Selected Reported Opinions

Fekete v. Florida Atlantic University, 382 So.3d 687 (Fla. 4th DCA 2024)

Zisis v. Signal Safe, 382 So.3d 772 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024)

Rhymestine v. The District Board of Trustees of Miami Dade College, 358 So.3d 1261 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023)

McLaughlin v. Florida International University Board of Trustees, 533 F.Supp.3d 1149 (S.D. Fla. 2021)

Diaz v. Miami-Dade County, et al., F.Supp.3d 1345 (S.D. Fla. 2019)

Sebastian v. Ortiz, 918 F.3d 1301 (11th Cir. 2019)

Williams v. Florida Atlantic University, 728 Fed.Appx. 996 (11th Cir. 2018)

Daniels v. Ehrlich, 2016 WL 4442820 (S.D. Fla. 2016)

Carrollo v. Boria, 833 F.2d 1322 (11th Cir. 2016)

Jolibois v. FIU, 654 Fed. Appx. 461 (11th Cir. 2017)

Wayne v. Fla. Dep’t. of Corrections, 157 F.Supp.3d 1202 (S.D. Fla. 2016)

Ramos v. City of Miami, 115 F.Supp.3d 1372 (S.D. Fla. 2015)

Weinstein v. City of North Bay Village, 977 F.Supp. 2d 1271 (S.D. Fla. 2013)

Belizaire v. City of Miami, 944 F.Supp. 2d 1204 (S.D. Fla. 2013)

Jessup v. Miami-Dade County et al., 440 Fed. Appx. 689 (11th Cir. 2011)

Irwin v. Miami-Dade County Public Schools, et al., 398 Fed.Appx. 503 (11th Cir. 2010)

Whittier v. Goldstein, 343 Fed.Appx. 517 (11th Cir. 2009)

Ball v. City of Coral Gables, 301 Fed.Appx. 865 (11th Cir. 2008)

Watts v. Florida International University, 495 F.3d 1289 (11th Cir. 2007)

Sparado v. Boone, 212 Fed.Appx. 831 (11th Cir. 2006)

Doe v. Fla. Intern. University Bd. of Trustees, 20 So.3d 857 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009)

Perez v. Miami Dade School Board, 917 F.Supp.2d 1261 (S.D. Fla. 2013)

Belizaire v. City of Miami, et al., 2013 WL 1651371 (S.D. Fla. 2013)

Weinstein v. City of North Bay Village, et al. 2013 WL 5630753 (S.D. Fla. 2013)

Ranck v. Rundle, 2009 WL 1684645 (S.D. Fla. 2009)

Ball v. City of Coral Gables, 548 F.Supp.2d 1364 (S.D. Fla.  2008)

Whittington v. Town of Surfside, 490 F.Supp.2d 1239 (S.D. Fla. 2007)

Presentations

NASPA, Reducing Risk on Campus When Racial Tensions Rise, Student Affairs Law Conference, December 10, 2017.  (Presenter)

NACUA, Race and Campus Police – What We Have Learned From Recent Events, Annual Conference, June, 2017.  (Presenter)

Energi, Compliance Measure and C-Store Best Practices, Energi Risk Management and Insurance Summit, Washington D.C., October 11  15, 2015.

Florida Retail Federation, Protecting Customers and Complying With Florida’s Convenience Business Security Act, Sunshine Expo, Orlando, Florida, August 28-31, 2015.

Florida Petroleum Marketers Association, The Convenience Business Security Act:  Why Common Sense Compliance Protects Your Business, Epic Risk Management Retreat, St. Petersburg, Florida, April 22 – 23, 2015.

Florida Association of Police Attorneys, Recent Legal Developments in Police Civil Liability, St. Augustine, Florida October, 2019.

Florida Municipal Attorneys Association, Qualified Immunity Update, Naples, Florida, July 27, 2022.

Florida Association of Police Attorneys, Qualified Immunity Update, Lido Beach, Florida, October 6, 2022.

Florida Association of Police Attorneys, Update on State and Federal Immunity, Hutchinson Shores, September, 2024. (upcoming). 

Publications

Leaving the Door Open for Liquor Liability, Petrogram, Fall 2013.

Staying Away from Negligent Security Lawsuits, Petrogram, Winter 2013.

Florida’s Slip and Fall Statute Up in the Air, Petrogram, Summer, 2014.

Overtime Misclassification and the Manager Misnomer, Petrogram, Fall 2014.

Termination To-Do’s, Petrogram, Winter 2014.

Making Hiring Decisions Using Social Media, Petrogram, Spring 2015.

Strategies in ADA Public Accessibility, Petrogram, Summer 2016.

Discrimination: Cases Just Got Easier for Employees, Winter 2016.