Sarasota Civil Rights Lawyers

Our firm originated in 1949 Cuba and 1976 Miami, FL USA. We are a third generation law firm that hopes to serve our community for many more years. Our firm has been AV-Rated Preeminent for over 20 consecutive years. Attorney Luis Fernandez is the son of the late Luis Fernandez-Caubi, attorney in Cuba and in the United States until 1997, and founder of the law firm. Our law firm has added Anna Fernandez (St. Thomas, 2011). Fernandez-Caubi taught law at Santo Tomas de Villanueva in Cuba, and Luis Fernandez taught at FIU in the Criminal Justice Program for...

More than 15 years of litigation experience representing numerous Fortune 500 companies including Phillip Morris and E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company for national and international law firms such as Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. Miss Demetriades has also served as co-chair of the Newsletter & Publications Subcommittee of the ABA Litigation Section Mass Torts Committee and she has been acting co-editor of the Mass Torts Newsletter since 2001.

Blair T. Jackson was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada in 1965. He attended McGill University in Montreal where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1988. He then attended the Western Michigan Cooley School of Law where he received his juris doctorate in 1991. Mr. Jackson also graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law with a LL.M. (Masters of Law) degree in Business Transactions in 2014. Mr. Jackson has more than twenty-three (23) years of civil litigation experience, practicing in both state courts in the State of Florida, as well as the United States District Court of the Middle...

Robert Rush has been certified as an expert in both Civil Trial Law and Criminal Trial Law by the Florida Bar. He has been litigating cases continuously since 1985, when he began his criminal law career at the Public Defender’s Office.

Thomas J. Ali, Esquire Personal Injury and Criminal Law Divisions Phone 561-748-8000 Fax 561-748-9000 tali@jupiterlegaladvocates.com Thomas J. Ali, Esquire manages the firm’s Personal Injury and Criminal Law Divisions. He was born on October 26, 1958 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Mr. Ali and his family moved to the Delray Beach, Florida area in approximately 1973. He graduated from Delray Beach Atlantic High School in 1976. Mr. Ali obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Florida in 1980. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Esplison Fraternity, Florida Upsilon Chapter. Mr. Ali received his Juris Doctorate from University of Florida...

I graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in December 2013. I then took the Florida Bar Exam in February 2014, and I have been practicing law ever since my April 2014 admission to the Florida Bar.

I have learned how to use my legal knowledge in order to generate a fair result in my cases. Immigration law is one of the most pressing civil rights concerns of our time period. Frequently, fair results do require fights.

I am not afraid of fighting hard for my clients before Government...

Attorney Casey Bryant Drunk-Driving Defense . Criminal Defense . Drug Defense Casey Bryant, P.A. Attorney Bryant is a true criminal defense attorney. While in law school, Attorney Bryant participated in two felony trials as a second chair and an Attempted First Degree Murder trial as lead counsel. In addition, Attorney Bryant handled hundreds of criminal cases, both misdemeanor and felony, while participating as a Certified Legal Intern with the 4th Judicial Circuit Public Defenders office. In law school, Attorney Bryant received six book awards, given to the highest cumulative grade in the class for topics, including Evidence, Criminal Pre-Trial Litigation and Pre-Trial Motion Drafting....

Laura Douglas received a B.A from the University of Central Florida and began her professional career as an award winning news producer at WFTV in Orlando, where she developed the passion for investigation and advocacy that led her to law school. While attending St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, she served as a Certified Legal Intern for the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida and clerked for the Florida Department of Transportation trial division. Following early graduation, Laura obtained priceless courtroom experience as an Assistant State Attorney in Miami-Dade County, prosecuting domestic violence, child abuse and...

We have represented clients from over 45 states and 20 foreign countries. While the diversity of our work mirrors the diversity of our clients, our primary areas of practice are civil litigation, real estate and title services, and estate planning and probate. We commonly work with other firms both to represent their clients in local matters and to obtain additional counsel in matters beyond our areas of practice.

Representing individuals and small corporations to vindicate their rights against some of the most powerful corporate and government entities in America.

Carmen Gallardo has dedicated her legal career to meet her client’s needs. She is well known among her clients and peers for providing creative solutions to difficult immigration law problems. Ms. Gallardo devotes her practice and legal knowledge in, Family Law, Immigration and Civil litigation, just to name a few. She is devoted to her clients by finding a well-organized, cost-effective and comprehensive solution in complex legal matters. Through her experience, Ms. Gallardo has developed an extensive knowledge of immigration law. She serves all immigrant communities and understands the needs of immigrants. As an immigration lawyer,...

My Story I came to Jacksonville in October, 1978, after graduation from Duke University School of Law. My third-year roommate, Bob Parrish, prevailed upon legendary criminal defense and civil rights lawyer Bill Sheppard to grant me an interview and soon I began a clerkship with the firm of Sheppard, Carithers, and Weinbaum. All three partners became lifetime friends and mentors. Hugh Carithers went on to serve with distinction as a Circuit Judge for many years, retiring in December, 2019. Steve Weinbaum became recognized as one of the outstanding trial lawyers in Florida, winning several high profile cases while working with Bob...

Mark Schweikert is an accomplished trial lawyer with thirteen years of experience prosecuting and defending civil cases in domestic and international arbitrations and in federal and state courts. He has successfully represented clients in a wide array of complex and high-stakes civil matters, ranging from catastrophic personal injuries – to sexual harassment, abuse, and exploitation traumas – to employment, insurance, and consumer disputes – to general business and class action litigation. Mark's professional mission is to help those who need it most by vindicating their rights, holding wrongdoers legally accountable, and winning meaningful relief for his clients. He...

In addition to being a practicing attorney and co-founder of Wilson McCoy, P.A. with Nathan McCoy, Gary represents both individuals in civil rights and discrimination claims, non-compete and other employment issues, but also defends employers in such matters. Gary also represents unions and their members in disciplinary grievances, arbitration, unfair labor practice hearings, and collective bargaining negotiations.

With more than 25 years of employment law experience, Gary’s work as an employment and labor law attorney has been recognized by publications and his peers, consistently naming him as one of the “Best Lawyers in America,” a Florida “Super Lawyer,” and one...

Dedicated to representing victims of civil rights violations, unlawful discrimination and harassment of all types, our overriding goal at Tietig & Tietig is to always achieve the best possible outcome that is in our client's best interest, and we will fight fervently to see that outcome achieved. We represent people who are violated by law enforcement agencies and officers, including police officers unlawfully harmed by their own employers. We fight against false arrest, excessive force, lack of probable cause, unlawful profiling, suppression of free speech, and other Fourth Amendment violations. Tietig & Tietig also represents whistleblowers and victims...

Anne Kelly Skinner graduated magna cum laude from West Virginia University, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Thereafter, Anne attended the West Virginia University College of Law where she earned her law degree in 1997.

Anne began her legal career as an Assistant Attorney General within the Office of the West Virginia Attorney General. While there, Anne worked within the Office’s Consumer Protection Division, where she represented the state on behalf of consumers against businesses that had violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act.

In 2001, the Governor of West Virginia appointed Anne to serve...

Matthew McElligott is a partner at VCM Law Group and focuses his practice on Criminal and Civil Litigation. Matthew began his legal career at the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office where he gained experience defending the spectrum of criminal offenses from minor misdemeanors, criminal traffic violations, and DUI’s to serious offenses including drug trafficking, sexual battery, and homicide. Matthew also has extensive experience in litigating Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure law and forensic litigation issues including fingerprints, DNA, toxicology, accident reconstruction, and pathology (Medical Examiners).

After serving the residents of Miami-Dade County for over six years at the Public Defender’s Office, Matthew...