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The Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce has recognized Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson LLP as a recent Member of the Month. If you’re in need of legal guidance in the Orlando area, please contact Jim Armstrong, jarmstrong@waltonlantaff.com

It was a special night for Junior Partner Sara Sandler (Ft. Laud) as she was honored by the Daily Business Review as one of 2015’s Rising Stars in South Florida’s legal community. Sandler was recognized for her commitment to the law and her community. She was joined at the awards ceremony by her mentor, Senior Partner Jack Joy (Ft. Laud), and Ft. Lauderdale Associates Aaron Warren, Oliver Sepulveda, and Cassandra Shanbaum.

Fort Lauderdale Partner, Sara Sandler, was recently elected as President Elect of the Broward County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section.

WLSC is proud to announce that Partners Joseph Suarez and Sara Sandler have been selected as 2016 Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine in the practice area of Insurance Coverage.

The members of the firm had a brunch, wore pink, were given significant facts regarding Breast Cancer and watched a trending music video for Pediatric Cancer research. As part of the firm’s 80th anniversary year celebration, we have partnered with various charities and in light of National Cancer Awareness month, the firm is making a donation to cancer research. The firm has lost members to various cancer diseases and wanted to honor those passed on, but also to celebrate those […]

Walton Lantaff was honored by the City of Fort Lauderdale, when Mayor John P. Seiler, the Vice Mayor, and the City Commissioners presented the Partners with a Proclamation in honor of the firm’s 80th anniversary. The Proclamation recognized the firm as one of the most respected insurance defense firms and one of the oldest law firms in existence in Florida. It recognized the firm’s work environment which promotes professionalism, service to the Bar and Judiciary, high ethical standards, integrity among […]

Leaking Appliances Left Homeowner with A Very Expensive Mess. But the Claims She Filed Didn’t Hold Water in The End. Managing Partner Richard Rosenblum and associate, Tom Fabricio, recently obtained a double defense verdict in a first-party property damage case. The verdicts were rendered following a three day jury trial before Judge Jack Tuter in Broward County Circuit Court. This was a first-party action by the insured against Firm client, National Federated Insurance Company. The defense achieved a double defense […]

WLSC Defeats Three Claims Against Client-Insured  A team of Miami attorneys, Partner Joseph Suarez and Associate Jorge Maza, recently secured adjudication with prejudice on behalf of a physical therapy assistant in a cross-claim that has been in litigation since 2009. In the underlying action, a man who had recently undergone a total knee replacement and his wife sued the man’s home healthcare company, its independent contractor physical therapy company, and an independent contractor physical therapy assistant of the physical therapy […]

Marshall N. Lahiff, ESQ.:  Mr. Lahiff’s primary area of practice involves first-party property insurance coverage litigation. During law school, Mr. Lahiff worked as a Law Clerk in the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, and as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Senior Judge James Lawrence King. Bar and Court Admissions: The Florida Bar (2013).  Education:  University of Miami School of Law (J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 2013);  University of Virginia (B.A. in […]

WLSC COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY Walton Lantaff is helping to sponsor the U.S. Army’s 3rd Cavalry Regiment, which was recently deployed to Afghanistan from its base in Fort Hood, Texas. Soldier Christopher Heald was deployed in June along with the regiment; his mother Jean Heald, a longstanding friend of the firm with the City of Boca Raton, let us know of the need for support. Senior Partner Beth Leahy is encouraging participation by the firm’s lawyers and any interested friends […]