Eduardo Gomez, Esq.
EDUCATION
The George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.
May 2003
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
December 1999
Eduardo Gomez, PA, Coral Gables, Florida
Principal (2008 – Present)
- Practice in areas of complex commercial litigation/transactions, real estate, family law, probate, wills and trusts and first party insurance litigation in Florida state and federal courts
- Took approximately a dozen first party insurance cases to trial against insurance companies and reached a verdict
- Represented condominium and homeowner association owners against their respective associations and founder of Anti Association Lawyers, PLLC – www.antiassociationlawyers.com
Experience
Alvarez Carbonell Feltman Jimenez & Gomez, PL, Coral Gables, Florida
Founding Member (2008-2013)
- Practice in areas of complex commercial litigation/transactions, construction litigation, materialman liens, and first party insurance litigation in Florida state and federal courts
- Monitor latest legislative developments in State and local government as same relate to client interests; confer with Legislators and take other actions to scrutinize and/or modify legislation
- Primarily responsible for firm’s cases involving Hurricane Wilma (over 1000 cases), approximately six of which went to jury trial (served as second chair); served as first chair on two bench trials and one jury trial
Sreenan & Associates, PA, Miami, Florida
Associate (2007-2008)
- Practiced in areas of insurance defense/coverage, aviation, premises liability, contractual indemnification and appeals
- Aggressively handled complex, multi-party, high exposure caseload and motion practice in state and federal courts
- Routinely reported to clients on all aspects of case management, strategy analysis and potential discovery issues
- Drafted and argued multifaceted motions for summary judgment on indemnification and premises liability
Angones, McClure & Garcia, PA, Miami, Florida
Associate (2006-2007)
- Practiced in areas of insurance defense, appeals, negligence, and general, premises and products liability
- Actively litigated cases from pre-suit through mediation stages including vigorous discovery practice
- Reported to clients on case status and settlement values, case strengths/weaknesses and resolution strategies
- Served as main appellate attorney for the firm in the areas of civil liability and workers’ compensation
Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson LLP, Miami, Florida
Associate (2003-2006)
- Practiced in areas of insurance coverage/defense, appeals, professional malpractice, negligence, and general, premises and products liability
- Researched and drafted memoranda, appellate briefs, various motions and petitions for writ of certiorari
- Defended and took depositions in professional malpractice and workers’ compensation cases
- Argued motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment and other motions in civil and criminal matters
- Handled two bench trials at the trial level, one of which went to the Florida Supreme Court and created substantive law in the area of Workers’ Compensation – Jan Malichi v. Archdiocese of Miami, 945 So.2d 526 (Fla. 2007)
Publications and Notable Decisions
- Pure Speech Or Expressive Conduct? The ‘DeCSS Saga’ And Inconsistencies In The Treatment Of Computer Code As Protected Speech Under The First Amendment, 31 A.I.P.L.A. Q.J. 2, 231 (2003);
- Jan Malichi v. Archdiocese of Miami, 945 So.2d 526 (Fla. 2007);
- Hall v. American Security Insurance Company, 2009 WL 2215131 (S.D. Fla. 2009);
- Sosa v. Safeway Premium Finance Company, 73 So.3d 91 (Fla. 2011);
- Deborah Zeichner and Steven Zeichner v. USAA Casualty Ins. Co., 2014 WL 11878428 (S.D. Fla. 2014);
- State Farm Ins. Co. v. Xirinachs, 163 So.3d 559 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015)
Memberships
- Admitted to practice law in Florida and the District of Columbia; State of Texas license is inactive
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida; Dade County Bar Association; Cuban American Bar Association; Belen Alumni Lawyers Section
Awards
- Super Lawyers, Top Young Lawyers Award, 2010
- DBR’s Most Effective Lawyers in Appellate Law, 2011