As the only Board Certified Consumer Bankruptcy attorney in West Palm Beach, practicing bankruptcy law since 1977, I possess a high degree of expertise in the field of consumer bankruptcy law. I have been Board Certified by the American Board of Certification in Consumer Bankruptcy since 1999.Attainment of this certification requires peer review, successful performance on a lengthy examination and completion of 60 hours of continuing legal education every five years. It is not surprising that few lawyers are able to achieve this distinction.I have also authored a text book for lawyers on...
AV Rated, the highest rating given to an attorney by Martindale Hubbell. Practice Areas include: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Wrongful Death cases. Admitted to Florida Bar 1996, New Jersey Bar 1996, Washington, DC Bar 2011, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, Middle District of Florida and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit Graduated St. Thomas University Law School in 1995 Graduated the University of Delaware in 1992 with a B.S.B.A.. Memberships: Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, Palm B...
Brett Steinberg began his career as an Assistant Public Defender at the Miami-Dade Public Defender?s Office, where he provided legal representation to those accused of committing criminal offenses ranging from juvenile offenses and misdemeanors to serious felony crimes. While working at the Public Defender?s Office, Mr. Steinberg handled hundreds of criminal matters and tried over 25 cases to verdict. Most notably, at the end of his tenure as an Assistant Public Defender, Mr. Steinberg successfully argued a motion to suppress physical evidence, several pounds of marijuana, and years later that...
David Shiner is a 2002 graduate of the Nova Southeastern School of Law in Florida. In 1999, Mr. Shiner received his undergraduate degree with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Religious Studies from the University of South Florida, located in Tampa, Florida. Mr. Shiner is a member in good standing with the Florida Bar and is admitted to practice before all Federal District Courts of Florida. Mr. David Shiner is also a member of numerous Bar Associations and organizations including South Palm Beach County Bar Association, Palm Beach County Bar Association, Palm Beach Count...
It's about you. You want your problem solved? Want to be a name and not a number? Need a lawyer that is passionate, caring, truthful and prepared? I help people solve their problems. I keep my caseload small so I can take better care of my clients. I only practice criminal defense and personal injury. I have a passion for sticking up for the little guy - the accused and the injured victim. You won't see me on billboards or the backs of buses. You will see me trying cases at the courthouse, on CBS 48 hours or arguing successfully before the Florida Supreme Court. My business comes fro...
Steven L. Frankl practices personal injury law statewide with the law firm of Frankl & Kominsky, PA. He represents clients in cases of catastrophic injury, wrongful death, motor vehicle injury, trucking accidents, medical malpractice and products liability, as well as slip/trip fall accidents and nursing home negligence. Mr. Frankl's practice is built on the pursuit of justice and fair compensation for his clients, who appreciate his aggressive and thorough representation. A highly skilled negotiator and seasoned litigator with a strong results orientation, Mr. Frankl works passionately to...
Ethan F. Kominsky is a veteran of over 65 trials in Florida and Illinois. Ethan has practiced insurance defense, representing the same side he now fights daily. His experience working for the other side has given Ethan valuable insight into their tactics and methods. He uses this knowledge to the advantage of his clients.He began representing injured individuals and their families when he moved to Florida, having been recruited by a name partner at one of South Florida?s largest injury law firms. Ethan has a passion for representing the underserved and underrepresented members of society. He h...
I have been handling personal injury, family law, and commercial litigation in South Florida for more than 30 years. Born and raised in New York, I attended Ramapo High School in Spring Valley and went on to study at State University of New York in Binghamton where I majored in Political Science, graduating in 1977. After a brief time working in sales I moved from Manhattan to Miami to attend the University of Miami School of Law. While attending law school I served as both a law clerk and bailiff in the 11th Judicial Circuit of Miami-Dade County for Judge Francis Knuck. I received my JD in 19...
Attorney Richard Llerena has practiced law with integrity, taking on cases and causes he deemed worthy,and most importantly, utilizing his background,heritage, and skills as a fluent Spanish writer and speaker to give a voice to the growing Latino community in Palm Beach County. A lifelong South Floridian, Mr. Llerena graduated cum laude from the University of Miami in 2002 with a major in political science, was the recipient of the University of Miami Book Award, the Pi Sigma Alpha Award for Excellence in the field of political science. During his undergraduate years, he was also a member of ...
Andrew Agnini is a dedicated injury attorney at the law firm of Frankl & Kominsky. He is committed to pursuing compensation for individuals in Palm Beach County, Broward County, Dade County, St. Lucie County, Martin County and throughout South Florida who have been hurt because of the negligent or wrongful conduct of others. Among the types of harm that his clients have suffered are brain trauma, spinal cord damage, burns, amputations, and fractures. Along with his colleagues at the firm, Mr. Agnini works diligently to seek damages on behalf of injured individuals so that they can move on ...
Attorney James C. Spitz represents insureds, both individuals and families, with claims against insurance companies ( usually arising from an insurance policy), when an insurer refuses to pay a claim. Many of our clients have sustained damages to their homes and businesses, and after being unsuccessful in resolving their claims on their own, have turned to our law firm for guidance, and to take over the handling,( including litigating), of our insured's claim.James Spitz is an aggressive litigator who seeks full and fair compensation for his clients....
Michael S. Steinger, founding partner of Steinger, Greene, & Feiner believes in representing real people, not big businesses. Since the firm?s creation in 1997, Steinger, Greene, & Feiner has never represented an insurance company or large corporation, and he vows to keep this promise. Over the course of his career, Mr. Steinger has handled thousands of Florida accident cases, recovering millions of dollars for his clients and earning him membership into the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum....
In 2005, Sean J. Greene made the acquaintance of Steinger and Iscoe. Desiring to grow their legal practices, Michael Steinger and Gary Iscoe named Sean Greene as a partner to the firm, thus creating Steinger, Iscoe & Greene, P.A. The enhanced partnership brought about the expansion of an office in Port St. Lucie, to serve the needs of car accident, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and other personal injury cases. Sean was a great asset to the growing firm, being one of the first lawyers in the country to have completed Harvard University?s National College of Driving Under the Influen...
Aaron Papero, a native Floridian, obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Nova Southeastern University?s Shepard Broad Law Center in 2008. He graduated with various honors including the ?Order of the Barrister? and ?Krupnick and Campbell? awards for excellency in trial advocacy.After graduation, Mr. Papero worked as an Assistant State Attorney for the Palm Beach County State Attorney?s Office where he spent 9 years sharpening his skills as a strong litigator. During that time he successfully tried over 100 jury and non-jury misdemeanor and felony cases ranging from simple battery to first degre...
David Gaspari is a Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer. He has successfully litigated, tried and taken to verdict virtually every type of personal injury case including wrongful death, defective products, automobile negligence, truck accidents, motorcycle injuries and premises liability claims. He has obtained numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. David Gaspari joined Cunningham Whalen & Gaspari as a partner in 2006 after a successful career as a defense attorney defending physicians and personal injury claims and 12 years with the per...
George Trautmann IV serves as an attorney at Frankl & Kominsky specializing in personal injury cases caused by motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, trip and falls, premises liability and wrongful death. His key functions include guiding clients through the case process, advocating to protect client's rights and aggressively negotiating with insurance companies on behalf of clients.Mr. Trautmann found his passion to become an attorney after his grandmother passed away from an unfortunate personal injury accident. To this day this tragedy propels George to exhaust every means available i...
Fred Cunningham limits his practice to serious personal injury and insurance company coverage and bad faith litigation. He has obtained well over one hundred million dollars in settlements and verdicts for his clients. Mr. Cunningham has been included in every issue of Florida Super Lawyers since 2006, including being listed as one of the ?Top 100" lawyers in 2012. He has been included in the Florida Trend ?Legal Elite? every year since 2007 in both personal injury and insurance law. Fred has also earned Florida Bar Certification, the highest level of recognition by the Florida Bar, for compe...
Dean H. Freeman is the managing partner of Freeman Injury Law and is proud to represent injured clients in the Miami, Plantation, West Palm Beach, and Orlando area. Mr. Freeman's long and successful career in injury law all began when he joined the U.S. Army, learning the skills of a combat medic. He obtained an honorable discharge and pursued his studies in the health sciences.Attorney Freeman graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a Bachelor's in Health Administration, which helped him in understanding the management of health organizations including several health insurance compani...
Scott B. Smith, Esq. is a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer. He has been Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by The Florida Bar since 2008. He specializes in the areas of personal injury, auto accidents, premise liability and product liability. In 2017, Mr. Smith was selected and recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year" in Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs in West Palm Beach, FL. He has litigated hundreds of personal injury and wrongful death cases throughout all of Florida in more than 1/2 of Florida's 67 counties. He also conducted jury trial in 8 different Florida counties. In hi...
Heather S. Karmeris is the founder of Heather S. Karmeris Law, P.A. The focus of her practice is family and marital law matters with offices in West Palm Beach serving Palm Beach County, Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Hillsborough and Orange County. Mrs. Karmeris is dedicated to litigating or facilitating conflict resolutions depending on the particular needs of the client.Heather S. Karmeris was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2015 and to the Texas Bar as well as the United States District Court Southern District of Florida in 2016.Mrs. Karmeris gained ex...
Joshua S. Winegar, Esq. focuses his practice on personal injury law, handling cases involving wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, negligent security, electrocution accidents, product liability, dog bites, and roadway design and maintenance.Before founding his law firm, Mr. Winegar began his legal career with a nationally recognized trial defense firm, where he defended property owners, management companies, trucking companies, product manufacturers, and the largest insurance companies in the world. Mr. Winegar now uses his insight and knowledge of the inner workings of...
William E. Johnson is a highly successful civil trial lawyer who began practicing in his native West Palm Beach in 1983. He is the third generation of his family to practice law in West Palm Beach. Mr. Johnson's grandfather was one of the early pioneers of West Palm Beach. His father, Thomas H. Johnson, was a long time circuit court judge in Palm Beach County, who also served in the Florida Senate and as the State Attorney for Palm Beach County. Mr. Johnson is a graduate of Florida State University, where he received his B.A. degree in 1980. He received his law degree from Florida State Unive...
Daniel B. Bottari has spent the majority of his life in South Florida. Mr. Bottari graduated high school from Pine Crest School, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. After graduating high school, Mr. Bottari went to the University of Florida and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with Honors. After graduating college, Mr. Bottari attended Nova Southeastern University and earned a Juris Doctor. After law school, Mr. Bottari worked as an attorney at the Public Defender?s office in the 20th Judicial Circuit. At the Public Defender?s office, he represented over 1,000 clients charged with misde...
Robert B. Baker, founder of Baker Legal Team, is an experienced civil trial attorney who seeks justice for clients who have suffered serious injury due to the negligence of others. He represents clients in catastrophic personal injury cases involving wrongful death, boating/cruise ship accidents, jet ski accidents, burn injuries, product liability, and serious automobile accidents. Robert has earned Florida Bar Board Certification, the highest level of recognition by the Florida Bar for the competency and experience of a civil trial lawyer. The Daily Business Review selected Robert as one of t...
Core values make the person. Mine is to make the world a better place for my children. I accomplish that by helping people when they are most vulnerable, hurt, sick, or when, they lose a loved one. Insurance companies quickly take premiums but do not want to pay claims. They will delay, deny, or discount your claim when you are most vulnerable.That is where I can offer the most help. For you, I will plow through the roadblocks that they placed in front of us and work hard to get you a just result. I have been part of 7 figure results for clients. But the passion I have comes from the impact th...
I am an experienced medical malpractice and personal injury attorney who serves the West Palm Beach Area. My practice includes personal injury, wrongful death, car accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, product liability, and insurance coverage claims. I have extensive courtroom experience, helping my clients pursue the justice and compensation they deserve. I am a member of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, having served on the Board of Directors for three years. I am also a member of the Florida Bar Association, the Dade Bar Association, as well as the American Bar Asso...
Why Mediation versus Trial? As a trial lawyer of over 35 years, I have handled thousands of cases in the area of Personal Injury law (auto accidents, medical negligence aka malpractice, products liability, pro se divorce, estates and wills, commercial and business transactional disputes, HOA, stockbroker liability claims and much more). Whenever a client says to me "I want my day in court" I take a deep breath. I will then explain the benefits of Mediation, court-ordered or otherwise. It is a chance for you to take some control of the system, as opposed to throwing your fate into the hand...
Joseph is a Florida Personal Injury Attorney with more than 26 years of experience helping hundreds of seriously injured victims of all types of accidents. Joseph is a fourth generation Floridian, following in the footsteps of his father as an attorney. Mr. Lipsky is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which represents his achievements as helping injured accident victims recover tens of millions of dollars for their injuries and pain and suffering....