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PERSONAL INJURY, MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION Lawyer: MITCHELL LLOYD FELDMAN, ESQ.

HISTORY, EDUCATION AND OVERVIEW

Mr. Feldman has been a practicing attorney since 1996. Mr. Feldman was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1965. He graduated from the University of South Florida in 1987 with a BS in Finance; and he earned his JD from Emory University, in Atlanta Georgia in 1995. Mr. Feldman became a member of the State Bar of Georgia in 1995 and the Florida Bar in 1996. He is a founding partner of the firm SILVER, FELDMAN, BASS & BRAMS, P.A., and the managing partner of the Tampa and Ocala/Gainesville offices.

Mr. Feldman is admitted to practice in all State Courts of Florida and Georgia. He is admitted to practice in all Federal District Courts in Florida, and The Federal District Court in Atlanta, Georgia. He has handled cases in all corners of the State of Florida.

Mr. Feldman is a member of RISK INSURANCE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY (RIMS) the West Coast Claims Association, the Hillsborough County Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Tampa Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Feldman's practice areas are broad in scope, with the emphasis on civil litigation and personal injury including, Medical Malpractice, Workers' Compensation and Automobile Accidents. Mr. Feldman served for several years as lead outside counsel for a regional telecommunications company, representing the business in cases involving: whistleblower claims, discrimination, unpaid wages, overtime wages, breach of contract, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, tortious interference of business and contractual relationships, sexual harassment, and fraud. Throughout his general civil litigation and trial practice, Mr. Feldman has handled many large value personal injury cases upwards of $5 million dollars, including complex medical malpractice claims, automobile and truck accidents, and other cases involving bodily injury related to trip and falls or slip and falls. Additionally, Mr. Feldman was lead counsel on a National multi-million dollar FLSA (overtime wage) case in Federal Court.

TRIAL EXPERIENCE

Mr. Feldman has an outstanding jury trial and bench trial record; he is undefeated in jury trials and has handled upwards of 20 trials and evidentiary hearings over his legal career.

Mr. Feldman prevailed on several cases on significance representing the defense, including the cases of:

1. Mann v. DOT, Circuit Court, Alachua County, Gainesville, Florida: Jury Verdict for the defense, October, 2007. Automobile accident case alleging negligence in road design and maintenance.
2. Craig v. RJD Enterprises, d/b/a McDonald's: Circuit Court, Sarasota County, December 2001. Trip and fall case alleging negligence in failure to warn and failure to maintain the premises in reasonably safe condition
3. Heiffer v. IDS Telcom, Broward County Circuit Court, December, 2004. Breach of contract, enforcement of non-solicitation, tortuous interference and civil theft case. Mr. Feldman represented IDS Telcom.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Automobile and truck accidents
• Negligence Claims
• Wrongful Death
• Medical Malpractice
• Personal Injury
• Workers Compensation Accidents
• Trip and Falls/Slip and Falls
• Watercraft accidents
• Labor and Employment claims
• Overtime wage claims

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Mr. Feldman is a frequent lecturer in the Business and Insurance community on topics related to labor and employment, general liability and workers' compensation cases including: fraud, subrogation, use of experts, litigation and mediation strategies, sexual harassment and discrimination, mass layoffs and reductions in force, claims handling, compensability, Permanent Total Disability, Subrogation, proposals for settlement, attorney's fees, bad faith, and recent law changes among others. Mr. Feldman has been a featured speaker at the Florida RIMS, regional PCCP and WCCP events.

Mr. Feldman serves both corporate and individual clients, and now dedicates his practice to fighting for the rights of the injured handling personal injury claims, workers' compensation accidents and Medical Malpractice. Throughout his years of litigation practice, Mr. Feldman has had the opportunity to write many appellate briefs, motions for summary judgment, appear at bench and jury trials, and has historically litigated cases involving: negligence of nursing homes and ALF'S, automobile and truck accidents, workers' compensation, slander and libel, toxic torts such as mold, wrongful termination cases, medical malpractice, fraud, independent contractor liability under respondent superior, and various types of real estate and real property litigation, including recovery of real estate deposits.

Mr. Feldman is married with 2 children. He is an avid golfer, and has interests of tennis, physical fitness, travel, boating, and snow skiing.