Atlantis Lawyers

DAVID K. KELLEY, JR., brings to the firm substantial unique experience. He served as a criminal prosecutor for the United States serving as Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, concentrating on white collar fraud and tax evasion cases. He also served as a member of the Federal Court as a criminal defense attorney in the Federal Public Defender's Office for the Southern District of Florida. He became a member of the Federal Court Trial Bar in its first year 1976. Mr. Kelley's trial practice with Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA focuses on personal injury, product liability...

Mr. Rhoads has practiced law in Palm Beach County since 2003. He began his professional career with Kingcade & Rhoads, in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he handled cases including personal injury, family law, contract litigation, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, wage violations and employment discrimination. He then was associated with the law office of Brian D. Guralnick, P.A., in West Palm Beach where he focused his practice on handling cases involving automobile negligence, products liability and construction negligence. Currently, he has been actively involved in Civil Trial Litigation handling all phases of civil cases including automobile...

JOHN A. SHIPLEY III is a vice president of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA, and serves as a member of the firms board of directors. He is a Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer in the areas of personal injury and wrongful death. Mr. Shipley's primary practice focuses on personal injury cases, with an emphasis on complex medical malpractice and trucking cases. Drawing upon 30 years of litigation experience in West Palm Beach, both prosecuting and defending civil cases, he has obtained numerous multi-million dollar settlements and jury verdicts on behalf of injured plaintiffs. He has tried cases...

CHRISTIAN D. SEARCY is President and CEO of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, PA. For over 30 years, he has litigated cases primarily involving catastrophic injury and death in venues throughout Florida, as well as other states. At age 30, he had the distinction of being the youngest lawyer in the United States to achieve a verdict of $1 million for a single personal injury lawsuit. In 2006, Mr. Searcy was one of only two lawyers in the country to receive the “War Horse Award” from the Southern Trial Lawyers Association, honoring his outstanding skill as a trial advocate...

C. CALVIN WARRINER III joined the firm in 1988 as a seasoned attorney, with experience defending personal injury cases that included medical malpractice and products liability. His distinct areas of practice include mass tort and complex litigation arising from institutional wrongdoing in the pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare, and insurance industries. Mr. Warriner is Board Certified in Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and by The Florida Bar. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys and has been named as one of South Florida's top lawyers by Miami Metro Magazine's South Florida Legal Guide. An...

BRIAN R. DENNEY is a native of West Palm Beach who received his undergraduate degree from Stetson University, where he was awarded the Outstanding Senior Award for Academic Excellence in Sociology. While at Stetson, Mr. Denney was actively involved in student affairs, serving on the Stetson Judicial Council and as Vice President of his social fraternity. A “double hatter,” he went on to receive his Juris Doctor degree, with honors, from Stetson University College of Law where he was the recipient of the Victor O. Wehle Trial Advocacy Award. Upon graduation, Mr. Denney joined the general trial division of a well-known...

F. GREGORY BARNHART is an honors graduate of Vassar College and The Cornell Law School. He is a frequent lecturer and author in the jury trial field. He is the past president of the Federal Bar Association and was an elected member of the board of directors of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. Mr. Barnhart has served as treasurer, secretary, and president of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, which is now the Florida Justice Association. In addition, he has been named in The Best Lawyers in America for the past 16 years. He...

Attorney Brandon Dinetz's approach to criminal defense is proactive and aggressive. He engages in pre-file work with the State Attorney's Office and the arresting agency investigating his clients, which is a critical part of the case timeline. Brandon is highly skilled in securing favorable outcomes early in the process. Should the State decide to proceed with charges, he is relentless. He will work tirelessly to ensure that your rights are protected. Brandon's legal career began as an Assistant State Attorney for the 15th Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County. During that time, he has prosecuted over 3,100 criminal cases, including DUI,...

EARL L. DENNEY, JR. is vice president of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA and is recognized as one of Florida's leading medical malpractice experts. He has been a guest lecturer in medical legal jurisprudence at Stetson University School of Law. A Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Mr. Denney was chosen to be included in the first edition of Who's Who in American Law. He practiced law in Jacksonville and Daytona before moving to South Florida, and has been practicing law in West Palm Beach for 36 years. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Palm...

Practice Area

Employment litigation
Business Litigation

Education

University of Pittsburgh, School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2000
Pennsylvania State University, 1995

Honors

Client Distinction Award, based on client ratings on Martindale.com, 2013.
AV Pre-eminent Rating, pursuant to Martindale Hubbell, 2012
Florida Super lawyers, Rising Star, 2010.
Top Young Lawyers in Florida, 2010.

Bar Admissions

The Florida Bar, 2002
The Pennsylvania Bar, 2000

Court Admissions

United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
United States District Court, Northern District of Florida
United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court

Robert H. Friedman focuses his practice on helping clients navigate through difficult insurance coverage issues. He represents policyholders in disputes with their insurers involving property damage, bodily injury, environmental liability, products liability, director and officer liability, intellectual property liability, business interruption, and crime and fidelity matters. He has litigated insurance and other complex commercial disputes in various state and federal courts. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Mr. Friedman served as a law clerk to the Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He practiced for seven years in the Insurance Coverage...

Since opening the firm now known as Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Ryle, more than thirty years ago, Gerald A. Rosenthal has been a dedicated champion of the everyday hero – police officers, firefighters, teachers, nurses, construction workers, farm workers, and more. Passionate about preserving the civil rights of laborers, he’s fought tirelessly against giant insurance companies who deny the injured workers their benefits. It’s not just the lawsuit Rosenthal fights to win – he is driven by the opportunity to restore his client’s quality of life. Before Gerald A. Rosenthal became known as one of the best Palm Beach...

Ryan Ingraham, Esq. is an accomplished trial attorney. Mr. Ingraham began his career as a law clerk at a longstanding Estate & Trusts practice in North Palm Beach, FL. After working as a clerk for 4 years, Mr. Ingraham decided to pursue law school in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, where he ultimately graduated with high honors. Mr. Ingraham began working at an insurance defense firm as a paralegal while finishing law school, and then as an attorney. Mr. Ingraham experienced success in the insurance defense litigation world and decided his services were best suited serving the people. Mr. Ingraham is a...

Daniel Lustig was born in San Jose, Costa Rica and moved to West Palm Beach, Florida in December of 1997. After serving as Special Prosecutor of the State Attorney’s Office and working as an associate for some of the most prestigious personal injury and complex commercial litigation law firms in South Florida, Daniel opened his law firm with partner, Michael Pike. Daniel has litigated and secured significant results for his personal injury clients injured in auto accidents and incidents involving slip or trip and falls. Daniel has also litigated complex business disputes and denials of insurance coverage in the United...

Mr. Solomon concentrates his practice in hedge fund litigation/counseling, securities arbitration; general civil litigation and financial markets' transactional matters. Prior to becoming a Partner of McLaughlin & Stern, LLP, Mr. Solomon was associated with Greenberg Traurig LLP, resident in that firm's West Palm Beach offices, where his focus was managing and trying as lead counsel, a multitude of securities arbitration matters before the NASD (now FINRA) and the NYSE. He also litigated other securities fraud matters.

Prior to that, Mr. Solomon was associated with two prominent Chicago based law firms working on both financial market litigation and transaction matters,...

Concierge Lawyer in Business Law, Real Property Law and Civil Litigation Principal, Law Offices of Daren Rubenfeld, P.A.

Concierge Lawyer in Business Law, Appeals, Real Property Law and Civil Litigation Principal, Law Offices of Daren Rubenfeld, P.A.