PRACTICE AREAS
Business Litigation
Professional Malpractice
EDUCATION
Smith College (B.A., 1996)
Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2004)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Four Seasons Tower, 15th Floor
1441 Brickell Avenue
Miami, FL 33131-3407
Ph: (305) 536-1112
Fax: (305) 536-1116
Direct Line: (305) 539-2119
mnv@tewlaw.com
Maria N. Vernace
Attorney at Law
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Maria N. Vernace is an associate in the litigation department.
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE
- Appellate Practice
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Professional Malpractice
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
- Florida Super Lawyers – Rising Stars 2010
- Selected, Most Effective Lawyers, International Law, Miami Daily Business Review, 2007.
- Law clerk, Judge Gary M. Farmer, Fourth District Court of Appeal, West Palm Beach, Florida .
- Author of "E-Mailing Service of Process: It's a Shoe in!," an article addressing the constitutional restraints of effectuating service of process via the internet,. 36 UWLA L. Rev. 274 (2005).
- Selected Co-Author, "Effectively Resolving Disputes," Managing Complex Construction Law Issues, National Business Institute, May 2006.
- Editor-in-Chief, Nova Law Review, 2003-2004.
- Book Award for Family Law.
SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS
- Harbaugh v. Greslin, 436 F. Supp. 2d 1315 (S.D. Fla. 2006), aff’d 218 Fed. Appx. 950 (11th Cir. 2007)
- Fly Brazil Group, Inc. v. The Government of Gabon, Africa, and Afrijet Business Services, --- F. Supp. 2d ---, No. 09-60239-CV-Zlock/Rosenbaum, 2010 WL 1745131 (S.D. Fla. Jan. 29, 2010)
SIGNIFICANT APPELLATE DECISIONS
- A-Plus Gemini Development, LLC v. Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust Co., 11 So. 3d 955, No. 3D08-1621, 2009 WL 1412663 (Fla. 3d DCA May 20, 2009)
- Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering of Florida Department of Professional Regulation v. Florida Standardbred Breeders & Owners Ass’n, Inc., 983 So. 2d 61 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008)
- Briceño v. Bryden Investments, Ltd., 973 So. 2d 614 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008)
- James P. Driscoll v. Gould, 967 So. 2d 369 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007)
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
- The Florida Bar
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- District of Columbia Bar
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Regional Technical Brief Grader for the National Appellate Advocacy Competition, 2008-09 and 2009-10
- American Bar Association, Member
