Cole, Scott & Kissane

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Firm Overview

Cole, Scott & Kissane (CSK) is Florida’s largest full-service civil litigation law firm with the most defense attorneys across 12 strategically positioned offices throughout the state. CSK delivers comprehensive legal services by a diverse, top-tier legal team, focusing primarily on insurance defense litigation, while also providing legal expertise in medical malpractice litigation, construction and real estate (litigation and transactional), business litigation, appellate work, and other transactional matters.

By not losing sight of the maxim that the firm's success is tied directly to the success of their clients, CSK’s reputation for trying more cases to verdict than any other Florida firm has propelled it to the forefront of the legal industry.

Firm Details

Managing Partner: Richard P. Cole

General Counsel: Steven R. Hicks-Safra

Number of partners: 272

Number of other fee-earners (Of Counsel and Associates): 344

Main Areas of Practice

Accountant’s Malpractice; Appellate; Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution; Architects and Engineers; Asbestos Litigation; Aviation and Transportation; Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability; Banking and Financial; Business/Commercial Law; Catastrophic and Personal Injury; Child Welfare Litigation; Civil Rights Law; Class Action; Commercial and Residential Properties; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Consumer Law; Corporate Compliance; Corporate Transactions; Country Club, Condominium and Homeowners' Association Law; Covid-19 Defense Team; Cyber Risk and Privacy Liability; Directors and Officers; E-Cigarette Litigation; Education Law; Employment and Labor; Environmental; ERISA Litigation; Family Law; Federal Practice; Fidelity and Surety Litigation and Counsel; Fiduciary Litigation; FINRA Arbitration; First Party Property; Foreclosure; Franchising and Distribution Agreements; Fraud Litigation; General Civil Litigation; General Counsel Services; Government Relations; Hospitality Industry Defense; Immigration; Insurance Defense Litigation; Intellectual Property; Internal Investigations; Land Use Litigation; Legal Malpractice; Liquor Liability; Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA”); Maritime/Marine/Admiralty; Medical Malpractice; Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance; Micro-Mobility/E-Scooter Litigation; Municipal Finance (Tax Free Bonds); Nursing Home Health Care; Nursing Malpractice; Personal Injury Protection (PIP); Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation; Physician’s Malpractice; Premises Liability; Product Liability; Professional Malpractice; Qui tam/False Claim/Whistleblower Claims; Real Estate and Foreclosures; Real Estate and Title Transactions; Securities Litigation; Security Negligence; Sex Trafficking/Human Trafficking Defense; SIU Insurance Fraud Defense; Toxic Tort: Asbestos; Toxic Tort: Mold; Transactional, Regulatory & General Counsel Services; Trucking Accident Defense; Trust and Estate Planning; U.S. Virgin Islands Litigation; Use of Force\Excessive Force Litigation; Vehicle Negligence; Workers' Compensation

Offices

Email: [email protected]

Miami

Cole, Scott & Kissane Building, 9150 South Dadeland Boulevard, Suite 1400, Miami, FL 33156

T: 305.350.5300, F: 305.373.2294

Bonita Springs

27300 Riverview Center Boulevard, Suite 200, Bonita Springs, FL 34134

T: 239.690.7900, F: 239.738.7778

Fort Lauderdale East

110 S.E. 6th Street, Suite 2700, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

T: 954.703.3700, F: 954.703.3701

Fort Lauderdale West

600 N. Pine Island Road, Suite 500, Plantation, FL 33324

T: 954.473.1112, F: 954.474.7979

Fort Myers

5220 Summerlin Commons Boulevard, Suite 201A, Fort Myers, FL 33907

T: 239.690.7900, F: 239.690.7968

Jacksonville

4190 Belfort Road, Suite 300, Jacksonville, FL 32216

T: 904.672.4100, F: 904.672.4050

Key West

617 Whitehead Street, Key West, FL 33040

T: 305.294.4440, F: 305.294.4833

Orlando

1900 Summit Tower Boulevard, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32810

T: 321.972.0000, F: 321.972.0099

Pensacola

890 South Palafox Street, Suite 200, Pensacola, FL 32502

T: 850.483.5900, F: 850.438.6969

Tallahassee

2873 Remington Green Circle, Tallahassee, FL 32308

T: 850.518.1050, F: 850.518.1051

Tampa

500 N. Westshore Boulevard, Suite 700, Tampa, FL 33609

T: 813.289.9300, F: 813.286.2900

West Palm Beach

Esperante Building, 222 Lakeview Avenue, Suite 500, West Palm Beach, FL 33401

T: 561.383.9200, F: 561.683.8977

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USA - Head office

Florida

9150 South Dadeland Boulevard Suite 1400 , Miami, Florida, USA, 33156, Miami

www.csklegal.com

+1 305 350 5300

USA

Florida

Bridgeport Center Suite 750 5201 West Kennedy Boulevard , Tampa, Florida, USA, FL 33609, Tampa


Florida

Esperante Suite280 222 Lakeview Avenue , West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, FL 33401, West Palm Beach

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