Our Team

Phone: (201) 676-7692
Cuiyun Li AKA Laura Li is an Associate in the firm’s Jersey City office.

Cuiyun Li

Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Allyson Balcolm is an Associate in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Ms. Balcolm joins Lydecker’s Environmental Team

Allyson Balcolm

Associate

Phone: (213) 226-7068
Christopher J. Campbell (Chris) is a Partner in Lydecker’s Newport Beach and Los Angeles office who has focused his practice on defending companies and business owners as lead trial counsel in State Courts, Federal Courts, and in high-stakes arbitration.

Narine Levonyan

Of Counsel

Phone: (213) 226-7068
Christopher J. Campbell (Chris) is a Partner in Lydecker’s Newport Beach and Los Angeles office who has focused his practice on defending companies and business owners as lead trial counsel in State Courts, Federal Courts, and in high-stakes arbitration.

Christopher J. Campbell

Partner

Phone: (213) 226-7068
Tai Parboosingh is an associate in the firm’s Los Angeles Office. Ms. Parboosingh’s practice involves defending clients in various areas of litigation.

Tai-Lyn Parboosingh

Associate

Phone: (561) 655-6661
Mr. Schlossberg is Of Counsel in Lydecker's Boca office, where he defends clients in all manner of catastrophic injury cases, including wrongful death, paralysis, amputations, and other serious injuries. Mr. Schlossberg also practices construction defect litigation, where he represents general contractors, subcontractors and developers.

Adam R. Schlossberg

Of Counsel

Phone: (813) 443-8424
Ms. Centrone is a seasoned civil litigator with experience defending clients through agency investigations as well as litigation in administrative, state, and federal courts in Florida. Her practice includes representation in diverse first- and third-party claims, including personal injury, premises liability, professional malpractice, D&O, bad faith actions, labor & employment matters, whistleblower, complex litigation, catastrophic claims, and SIU/fraud matters.

Erin L Centrone

Of Counsel

Phone: (213) 226-7068
Emma Erickson-Kery is an associate in the firm's Los Angeles Office. Ms. Erickson-Kery's practice involves defending clients in various areas of litigation.

Emma Erickson-Kery

Associate

Phone: (850) 201-7276
Timothy Armstrong is an attorney who serves as Of Counsel at Lydecker's Jacksonville office. Mr. Armstrong's practice involves all aspects of state civil trial litigation with a primary emphasis on premise liability, bodily injury defense, and tort liability.

Timothy Patrick Armstrong

Of Counsel

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Hunter Trubatch is a senior associate in the firm’s Miami Office. Mr. Trubatch’s practice focuses on the defense of different liability claims including serios bodily injury, premises liability, product liability, and general tort liability.

Hunter Trubatch

Senior Associate

Phone: (813) 443-8424
Kristina Sargent graduated from the University of Baltimore and was a prosecutor in Baltimore City prior to moving to Florida in 2021.

Kristina Sargent

Of Counsel

Phone: (786) 628-2874
Saasha Williams is an Associate Attorney at Lydecker with extensive experience in handling all aspects of civil litigation.

Saasha R. Williams

Associate

Phone: (407) 255-2070
Ms. Diefendorf is an associate attorney at the firm’s Orlando Office. Ms. Diefendorf earned her J.D. from Barry University School of Law in 2022.

Megan E. Diefendorf

Associate

Phone: (813) 443-8424
Justin K. Fahringer graduated from Stetson College of Law in 2010, and began working for a specialized firm representing bankruptcy trustees enforcing consumer-protection statutes before joining the 13th Cir. Public Defender's Office in 2013.

Justin K. Fahringer

Of Counsel

Phone: (786) 788-9647
Belissa Ardisson is an Associate with the firm's Miami office. Ms. Ardisson's practice involves all aspects of federal and state civil trial litigation with a primary focus in personal injury, government liability, employment, and civil rights litigation.

Belissa Ardisson

Associate

Phone: (201) 676-7692
Young Kim is an Associate located in Lydecker’s Jersey City office. He is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey. Mr. Kim’s practice area involves all aspects of Civil Litigation in the state courts of New York and New Jersey.

Young H. Kim

Associate

Phone: (561) 655-6661
Deena Lurie is an Associate in the firm's Boca Raton office and a Miami native. Deena graduated from Nova Southeastern Shepard Broad College of Law in Davie, Florida. Prior to law school, she obtained her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Florida International University, majoring in Political Science.

Deena Lurie

Associate

Phone: (813) 443-8424
Matthew Overpeck is Of Counsel in the firm’s Tampa Office and serves in the Appellate and Legal Support Unit within the Trial Division.

Matthew Overpeck

Of Counsel

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Ms. Chastidy Cristine Mirabal was born and raised in Miami, Florida, and earned her Juris Doctor degree from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law.

Chastidy Cristine Mirabal

Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Michou Phenelus is an Associate at Lydecker, where his focus is on Florida civil litigation. He maintains a varied practice in insurance defense, including general bodily injury and casualty, and Premises Liability.

Michou Phenelus

Senior Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Geoffrey Sanders is a civil litigator in our Orlando office with extensive trial and appellate court experience. Mr. Sanders practices general litigation and represents insurance companies in third party insurance disputes.

Geoffrey Bradford Sanders

Of Counsel

Phone: (213 )293-7926
James Spratt is Of Counsel in the firm's Los Angeles office and practices in all courts in California. His primary areas of practice include complex commercial litigation, tort practice in products liability, real property and construction defect.

James T. Spratt

Of Counsel

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Francisco is an Associate in the firm's Miami Office. Mr. Varona's practice involves all aspects of federal and state civil trial litigation with a primary focus in personal injury, premises liability, and government liability.

Francisco Javier Varona

Associate

Phone: (813) 443-8424
Andria M. Nowak, Esq., graduated from Western Michigan University’s Cooley Law School in 2018.

Andria M. Nowak

Of Counsel

Phone: (407) 255-2070
Cynthia Carrasco-Escalera is an Associate in the firm’s Orlando office. Ms. Carrasco’s current practice is primarily focused on personal injury. Ms. Carrasco obtained her Juris Doctor from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University College of Law, with Cum Laude honors.

Cynthia Carrasco-Escalera

Associate

Phone: (813) 443-8424
Yanina Onyewenjo is an Associate at the firm’s Tampa office. Ms. Onyewenjo’s practice involves a range of topics, including personal injury, premises liability, labor and employment, and other topics in civil defense.

Yanina Franziska Onyewenjo

Associate

Phone: (813) 443-8424
Andrea M. Franklin is a 2009 graduate of Florida International University, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism and Mass Communication with a minor in political science. Andrea received her Juris Doctor from Florida International University College of Law in 2013. She has been a member of the Florida Bar since 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida since 2014 and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida since 2020.

Andrea M Franklin

Of Counsel

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Dianera Rodriguez is an Associate in the Products Liability department in the firm’s Miami office. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Rodriguez was an associate at a civil defense litigation firm where she handled premises liability claims, personal injury claims, property damage claims, and workers' compensation claims.

Dianera Rodriguez

Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Michal Slavik is an associate attorney at the Lydecker’s Miami office. Mr. Slavik’s practice involves all aspects of federal and state civil litigation with a primary focus on labor and employment, administrative and regulatory litigation, commercial litigation, and personal injury.

Michal Slavik

Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Marianne Elias an Associate in the firm’s Miami office. Ms. Elias' practice involves all aspects of federal and state civil trial litigation with a focus in labor and employment, civil rights litigation and governmental immunity.

Marianne Elias

Associate

Phone: (760) 994-7527
Sarah Sanders is an associate for the Jacksonville office.

Sarah Sanders

Associate

Phone: 305-416-3180
Morgan Taylor Gieser is an associate in the Miami office. Ms. Gieser represents clients throughout the state in a variety of federal and state civil litigation claims with a focus on labor and employment.

Morgan Taylor Gieser

Associate

Phone: 305-416-3180
Peter Agola is an Associate in Lydecker's Miami office. Peter is a 2023 graduate of the University of Miami School of Law, and a member of the Florida Bar.

Peter Agola

Associate

Phone: 305-416-3180
David Reinblatt is a senior associate in the firm's Miami office. Mr. Reinblatt's practice involves all aspects of federal and state trial litigation with a focus on complex commercial litigation and construction litigation.

David A. Reinblatt

Senior Associate

Phone: 305-416-3180
Ryan received a Juris Doctor from University of Miami School of Law with a concentration in business compliance and sustainability through a specialized academic curriculum. He has worked with clients that are primarily businesses operating through channels of e-commerce via online platforms.

Ryan Leon-Schetina

Associate

Phone: (407) 255-2070
Carolyn Gachet is an attorney in the firm’s Orlando office. Carolyn has experience in insurance defense, personal injury protection (PIP), auto Glass, plaintiff bodily injury from car accidents, automobile subrogation where she represented a national insurance company, debt collection and construction defect litigation.

Carolyn Gachet

Of Counsel

Phone: (201) 676-7692
Chrystel Yoo is an Associate located in Lydecker's Jersey City office. She is admitted to practice in New York. Ms. Yoo practices in the areas of labor and employment law and litigation.

Chrystel Yoo

Associate

Phone: 813-934-8726
Chris Broussard is a seasoned insolvency and commercial litigation attorney with substantial experience in debtor, creditor, equity, and fiduciary representation. He is known for his commitment to providing inventive and precise counsel to clients.

Chris Broussard

Of Counsel

Phone: (407) 255-2070
Kristopher J. Bartz joined Lydecker as an associate in 2023. A native of Batavia, New York, Kristopher has resided in Florida since early 2022. He currently focuses his practice on insurance defense.

Kristopher Joseph Bartz

Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Carlota Gonzalez is originally from Spain where she received her Law degree from University of Barcelona in June 2021. While studying at University of Barcelona she was selected and granted a full scholarship to participate in the Dual Degree Law Program between University of Barcelona and Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law, where she went to earn her Juris Doctor degree.

Carlota Gonzalez Gallego

Associate

Phone: (213) 293-7926
Ms. Brice joined Lydecker as an associate in 2023. Ms. Brice has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology. She earned her law degree from Glendale University College of Law. She currently focuses her practice on insurance defense litigation, products liability and personal injury.

Carolyn Christine Brice

Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Mr. Quetglas is an associate in the firm’s Miami office. Mr. Quetglas' practice involves defending organizations and individuals involved in personal injury actions, premises liability matters, negligent security claims, professional liability claims, and construction defect matters throughout the State of Florida.

Joshua Quetglas

Associate

Phone: (561) 655-6661
Jaunet Spellman is an Associate at the firm’s Boca Raton office. Ms. Spellman focuses her practice on civil and complex commercial litigation, including business torts and breach of contract claims. Ms. Spellman has extensive experience in the Federal, State, and Appellate Courts throughout the State of Florida.

Jaunet Spellman

Associate

Phone: (201) 676-7692
Jacob Diamond is an Associate in the firm’s Jersey City office. Prior to joining Lydecker, Mr. Diamond served as a Law Clerk in the Superior Court of Essex County, New Jersey, where he clerked for several judges in matters relating to General Equity, Civil, and Family Law. Mr. Diamond’s practice area involves all aspects of Civil Litigation.

Jacob Diamond

Associate

Phone: (813) 443-8424
Lucero Ayala Feliciano is an Associate Attorney in the firm's Tampa office, where she practices civil litigation.

Lucero Ayala Feliciano

Associate

Phone: 786-628-2864
Eliz Demren is an Associate in the Products Liability department of Lydecker’s Miami office.

Eliz Demren

Associate

Phone: (813) 443-8424
Mr. Darmanin is Of Counsel based in Lydecker’s Miami office. Mr. Darmanin's practice primarily includes first- and third-party property claims, including bad faith litigation, and spans across various types of property claims.

Troy Darmanin

Of Counsel

Phone: (407)-255-2070
Gabrielle Johnson is an Associate Attorney in the Orlando, FL office where her primary focus is Premises Liability. She is originally from Miami, FL and resided there her entire life prior to migrating to Orlando in 2020.

Gabrielle A Johnson

Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Laura Gonzalez is an associate in the firm’s Miami Office. Ms. Gonzalez’s practice involves all aspects of federal and state civil trial litigation with a primary focus in personal injury, governmental liability, and labor and employment litigation.

Laura Maria Gonzalez

Associate

Phone: (813) 443=8424
Ms. Sweet is a bilingual (English and Spanish) and highly experienced attorney. She has a proven track record of success in handling complex trials and high-profile cases. Ms. Sweet is committed to providing her clients with the highest level of legal representation, tailored to meet their specific needs.

Samara M Sweet

Of Counsel

Phone: (407) 255-2070
Victoria A. Arthington is an associate in Lydecker’s Orlando office where she concentrates her practice in civil litigation with a primary focus on personal injury and premises liability law.

Victoria A. Arthington

Associate

Phone: (561) 655-6661
Daniel Muggeo is an associate in the firm’s Boca Raton office. Mr. Muggeo focuses his practice on civil litigation including the defense of negligence, traumatic bodily injury, wrongful death, and malpractice.

Daniel Muggeo

Associate

Phone: (786) 243-6678 ext. 1031
Jimmy Camilus is an Associate in the Firm's Orlando office where he handles all aspects of general civil litigation matters.

Jimmy Camilus

Associate

Phone: (813) 443-8424
Kyle Scher is an associate attorney in the firm’s Tampa office. Mr. Scher earned his J.D. from Stetson University College of Law in 2022.

Kyle Scher

Associate

Phone: (813) 443-8424
Ana Reyes is an associate attorney in the firm’s Tampa office. Ms. Reyes’ practice involves all aspects civil litigation with a primary focus in labor and employment, personal injury, and premises liability law.

Ana Reyes

Associate

Phone: (407) 255-2070
Adam J. Wicker is an associate in Lydecker’s Orlando office where he concentrates his practice in construction law and litigation.

Adam J. Wicker

Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Paola Garcia’s practice involves all aspects of federal and state civil trial litigation, with a primary focus on general liability.

Paola M. Garcia

Partner

Phone: (813) 443-8424
Dawn E. George is of Counsel and a supervising attorney in the Tampa office, where she practices in labor and employment law and civil defense litigation.

Dawn E. George

Of Counsel

Phone: 213-293-7926
Gabriel (Gabe) Z. Reynoso is a Partner of the Los Angeles office of Lydecker law firm. He is a trial attorney with nearly two decades of experience in various forms of complex litigation and arbitrations.

Gabriel Reynoso

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Jacqueline Figueroa is a partner in our Miami office. Since 2010, Ms. Figueroa has focused her practice on insurance coverage matters, counseling and representing clients as to insurance coverage determinations and when necessary litigation.

Jacqueline Figueroa

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Katie Gudaitis is an associate in the firm’s Miami office. Ms. Gudaitis’ practice involves all aspects of federal and state civil trial litigation with a primary focus in commercial litigation, professional liability, labor and employment litigation, premises liability, and government liability

Katie Gudaitis

Partner

Phone: (407) 255-2070
I am litigation associate in the firm’s Orlando office, where I focus my practice area in a range of topics in general civil litigation.

Morgan L. Fayocavitz

Associate

Phone: (407) 255-2070
Chris Brennan is a senior associate in Lydecker's Orlando office where he concentrates his practice in construction law and litigation.

Christopher W. Brennan

Senior Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Joshua R. Paikowsky is an associate in the firm’s Miami Office. Mr. Paikowsky’s practice involves all aspects of federal and state civil trial litigation with a primary focus in personal injury, governmental liability, and labor and employment litigation.

Joshua R. Paikowsky

Associate

Phone: (904) 443-3514
Kristoffer R. Budhram is a partner in the firm’s Jacksonville office. Mr. Budhram’s practice involves all aspect of general litigation.

Kristoffer R. Budhram

Partner

Phone: (813) 443-8424
Mr. Garcia is an associate attorney at the firm’s Tampa Office. While earning his Juris Doctorate, Mr. Garcia served as a law clerk for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, where he assisted several judges in civil matters.

Joseph A. Garcia

Associate

Phone: (813) 443-8424
E. Taylor George is a Partner and trial counsel for the Tampa office, also working with the Orlando, Jacksonville, and Tallahassee offices.

E. Taylor George

Partner

Phone: 305-416-3180
Nieves is Of Counsel at the firm's Miami office where her primary practice is property insurance litigation. Nieves has years of litigation experience representing insurance carriers in first party property and bad faith claims.

Johana E. Nieves

Of Counsel

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Katrina Carrillo is an Associate at Lydecker handling Florida civil litigation matters. Ms. Carrillo has extensive experience in the defense of civil disputes.

Katrina Carrillo

Associate

Phone: (201) 676-7692
Gregory Johnson is an Associate in Lydecker’s Jersey City office. He is licensed to practice law in both New Jersey and New York.

Gregory Johnson

Associate

Phone: (201) 676-7692
Patience Brown is an Associate at Lydecker, a full-service AV Preeminent law firm, in the New Jersey office. Her practice involves all aspects of federal and state trial litigation with a primary focus on complex insurance disputes.

Patience S. Brown

Associate

Phone: (561) 655-6661
Ilana J. Moskowitz is an associate at the firm’s Boca Raton office. Ms. Moskowitz focuses her practice on civil and complex commercial litigation, including business torts, deceptive practices, and breach of contract claims.

Ilana J. Moskowitz

Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Mr. Sanchez Parraga is Of Counsel in the Lydecker Miami and New York offices. He counsels insurers on insurance coverage, claim adjustment, and contract interpretation on first-party property homeowners and commercial losses, bad faith litigation, fire/theft/fraud investigation, and windstorm coverage.

Alex Sanchez Parraga

Of Counsel

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Mewerick Mozza is a senior associate attorney at the Lydecker’s Miami office. Mr. Mozza concentrates his practice in all aspects of federal and state civil litigation.

Mewerick Mozza

Senior Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Natalie Rodriguez is a South Florida native and a member of the Florida Bar. She grew up in the world of Insurance litigation as her family owns and operates several companies that cover Adjusting, Appraisal, and Umpire Services.

Natalie Rodriguez

Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Natalia Pinzon Martinez is an associate in the firm’s Miami Office. Ms. Pinzon Martinez’s practice involves all aspects of federal and state civil trial litigation with a primary focus in personal injury, governmental liability, and labor and employment litigation.

Natalia Pinzon Martinez

Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Christopher Lutzel is an associate at the firm’s Miami office. Mr. Lutzel concentrates his practice in Commercial and Homeowner’s First-Party Disputes, with an emphasis on Property Practice, Insurance Coverage and Extra-Contractual Litigation.

Christopher Lutzel

Associate

Phone: 305-416-3180
Jordan Roth is an Associate at the firm’s Miami office. Mr. Roth concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, with an emphasis on contractual disputes, business torts, and insolvency. Prior to joining Lydecker, Mr. Roth was an associate at a boutique commercial litigation firm in Miami.

Jordan Roth

Associate

Phone: (407) 255-2070
Angela M. Bekhit is an Associate in the Orlando office. She was born and raised in The City Beautiful Orlando and has resided in Florida her entire life. She earned her Juris Doctor at Barry University, Dwayne O. Andreas in 2016 and her Bachelor of Science Degree from Nova Southeastern University.

Angela M. Bekhit

Associate

Phone: 646-483-5036
Michael Rawlinson is a partner in our New York office. Mr. Rawlinson’s practice involves all aspects of Federal and State Civil trials litigation with a primary focus on architects and engineers, construction (New York Labor Law and construction defect), premises liability and transportation.

Michael R. Rawlinson

Partner

Phone: (561) 655-6661
Jonathan J. Levy is an associate at the Boca Raton office. Mr. Levy's practice includes Construction Defect Litigation focusing on defending developers, general contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, environmental consultants, and product manufacturers

Jonathan J. Levy

Associate

Phone: 201-676-7692
Michael Poreda is Of Counsel in the New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania offices of Lydecker. He is licensed to practice law in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, and is admitted to practice in five of the federal jurisdictions in those states.

Michael Poreda

Of Counsel

Phone: 3054163180
Conrad C. Witte is an associate in the firm’s Miami office. Mr. Witte’s practice involves all aspects of federal and state civil trial litigation with a primary focus in personal injury, governmental liability, and labor and employment litigation.

Conrad C. Witte

Associate

Phone: 3054163180
Filippo Carnazzi is an associate in the firm’s Miami office. Mr. Carnazzi’s practice focuses on construction defect litigation. In his practice, Mr. Carnazzi represents developers, general contractors, subcontractors, design professionals in a variety of contexts arising from the construction and design defect.

Filippo Carnazzi

Associate

Phone: 3054163180
Tiran Alon is an associate in the firm’s Miami office. Mr. Alon’s practice focuses on construction defect litigation. Mr. Alon’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and construction litigation.

Tiran Alon

Associate

Phone: 4072552070
Amanda M. Martinez is an Associate in the First Party Property department at the Lydecker LLP Orlando office.

Amanda Martinez

Associate

Phone: 305-416-3180
Katherine Chin is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law and an associate in the firm’s Miami office. Ms. Chin represents corporations, entrepreneurs, media companies, entertainers, and municipal entities in all aspects of federal and state civil trial litigation and arbitration.

Katherine Chin

Associate

Phone: 3054163180
Brittany Singletary is an associate attorney in the firm’s Miami office. Her practice is concentrated in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, premises liability, and vehicle negligence.

Brittany Singletary

Associate

Phone: 305-416-3180
Jamie Baboolal is an associate with the firm’s Miami office. Her practice areas include products liability, premises liability, and general liability.

Jamie Baboolal

Associate

Phone: (201) 676-7692
Ms. Robles is an Associate at Lydecker, where her focus is on Florida civil litigation.

Monica A. Robles

Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Ms. Maken has substantial experience in handling appellate matters. Over her career, she has authored hundreds of briefs filed in the Florida Supreme Court, Florida's District Courts of Appeal, the Eleventh Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Debbie Maken

Partner

Phone: 3054163180
Yina Cabrera is an Associate in the firm’s Miami office. Ms. Cabrera’s practice involves all aspects of federal and state civil trial litigation with a primary focus in personal injury, government liability, and civil rights litigation. Ms. Cabrera also handles employment litigation matters, including FLSA and FMLA violations, and Title VII violations including discrimination, retaliation, and sexual harassment.

Yina Cabrera

Associate

Phone: 305-416-3180
As the Director of Operations & Human Resources, Danielle leads and oversees the firm’s Human Resources and Operations. She ensures legal compliance and the implementation of the organization’s mission and talent strategy while overseeing the day-to-day activities of the firm, ensuring efficient and effective management and performance.

Danielle Cerny

Director of Operations & HR

Phone: 813-443-8424
Robert Sylvester Jr. is a partner in the firm’s Tampa office. Prior to joining Lydecker, Mr. Sylvester served as a law clerk for the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, where he assisted several judges in matters relating to civil, criminal, and family law.

Robert Sylvester

Partner

Phone: 3054163180
Jason Gutknecht is an Associate at the firm’s Miami office.  Mr. Gutknecht concentrates his practice in first-party property defense litigation, with an emphasis in bad faith litigation, fraud investigation, water damage claims, and windstorm coverage issues.

Jason Gutknecht

Associate

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Ashley Morrison is an associate with the firm’s Miami office. Prior to joining the firm Ms. Morrison worked as an Assistant State Attorney for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida where she prosecuted thousands of felony, misdemeanor, and juvenile delinquency cases and tried over 20 jury trials.

Ashley Morrison

Associate

Phone: 305-416-3180
Forrest Andrews is the Chair of Lydecker LLP’s Errors & Omissions Department and Co-Chair of its Commercial Department. Forrest has extensive experience defending claims against attorneys, insurance agents and brokers, real estate agents and brokers, property managers, directors and officers, and other types of professionals.

Forrest Andrews

Partner

Phone: (201) 430-2212
Michael Goldman is a Partner at the firm’s New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania offices. His practice focuses in the area of employment law. Michael represents employers across a multitude of industries in litigation related to employment discrimination claims, wage and hour claims, and restrictive covenants. He also counsels clients on best practices.

Michael Goldman

Partner

Phone: (201) 633­-6521
Matthew Biondi is a Partner in the firm’s New Jersey office and New York office. Mr. Biondi represents clients in litigation matters throughout the Northeast.

Matthew Biondi

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
J.W. Webb is a Litigation Partner in the firm’s Orlando office, where he maintains an active trial and civil litigation practice in Federal and State Courts throughout Florida.

J.W. Webb

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Carrie E. Stricklin is a partner in the firm, who works out of the Boca Raton office. She practices general civil litigation, concentrating in the areas of insurance defense litigation, including bodily injury; attorney malpractice; negligent security; and workers’ compensation litigation.

Carrie Stricklin

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Stephanie Pidermann’s practice involves all aspects of federal and state civil trial litigation, with a primary focus on professional liability, labor and employment litigation and government liability.

Stephanie Pidermann

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Prior to joining Lydecker, Mr. Patten was a prosecutor for the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office where he obtained extensive trial experience prosecuting criminal traffic, misdemeanor, and felony level charges.

Lee Patten

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Robert J. Pariser was formerly an equity partner at an AMLaw100 law firm where he practiced in the areas of employment, real estate (co-op/condo) law, and professional liability defense.

Robert Joseph Pariser

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Mr. Norris’s primary practice involves all aspects of civil litigation. In the past, Mr. Norris has extensively litigated matters involving labor and employment law, real estate, admiralty and maritime, wrongful death, and negligence.

Charles Norris

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Ms. Mevers is the Co-Chair of the Employment Practices Liability Division. During her practice, Ms. Mevers has been involved in complex litigation and administrative proceedings in the areas of education, labor and employment, and governmental immunity.

Margaret H. Mevers

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Eric McAliley brings more than two decades of legal experience to his representation of professionals in E&O claims and of clients with respect to high exposure personal injury and CGL claims.

Eric McAliley

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Meliz Martin is a Partner in the firm’s Miami office. Ms. Martin’s practice involves all aspects of federal and state trial litigation with a focus on complex commercial and construction litigation.

Meliz Martin

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Spencer Mallard is a Board Certified Construction Lawyer with a statewide practice in all facets of construction and oversees the Firm’s construction practice.

Spencer Mallard

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Jessica is a partner at the Firm’s Miami office and the Head of the Firm’s Product Liability Department. In her professional career, Jessica has successfully represented both corporate clients and private individuals in all phases of litigation before Local, State and Federal Courts in connection with a wide variety of complex civil and commercial litigation matters, with a primary focus on product liability and premises liability.

Jessica L. LaFaurie

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
David B. Kowalski is an partner in the firm’s Orlando office. While earning his Juris Doctorate, Mr. Kowalski worked as a law clerk with Jacksonville area law firms where he focused on complex commercial litigation.

David B. Kowalski

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Shaun Robert Koby is a Shareholder with the Firm's Florida offices. His practice focuses in the areas of complex commercial litigation, professional malpractice, insurance defense, and constitutional law.

Shaun Robert Koby

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Mr. Johnson specializes in the representation of insurers and corporations in a broad range of complex business and tort matters, including environmental claims and professional negligence and other complex actions. Mr. Johnson also has experience litigating government municipal matters throughout the state of Florida.

Stephen Hunter Johnson

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Mr. Hendricks is the Managing Partner for Lydecker LLP. He practices out of the firm’s Miami and Boca Raton offices where he maintains an active trial and civil litigation practice in the Federal, State, and Appellate Courts throughout the State of Florida.

Mark A. Hendricks

Managing Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Mr. Harutunian was born and raised in suburban Boston, Massachusetts. He practices in the areas of bankruptcy law, commercial litigation, and labor and employment law.

Peter Harutunian

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Jeremy Harris is a civil litigator with extensive trial and appellate court experience in complex litigation. Mr. Harris practices construction law and represents general contractors/subcontractors and developers in all manner of construction defect litigation.

Jeremy Harris

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Erik J. Gruber is a Partner at the firm’s Miami office. Mr. Gruber concentrates his practice in first-party property defense litigation, with an emphasis in bad faith litigation, fraud investigation, water damage claims, and windstorm coverage issues.

Erik J. Gruber

Partner

Phone: (201) 630-0903
Prior to joining Lydecker, Brett spent two years at a large insurer in Jersey City, New Jersey handling employment practices liability claims, including discrimination, harassment, and retaliation matters.

Brett Goldman

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Ms. Franks is a partner in the firm’s Miami office.

Meaghan Franks

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Mr. Emanuele is a Partner at Lydecker and is an AV rated member of The Florida Bar. Mr. Emanuele has been practicing in the South Florida area for in excess of 35 years. His primary areas of practice include environmental litigation, labor and employment litigation, complex commercial litigation and administrative and regulatory litigation.

Mark A. Emanuele

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Mrs. Diverio is a shareholding partner at Lydecker's Miami office. She is a trial and appellate attorney for first and third party property lawsuits.

Michelle Diverio

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Mr. de Zayas’ experience includes debtor-creditor law, bankruptcy, insurance insolvency, construction litigation, employment litigation, and appeals.

Carlos De Zayas

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Mr. Conto is a Partner at the firm’s Boca Raton Office.

Nicholas Conto

Partner

Phone: (305) 416-3180
Richard Lydecker is a founding partner at Lydecker, a Full-Service AV-rated national law firm with offices throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida and California.

Richard Lydecker

Senior Partner