
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite
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Stearns Weaver Miller has many experienced trial lawyers, including Florida’s only Chamber’s USA general commercial litigation Star Individual. We represent clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts, before administrative agencies, and in alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Clients include, among others, Fortune 500 corporations, financial institutions, professional firms, life science, insurance, media and entertainment companies, sports franchises, municipalities and individuals. We have tried many commercial cases, including securities fraud, business tort, antitrust, competition, consumer protection, intellectual property, product and lender liability, breach of contract, property rights, construction defect and appeals from those cases, including before the U.S. Supreme Court. We represent plaintiffs and defendants in high-profile cases across the nation. For decades, we have invested in trial presentation software and used it in courtrooms across the country. Our software allows us to make trial and hearing presentations that are better quality than outside vendor technology at a fraction of the cost. Because we own it, continue to develop it, and have an in-house multimedia staff to aid in court presentations, every attorney has the ability to use it for any case. Our view is that disputes settle on appropriate terms when adversaries know that, absent a reasonable resolution outside of court, the firm is ready, willing, and able to go to trial.
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Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson continued to represent the plaintiffs in a high-value class action lawsuit against the Bank of New York regarding the Stanford Organization Ponzi scheme.
Strengths
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The team is client-centered and devoted to achieving the best results.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAThe firm is able to immediately grasp complex legal issues and conceive of alternate solutions to resolve them in a timely way. It is also very sensitive and understanding of the clients' goals
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAStearns Weaver is a highly knowledgeable law firm and possesses a high level of expertise.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAStearns Weaver has a very deep bench of lawyers from which to gather experiences and input from areas with different knowledge. You get counsel from multiple legal disciplines.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAStearns Weaver is a true trial firm that is not afraid to go to trial anywhere, anyhow.
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Notable Practitioners
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Star Individuals 
Star Individuals 
Eugene Stearns
Eugene Stearns offers decades of experience representing clients in trial and appellate courts. He continues to be a go-to choice for high-stakes multiparty disputes. Eugene is an industry icon, an amazing leader and a remarkable litigator.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAHe's a fantastic commercial litigator and a titan.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAEugene Stearns has unparalleled vision.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAHe is an outstanding lawyer.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSA
Band 1 
Band 1 
Jay B Shapiro
Jay Shapiro has substantial experience acting for clients in a range of commercial disputes, including antitrust, IP and insurance coverage litigation. Jay is an accomplished lawyer, as a litigator and a strategist.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAJay is a legal talent with hard-working habits.
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Band 2 
Band 2 
Grace Mead
Grace Mead offers expertise across a broad array of commercial disputes and class actions, with capabilities in real estate and marketing-related matters, among others. Grace is a really excellent attorney. She knows the law inside and out and is also tactical and savvy in how to approach cases, with good insight into how courts will react.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAShe's hard-working and pleasant to work with, and she does a great job of keeping everyone on task.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAGrace is everything. She's experienced, knowledgeable and very responsive. She's a pleasure to work with.
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Band 5 
Band 5 
Jason Hernandez
Jason Hernandez has a wealth of disputes expertise, with experience acting for both plaintiffs and defendants. He has handled class actions, arbitrations and commercial litigation.
Jason is a spectacular trial lawyer.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAJason is strategic and purpose-driven.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAJason provides a high level of knowledge and expertise.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAJason is focused on getting to the most important outcome quickly.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSA
Band 5 
Band 5 
Maria Arhancet Fehretdinov
Maria Fehretdinov is noted for her breadth of commercial disputes experience and is sought after to represent clients at both trial and appellate levels. Maria is an excellent lawyer.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAMaria always attends to any matter, no matter how substantial or small, in an expedited matter, and she always addresses the issue right on point.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAMaria is great to work with.
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSAMaria is a thoughtful litigator. She is also a good researcher and writer.
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Ranked Individuals at Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. (5)
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Cecilia Duran Simmons

Darrell Payne

Andrea Nathan

Bradford Swing

Robert Walters

Darrin Quam

Douglas Kilby

Matthew Dates

Veronica De Zayas

Thomas Aubin

Gigi Rollini

Jose Sepulveda

John Muratides

Albert Lichy

Alice Huneycutt

Matthew Graham

Matthew Podolnick

Jenea Reed

Kelly O'Keefe

Joseph Onorati

Morgan McDonough

Jeffrey Nelson

Joshua Munn

Jason Hernandez

Matthew Buttrick

Christopher Clark

Abigail Corbett

Andrew Stearns

Amanda Spencer

Bridget Smitha

Chelsea Koff

Jason Koslowe

Ryan Thornton

Olivia Sanchez

Alejandro Rodriguez

Samuel Patmore

Ivette Delgado

Michael Harwin

David Coulter

Maria Arhancet Fehretdinov

Alan Fein

Julie Fishman Berkowitz

Glenn Burhans

Carlos Canino

Craig Barnett

Mark Solov

Sabrina Weiss Robinson

Coral Del Mar Lopez

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