected free speech rights
OUTCOME: We won
Securing reversal of judgment for libel, tortious interference, and conspiracy.
OUTCOME: We won
In a libel case against a radio station and talk show host, this is the order, entered during the jury trial, granting a directed verdict for defendants and rendering final judgment for defendants
OUTCOME: We won
Counsel for The Palm Beach Post in action successfully seeking access to public records wrongfully withheld by government agency in violation of the Florida Public Records Act
OUTCOME: We won
Counsel for movant WPEC-TV Channel 12, West Palm Beach, successfully quashing subpoena of television news reporter and photographer who witnessed traffic accident investigation.
OUTCOME: We won
Counsel for plaintiff in suit to enjoin not-for-profit corporation, set up to act on behalf Florida Keys Memorial Hospital, from conducting closed board meetings and keeping records confidential in vio ... lation of Florida's open government laws. This citation is to the order granting final summary judgment, declaratory and injunctive relief.
OUTCOME: We won
In a libel case, this is an order granting partial summary judgment that plaintiff was a “limited purpose public figure,” and thus subject to the actual malice standard of New York Times Co. v. Sulliva ... n
OUTCOME: We won
Counsel for defendants Mayor, City and West Palm Beach police officer in suit filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the defendants violated the plaintiff's due process rights by publishing, ... before his criminal trial, his name and the fact that he had been arrested and charged with a crime; in this citation, the trial court held that an individual has no protectible liberty or property interest in his reputation giving rise to a right to due process before a government agency may publish the fact that he was arrested; and therefore defamation is not cognizable as a civil rights violation under Section 1983).
OUTCOME: We won
A case of first impression on interpretation of Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act.
OUTCOME: We won
An important precedent in a line of cases on whether a court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a defendant based on telephone communications the defendant made into the state during which a tort ... was committed.
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