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We’re committed to investing the time, energy, and intellectual resources necessary to help our clients achieve their goals. Our work focuses on trial support and appeals, representing a diverse range of clients across various legal fields. We provide effective, efficient, and innovative representation in both trial court and appellate proceedings.
As advocates, problem solvers, and strategists, we leverage our extensive research and writing skills to tackle complex legal issues, allowing trial lawyers to focus on their core responsibilities. On appeal, our clients benefit from our attorneys’ combined 70 years of experience practicing in Florida’s appellate courts.
As a boutique appellate firm, we use our size to our clients’ advantage through collaboration and personalized attention to each case. Our firm has earned the prestigious Tier One ranking in Appellate Practice by U.S. News – Best Lawyers.
Strategic Trial Support
Strategic Trial Support
Our firm works collaboratively with trial lawyers during all stages of litigation. Trial lawyers can leverage their time by hiring our firm to handle the legal research and analysis. Our goal is to save client resources by developing the strongest strategy to present the case in the trial court and preserving issues from the beginning. If an appeal becomes necessary, our lawyers are familiar with the case and can transition seamlessly to handling the appeal.
We provide trial support that is tailored to your needs and priorities, adding value to the trial team. Our services include:
Assisting with the complaint or answer;
Legal research and analysis of complex issues;
Drafting dispositive motions and responses;
Drafting jury instructions and handling charge conferences;
Assisting at trial to preserve issues for a possible appeal;
Handling post-trial motions.
Appeals
Appeals
Our firm handles appeals in all Florida state and federal appellate courts. Appeals are different from trials and require different skills. It is critical to choose an appellate lawyer with strong skills in written and oral advocacy. Our clients benefit from our firm’s fresh perspective and extensive experience.
Written Advocacy
Written Advocacy
Legal writing must be persuasive, clear, concise, and engaging. Appellate courts decide many cases solely on the written briefs. Appellate judges have a different point of view than trial judges. We use our extensive experience to select the best appellate issues and frame those issues in the most effective manner for our clients. Our goal is to position our clients for success.
Oral Advocacy
Oral Advocacy
Oral argument is a chance for your appellate attorney to talk directly to the appellate judges about your appeal. The attorney presenting the oral argument must be fully prepared to respond to the appellate judges’ questions and help them understand the key facts and issues in the appeal. Our attorneys regularly present oral arguments in state and federal appellate courts.
Jane Kreusler-Walsh, Oral argument before the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal on October 4, 2016 in Town of Gulf Stream v. Palm Beach County, 206 So. 3d 721 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016) (Case No. 4D15-1753)
Rebecca Mercier Vargas, Oral argument before the Fourth District Court of Appeal on January 27, 2015 in Blinn v. Carlman, 162 So. 3d 1074 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015)
Oral argument before the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal on June 19, 2018, in City of West Palm Beach v. South Florida Water Management District (Case No. 4D17-1412)
Case Decisions
Case Decisions
Commercial Litigation & Contract Disputes
Commercial Litigation & Contract Disputes
Corporate Creations Enters. LLC v. Brian R. Fons Attorney at Law, 225 So. 3d 296 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017)
Medical Malpractice & Nursing Home Negligence
Medical Malpractice & Nursing Home Negligence
Reversing a judgment against an obstetrician and her medical practice in a medical malpractice action because the trial court wrongfully excluded relevant evidence.Reversing a final judgment for the defendant in a nursing home negligence case and remanding for a new trial because the trial court erred by excluding evidence.
Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
Oakley Transp. Group v. Shinault, 341 So. 3d 440 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022)
Botta v. Florida Power & Light Co., 197 So. 3d 1222 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016)
Products Liability
Products Liability
Cordis Corp. v. Convertino, 322 So. 3d 1215 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021)
Eghnayem v. Boston Scientific Corp., 873 F.3d 1304 (11th Cir. 2017)
Family Law
Family Law
Resolving an express and direct conflict regarding the standard of review for determining whether spouses made a gift of non-marital property during the marriage.Reversing an order denying a petition for injunction for protection against repeat violence.Resolving a certified conflict and certified question of great public importance by holding that the wife, in the prenuptial agreement, waived her right to share in any asset titled in the husband’s name that was acquired or enhanced during the marriage.Affirming, in part, an award of reduced attorney’s fees in a divorce case where the wife failed to accept a favorable settlement.Reversing a final judgment of dissolution of marriage because the trial court’s valuation of stock in a marital company was unsupported by the evidence.Reversing an order requiring the former husband to pay all of the former wife’s attorney’s fees, accountant’s fees and litigation costs in a dissolution of marriage case.
Probate and Trust
Probate and Trust
Affirming a final judgment invalidating a will due to undue influence.Answering a certified question of great public importance and holding that the value of a professional association’s goodwill that accumulated during the marriage is a marital asset under certain circumstances.
Insurance Issues
Insurance Issues
Affirming an award of statutory attorney’s fees to the insured because the insurer forced the insured to engage in unnecessary litigation.Reversing a summary judgment in favour of the insurer in an action for automobile insurance coverage and holding the policy provided coverage.Affirming a judgment in favour of the insured finding coverage for an automobile accident.
Real Property
Real Property
Reversing a final judgment in a property tax dispute and holding the homeowners had the right to challenge corrected valuations of their property.Granting a petition for writ of certiorari and quashing a circuit court appellate decision in a commercial landlord-tenant dispute.
Local Government Law
Local Government Law
Reversing an administrative order approving a permit for the extension of State Road 7.Reversing a final judgment in a dispute on whether sovereign immunity barred the county from charging several municipalities for a county-wide inspector general program.Affirming a final judgment validating bonds to finance improvements under the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act.Reversing an order quashing an alternative writ of mandamus in an appeal involving proposed ballot initiatives on the relocation of city hall and a library.
Employment
Employment
Granting a petition for writ of certiorari and holding documents requested in discovery were protected by the attorney-client privilege.Resolving a certified conflict between district courts on the interpretation of Florida’s non-compete statute as applied to home health service referral sources.
Class Actions
Class Actions
Affirming an order certifying a class action involving leases in an apartment complex.
Criminal Law
Criminal Law
Reversing the defendant’s conviction for conspiracy to commit unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior.
This list includes some of the published decisions in noteworthy cases Kreusler-Walsh Vargas & Serafin, P.A., has handled in the past. This list does not include all of our past cases and is not necessarily representative of the results our firm has obtained in past cases. The facts and circumstances in your case may be different than in these cases. You should not read these past results as providing an example of what will happen in your case.
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