Governmental Litigation
As one of Florida's most well-respected municipal government-oriented law firms, our experience in governmental litigation is extensive. We are involved in the defense of municipalities and governmental agencies in all areas of liability. We also defend elected officials, employees, individual departments, branches and divisions in both State and Federal courts at the trial and appellate levels. Our representation includes defense of law enforcement personnel in the areas of false arrest, excessive force, malicious prosecution and battery, especially in §1983 actions. We also represent public sector entities as plaintiffs to prosecute their contract, constitutional, or business tort matters.
We specialize in cases involving negligence, tort liability, complex constitutional law issues, sovereign immunity, qualified immunity, civil rights, as well as torts, and common law claims. Our litigators have extensive experience in a wide array of issues such as violations of Constitutional Rights, including the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, racial discrimination, gender discrimination and disability discrimination.
Our trial lawyers have litigated cases up to the Florida Supreme Court relating to:
- County fiscal responsibility
- Election law
- Government health insurance plans
- Safe water issues
- Municipal taxes
- Sovereign immunity
- Special assessment
- Special versus general law