South Bay Lawyers

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

My name is Sommer C. Horton. I have been practicing the law since 2003. I received my JD from California Western School of Law in 2005 and my LLM from University of San Diego thereafter. While, In California I worked for a very prestigious law firm for 8 years. I ran the estate planning, probate, trust administration & litigation and family law division. I also engaged in business planning & litigation, insurance defense and construction defect litigation. In 2012, I relocated to Florida. In 2013, I opened my own practice - the Horton Law...

I provide guidance to clients regarding protection of their intellectual property and provide legal representation to major defense contractors and leaders in the global communications market, document management market, consumer goods market, and network/software solutions market. I regularly handle patent application preparation and prosecution matters related to software, electronic and mechanical innovative ideas or inventions. I also handle patent search studies, infringement studies, patentability or (in)validity studies and freedom-to-operate studies. I have re-examination experience and serve as team members for Inter Partes Reviews and infringement suits. My areas of patent experience include, but are not limited to: AI; autonomous vehicles;...

The Deutsch Law Firm PLLC is a boutique law firm representing clients in family law cases. We handle divorce, child custody, alimony, child support, property distribution, and mediaton. We are dedicated to providing personalized, professional and effective legal services on behalf of our clients.

We understand the highly emotionally charged atmosphere that surrounds the dissolution of marriage, time sharing issues surrounding minor children, property distribution and mediation. We are dedicated to providing our clients with quality representation helping them to resolve their family law related issues quickly, effectively and with as little emotional friction as possible. In addition, we offer family...

Stacie J. Schmerling is a Partner and is a Co-Business Unit Leader of the Justice for Kids Division, the firm’s national practice dedicated to providing legal services to abused, disabled, and catastrophically injured children harmed in foster care, shelters, residential treatment centers, group homes, and other child welfare settings, as well as all children harmed by the acts of others. She practices in the areas of Foster Care and Disabled Persons's damages, Civil Rights, Personal Injury, and Child welfare litigation. She has spent much of her legal career protecting children, especially in cases of foster child abuse, child sexual abuse, child...

Nicole R. Coniglio is a Practice Group Partner in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office. She is part of the Justice for Kids Division, the firm’s national practice dedicated to providing legal services to abused, disabled, and catastrophically injured children harmed at home, in child welfare and foster care settings, group home settings, and residential treatment centers, as well as all children harmed by the acts of others. Nicole focuses her practice on Foster Care and Disabled Persons Damages, Civil Rights, Personal Injury, and Children’s Rights.

Prior to representing injured parties, I represented private and public hospitals, healthcare entities, pharmacies, nursing homes, physicians and dentists, and cruise lines for ten (10) years. In doing so I obtained a wealth of knowledge on the inner workings of such companies that benefit my current clients.

In my quest to seek justice for my clients, I have secured many multi-million dollar verdicts in medical malpractice cases in courts throughout Florida. The Daily Business Review named me the most effective medical malpractice lawyer in 2013 for a $38.5 million dollar verdict and one of the most effective lawyers of 2016 in...

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,...

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...

Celena R. Nash is an experienced real estate lawyer who has represented clients in the South Florida community for over a decade. Mrs. Nash focuses her practice on commercial real estate matters, homeowners and condominium association transactions and negotiations and general commercial litigation. In addition, Ms. Nash serves as the general counsel for corporations, advising them of compliance and contract issues and of applicable local, state and federal regulations. Ms. Nash is admitted to the Florida Bar, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

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Corporate Technology Lawyer David J. Berkowitz has a unique combination of skills, that has helped him rise to the top ranks of the legal field. His comprehensive knowledge of web development and computer systems allows him to provide knowledgeable counsel regarding a wide range of technological issues. David Berkowitz is a member of the Broward County Bar Association and is admitted to the Florida Bar. He also maintains advanced technical certifications in computer networking, computer hardware and software and an array of Microsoft Windows professional products and servers. As a leading South Florida corporate technology lawyer, David Berkowitz puts his...