Joshua Webb

Practice Areas

Litigation; Professional Liability; Class Action & Complex Mass Tort; Real Property Litigation; Appellate

Career

Josh Webb represents clients in the prosecution and defense of complex commercial litigation, trials, and appeals that involve a variety of business-related disputes. He has litigated and tried cases throughout the state of Florida, and in business and complex case divisions of courts and forums in other jurisdictions including New York, California, and Delaware. Josh devotes a substantial portion of his practice to representing individuals and firms in professional liability matters. Josh is the lead lawyer on many of the firm’s most significant cases for clients, including multiple matters with hundreds of millions of dollars or billions of dollars at stake. Josh also routinely serves as a trusted advocate and advisor in defending and counseling many other law firms throughout the state of Florida, including some of the largest law firms in the world.

In addition to his litigation practice, Josh is actively involved with the Defense Research Institute, having served as the chair of DRI Young Lawyers and on the national steering committee for DRI Professional Liability.

Professional Memberships

Defense Research Institute

American Bar Association

Hillsborough County Bar Association

Federal Bar Association

Work Highlights

• Obtaining summary judgment for Am Law 200 law firm and four firm shareholders in legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty action alleging nearly $100 million in damages.

• Obtaining multiple multimillion-dollar arbitration awards for clients in various contractual and business matters.

• Prosecution and successful resolution of breach of contract actions for leading global investment bank.

• Obtaining summary judgment, affirmed on appeal, for Am Law 20 law firm in legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty action litigated over a decade and alleging millions of dollars in damages.

• Successfully resolving breach of fiduciary duty claims against independent directors of bankrupt public company alleging hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.

• Obtaining favorable settlement for global manufacturing company in complex product and contract action alleging millions of dollars in damages.

• Multiple, successful representations of attorneys in investigative and disciplinary matters with The Florida Bar.

• Lead counsel representation in multiple governmental investigations.

• Successful resolution at trial of public company’s dispute with large franchisee, involving hundreds of millions of dollars, and resulting in favorable settlement.

• Defeating class certification in toxic tort putative class action alleging decades of pollution and contamination against global industrial company.

• Obtaining dismissal with prejudice of putative class action alleging variety of business torts and statutory claims against financial company.

• Serving as trial counsel for law firm in legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty alleging millions of dollars in damages, and obtaining defense judgment as a matter of law after successful appeal of jury verdict.

• Obtaining multiple favorable settlements for law firms in fiduciary duty claims arising out of trust and estate administration.

• Successful resolution of alleged legal malpractice and putative class action against Am Law 200 law firm, after removal to federal court and defeating the plaintiffs’ request for remand.

• Multiple representations of publicly traded hospitality company in successfully prosecuting and resolving claims arising from store operations and brand divestitures.

• Obtaining dismissal of competitor’s hostile trade secret and non-compete action against publicly traded technology company.

• Obtaining dismissal with prejudice of professional malpractice claims against accounting firm and accountant arising from acquisition of professional sports franchise.

• Compelling arbitration of unjust enrichment action by business broker against private equity company arising from acquisition of portfolio company.

• Lead counsel for publicly traded consumer goods company in prosecution and successful resolution of several international actions arising from failed acquisition.

• Co-lead trial counsel for financial institution in prosecution and successful resolution after jury verdict of claims arising from underlying financial crimes.

• Successful resolution of receiver’s legal malpractice claims against Am Law 100 law firm for millions of dollars.

• Obtaining dismissal of fiduciary duty and other tort claims for director and officer liability against owner’s representatives in defunct professional sports league.

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