The Firm's Commercial Litigation Department handles the broadest range of legal issues of any of the Firm's departments. In addition to providing consultation, research and litigation support to other lawyers in the Firm and their clients, the Commercial Litigation Department regularly represents clients in the following areas:
Real Estate: In disputes arising from the purchase or sale, leasing or management of real property; title defects; boundary disputes; easements (express, prescriptive and "of necessity"); mortgage disputes, foreclosures and loan workouts.
Governmental/Land Use: We represent landowners, local governments and affected third parties in disputes arising from Comprehensive Planning, traffic concurrency, zoning, platting, site planning, code enforcement and the operation of governmental agencies.
Business Entities: We represent corporations, partnerships (both general and limited) and limited liability companies as well as shareholders, partners and members of those entities in disputes arising from the formation, capitalization and operation of the entity; in corporate, partnership or limited liability company buy-out agreements; trade secrets; minority ownership rights; and the enforcement and defense of non-competition agreements.
Miscellaneous: We also represent parties in claims under the Florida Unfair Deceptive Trade Practice Act; business torts; civil theft; civil RICO claims; fraudulent conveyances; and, accounting and legal malpractice.
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Partner
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Brian Joslyn has built an active practice as a commercial trial lawyer, with special concentration in all aspects of real estate law and development, land use, partnership and corporate litigation, and governmental representation. In addition to acting as lead counsel in many dozens of trials and arbitrations, Mr. Joslyn has argued over 20 appeals before Florida District Courts of Appeal and successfully argued before the Florida Supreme Court in Bitterman v. Bitterman, 714 ... |
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Partner
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Mr. Beer began his career as an assistant state attorney in Dade County, where he worked for State Attorney Janet Reno in the Organized Crime and Insurance Fraud Division. He is experienced in a broad range of sophisticated business, real estate, taxation planning and transactional matters including individual entity income tax planning, lifetime and post mortem estate planning, pension plan formation and compliance, and tax litigation. An AV rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, and ... |
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Associate
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Associate Jessica Callow received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration cum laude from Truman State University, which she attended on a full academic scholarship. She graduated cum laude from the University of Florida Levin College of Law after spending a semester externing in Tallahassee for Justice Raoul Cantero of the Florida Supreme Court.
In law school, Jessica was executive director of the 2002 University Career Development Conference where she oversaw five ... |
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Partner
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Ron Crescenzo graduated magna cum laude with a degree in business administration from Monmouth University in New Jersey in 1988. He attained his Juris Doctor degree in 1991, summa cum laude, from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, where he graduated in the top two percent of his class and was an editor of the Nova Law Review.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Crescenzo served as a staff attorney for the Fourth District Court of Appeal from 1991-1992. While in ... |
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Partner
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Jeff Garber concentrates his practice in the area of commercial and business litigation, with special concentration in real estate and corporate litigation. He also handles insurance coverage disputes, community association (homeowners associatioin and condominium) matters, evictions (residential and commercial), and defense of Americans with Disabilities (Article III) actions.
Mr. Garber has represented a number of corporate clients ranging from middle market to Fortune 500 companies, ... |
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Associate
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Jay Hunston was born in Salem, Ohio and moved to Palm Beach in 1980. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Wake Forest University, and a Juris Doctor degree from the Florida State University College of Law. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Hunston earned his Series 7 and 63 licenses and worked as a financial consultant with A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. While attending Florida State, he served as an executive editor, an article editor and a sub-citer for the Florida ... |
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Partner
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Richard Jarolem focuses his practice in commercial litigation, including professional liability defense in legal and medical cases, business disputes, land use issues, real estate disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, bankruptcy and eminent domain. He has carried primary responsibility representing governmental entities, corporations and individual clients in commercial matters and litigation.
Richard Jarolem graduated from the University of South Florida in 1991 with a ... |
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Of Counsel
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Michael Kennedy brings extensive experience to the firm in commercial litigation, construction claims and defects, and general civil trial practice. His background includes a special emphasis on representing those involved in the construction industry and commercial litigation.Mr. Kennedy has also handled numerous complex construction trials involving construction disputes involving some of the largest construction projects in South Florida. He has participated in more than two dozen ... |
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Of Counsel
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A resident of Palm Beach County since 1951, Mickey Monchick graduated from Forest Hill High School and served in Vietnam as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He is a graduate of the Army Engineer School and was selected, after graduation, to be an instructor at the school.
Mr. Monchick received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Florida State University in 1968. He was awarded a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Florida and became a member of The ... |
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Partner
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Phone: (561) 832-5900 A. Patricia Morales Christiansen is a Partner in the law firm of Casey Ciklin Lubitz Martens & O’Connell where she has practiced in the areas of securities and commercial litigation since 1995. Ms. Christiansen’s securities litigation practice includes representing prominent national brokerage firms, local brokerage firms, and their employees in arbitrations before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), in litigation matters in both state and federal courts, and in ... |
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Of Counsel
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Kevin Wilkinson is a seasoned litigator who practices in the areas of construction, commercial and family law. Prior to joining the firm, he had his own practice for more than 20 years. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Wilkinson was a litigation partner with a prominent Palm Beach law firm. With a law degree from Duke University and a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Connecticut, Mr. Wilkinson utilizes his accounting background to assist clients in ... |
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Of Counsel
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John Young has represented counties, municipalities, major condominium associations, general contractors, design professionals and others, in his largely construction litigation practice. In addition, Mr. Young has had extensive experience handling major personal injury claims, product liability claims, professional malpractice litigation and other forms of commercial litigation.
A South Florida resident since 1957, he began his legal career in 1965, after graduating from the ... |
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