Civil Rights lawyers in Florida Elysse A. to Joe Taraska

Firm: Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose, P.A.

1000 S Monterey Commons Boulevard 306 , Stuart , Florida 34996

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Civil Rights,Construction ,Contracts,Housing & Construction Defects,Real Estate ,Sexual Harassment

Firm: Law Offices of James Jean-Francois, P.A.

6100 Hollywood Blvd., Ste. 211 , Hollywood , Florida 33024

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Firm: Jill S. Schwartz & Associates, P.A.

655 W Morse Blvd Ste 212 , Winter Park , Florida 32789

Practice Areas: Employment, Mediation, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Land Use & Zoning, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

Firm: Jennifer Daley

500 NE 4th St Ste 101 , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33301

Practice Areas: Appellate , Civil , Civil Rights, Employment & Labor , Sexual Harassment

Firm: Bogin, Munns & Munns, P.A.

687 Beville Rd Ste A , Daytona Beach , Florida 32119

Practice Areas: Corporate , Civil Rights

Firm: Frazer, Hubbard, Brandt, Trask, & Yacavone, LLP

595 Main St , Dunedin , Florida 34698

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

601 West Dr Martin Luther King   Jr Boulevard Flor , Tampa , Florida 33603

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Corporate ,Discrimination,Employment & Labor ,Family ,Labor ,Mediation,Sexual Harassment,Wages/Commissions/Overtime,Wrongful Termination

Firm: James C. Valenti, P.A.

114 N Tennessee Ave , Lakeland , Florida 33801

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Civil Rights, Contracts, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Contracts & Agreements

Firm: James R. Dirmann, P.A.

100 Wallace Avenue   380 , Sarasota , Florida 34237

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Criminal Defense ,DUI/DWI,Ethics & Professional Responsibility,Medical Malpractice,Personal Injury,White Collar Crime,Wrongful Death

Firm: Adams, Coogler, Watson, Merkel, Barry and Kellner, P.A.

1600   1555 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard Flo , West Palm Beach , Florida 33402

Practice Areas: Automobile Accidents,Civil ,Civil Rights,Premises Liability,Products Liability

Firm: Dean, Ringers, Morgan and Lawton, P.A.

1200 Capital Plaza   201 East Pine Street Florid , Orlando , Florida 32802

Practice Areas: Civil ,Civil Rights,Insurance ,Municipal ,Personal Injury,Trucking Accidents

Firm: Grady Legal, Pa

4400 N Federal Hwy Ste 7 , Lighthouse Point , Florida 33064

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Discrimination, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

Grady Legal, PA is your community boutique law firm providing affordable legal services in the areas of Labor & Employment, Landlord Tenant, Small Business and Association Law.  The cornerstone of our practice is our clients.  We strive to provide personalized service and creative solutions.  We understand that you need economic legal  solutions, quickly.  This is why your success is our business.

Firm: Hunton and Williams LLP

1111 Brickell Avenue   2500 , Miami , Florida 33131

Practice Areas: Civil ,Civil Rights,Class Actions,Corporate ,Federal ,International & Trade,Medical Malpractice,Products Liability,White Collar Crime

Firm: Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke, Piper and McDuff, P.A.

2455 E Sunrise Blvd , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33304

Practice Areas: Corporate , Discrimination, Municipal , Civil Rights

Firm: Kelley Kronenberg

10360 W. State Road 84 , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33324

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Corporate , Personal Injury

Florida Child Advocate Blog -. Howard Talenfeld, shareholder in the firm since 1982, focuses his practice on protecting the rights of vulnerable individuals in civil rights cases, personal injury cases and systemic reform litigation. He has litigated cases that have resulted in multi-million dollar settlements and jury verdicts that changed how governmental and private institutions care for children and the elderly. Mr. Talenfeld is also experienced in litigating complex commercial and class action cases in state and federal courts.. In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Mr. Talenfeld represented the state of Florida in its major class-action law suits dealing with the foster care system, children’s mental health system, juvenile justice system, state psychiatric hospitals and the provision of Medicaid services to the developmentally disabled, among others. Nationally, he pioneered defending these cases by advocating for the improvement and reform of human service systems, while protecting states’ rights and avoiding federal over-sight. He has represented governors, secretaries of state, state agencies, Florida’s Insurance Commissioner, the Florida Legislature and Florida’s Auditor General in civil rights cases in federal and state court.. His successes in the areas of children’s and elderly rights have garnered Mr. Talenfeld his greatest personal accomplishments. In 1996, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Youth Law Center, a national children’s advocacy group. He helped the organization develop into a viable entity that assist at-risk youth and teens. Continuing that path, he began an effort to coordinate a statewide organization of child advocates who would help Florida’s at-risk children. In 2002, he became the founding President of Florida’s Children First! (FCF). Comprised of advocates from throughout the state of Florida, FCF works through multi-forum advocacy before the executive branch, the Florida Legislature and the Florida Courts to protect children who are at risk in foster care and in the delinquency system in Florida. Mr. Talenfeld was instrumental in the passage of landmark legislation in Florida, including the Foster Children Bill of Rights, Florida’s pilot project on representation of foster children in Dependency Court, and Florida’s breakthrough interagency education bill for foster children.. Mr. Talenfeld’s litigation successes have utilized creative legal approaches to achieve extraordinary results. In 1998, he served as lead counsel in the Broward County foster care class action, Ward v. Kearney. The resulting settlement agreement greatly improved child welfare practice and more than tripled the District 10 budget for its child welfare system from $38 million to more than $100 million. In 1999, he achieved another major victory, this time for the Florida’s developmentally disabled population in Baumstein v. Sunrise Community, Inc. 738 So. 2d 420, (Fla. 3DCA 1999). The case established the existence of a private cause of action for damages for the violation of Florida’s Bill of Rights for the developmentally disabled. He also was the first attorney in Florida to utilize 42 USC § 1983, the federal civil rights damage statute, to recover a damage award in excess of Florida’s sovereign immunity limit of $100,000 on behalf of a foster child. In the 2002 case, Roe v. Florida Department of Children & Family Services, 176 F. Supp. 2d 1310 (S.D. Fla. 2001), Mr. Talenfeld negotiated a landmark $5 million settlement and focused the nation’s attention on the case in an episode of ABC’s 20/20.. Beyond his courtroom successes, Mr. Talenfeld has been a forceful advocate for change. He has argued for systemic reform litigation before many state and national groups, including the U.S. Congress, the National Association of State Mental Health Lawyers, the American Public Welfare Association and many Florida legislative committees.. Mr. Talenfeld is a member of the American Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the National Association of Council for Children. He previously chaired the Litigation/Class Action Committee and was a representative for the State of Florida to the National Association of Mental Health Attorneys (1993). Mr. Talenfeld has received numerous awards, including the Florida Bar President's 2006 Pro Bono Service Award for the 17th Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida. He currently is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell.. Among other memberships, Mr. Talenfeld chairs the Broward Days Children's Issues Team (2000-present), was a Director of Florida's Voice of the Mentally Retarded and sat on the Steering Committee for Citizens for Broward's Children in 2000. He was also former Director with the Youth Law Center in San Francisco, CA. Among civic organizations, he was former President and Director of the Cypress Head Club Inc.; and is on the City of Parkland Board of Adjustment and Planning and Zoning Board, which he chaired for many years. He served on the Board of Trustees and chaired the Campaign Committee of Temple Kol Tikvah, was a Board Member of Hurricane Relief for Miami Foster Kids Inc., served as a Big Brother, and has coached various sports teams, including soccer, baseball and softball.. Mr. Talenfeld received his bachelors of business administration degree from University of Miami School of Business, and his Juris Doctorate from University of Miami School of Law, cum laude.

Firm: Coppins Monroe Adkins Dincman and Spellman, P.A.

1319 Thomaswood Drive   Post Office Drawer 14447 , Tallahassee , Florida 32317

Practice Areas: Americans with Disabilities Act,Civil ,Civil Rights,Contracts,Discrimination,Government Agencies,Municipal ,Police Misconduct,Sexual Harassment

Firm: Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson, Talley & Dunlap, P.A.

Po Box 3753 , Orlando , Florida 32802

Practice Areas: Elder , Estate Planning, Health Care & Hospitalization, Natural Resources, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Civil Rights

Firm: Gary Kollin

1856 N Nob Hill Road , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33322

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Constitutional

For over 43 years I have been an expert lawyer specializing in POLICE ABUSE, police misconduct, false arrest, excessive force. illegal search, criminal defense (trial and appeals), and civil rights cases. I represent clients in the state and federal courts suing police officers as well as clients charged with all levels of crimes ranging from petit theft to first degree murder including federal charges of drug trafficking and continuing criminal enterprises. I am also an expert lawyer specializing in appeals in all Florida and federal appeal courts.. I became a member of the Bar in 1979. In addition to my over 36 years of private practice experience, I served as a prosecutor (assistant state attorney) in Broward County and a chief of the Florida Medicaid Fraud Unit.. In my civil rights/police misconduct practice, I sued and won cases against the FBI, Miami Beach Police Department, Ft. Lauderdale Police Department, Miami-Dade Police Department, Hialeah Police Department, Broward Sheriff's Office, Palm Beach Sheriff's Office, Brevard County Sheriff's Office, Ft. Pierce Police Department, Port St. Lucie Police Department, Hendry County Sheriff's Office, Hollywood Police Department, Davie Police Department, Coral Springs Police Department, Lauderhill Police Department, Hallandale Police Department, Surfside Police Department, Boynton Beach Police Department, Sweetwater Police Department, Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Highway Patrol, Martin County Sheriff's Office  and many others. I have obtained hundreds of thousands of dollars for my clients who suffered at the hands (and feet) of law enforcement officers.. I argued the case of Smith v. United States, 508 U.S. 223 (1993), before the Supreme Court of the United States where the justices of the Supreme Court appointed me to represent the petitioner John Angus Smith. Harvard Law School uses that case to teach statutory construction to its law students.. In addition, I was counsel in a 221 person class action suit, Jones v. Sheriff, 9 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D107 (S.D. Fla. 1995), against the local Sheriff where the federal judge determined that the Sheriff's procedure of holding people in jail after they were found not guilty was unconstitutional The judge awarded over $1,000, (one million dollars) to the class.

Firm: Shooster & Kleinman, P.A.

777 South State Road 7 823 , Margate , Florida 33068

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Civil Rights,Constitutional ,Criminal Defense ,Discrimination,Employment & Labor ,Ethics & Professional Responsibility,Labor ,Personal Injury,Professional Malpractice,Sexual Harassment

Firm: Morgan & Morgan

20 North Orange Avenue , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Commercial Litigation, Complex Litigation, Hospital Law, Insurance Disputes, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home Abuse, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Tobacco Litigation, Wrongful Death