News and Updates

Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., trial attorneys Roberto M. Ureta and Jennifer C. Perez obtained a defense verdict on behalf of their client, the respondent, a Florida commercial property and casualty insurer. The petitioners filed a Declaratory Judgment Action to obtain coverage under their homeowner’s insurance policy for damages allegedly due to Hurricane Irma, including damages to their ...

Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., trial attorneys William Grubbs and Christopher D. Hastings, received a summary judgment on behalf of a banking industry client, headquartered in Florida. In this case, the plaintiff had walked through the bank’s ATM drive-thru lane at 9:00 P.M. and slipped on liquid and fell. Although not sure of the substance, she believed ...

Andrade Gonzalez is pleased to announce that Sook “Sue” Won has joined the firm as an associate. Ms. Won earned her J.D. from UCLA Law School and her undergraduate degree in Anthropology and History from UCLA’s College of Letters and Science. Prior to joining Andrade Gonzalez, she practiced at several civil litigation firms, including serving as a senior associate at ...

Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., attorneys Michele D. Morales, Robin N. Khanal and Amber J. Hraha pulled off a defense verdict in a slip and fall case against the nation’s largest retailer in Baker County, Florida, much to the chagrin of the prominent Jacksonville trial lawyers.  Ms. Morales led the team into what seemed to be a certain loss: ...

The Axelrod Firm is thrilled to report that the American Bar Association Woman Advocate Committee (WAC) devoted its entire summer electronic newsletter to a series of five (5) articles written by a diverse team of National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) lawyers that includes The Axelrod Firm’s Jamie L. Augustinsky, Sheryl L. Axelrod, and Kevinn Souffrant along with fellow NAMWOLF lawyers Gerardo Alcazar, ...

DTO Law is pleased to share that Justin Goodwin has been selected to the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal’s annual “Top 40 Under 40” list, which profiles the top lawyers in California under the age of 40. Justin was elevated to Partner at DTO Law in July of 2021 and is widely recognized for ...

MIAMI ― Reginald J. Clyne and Audrey-Jade Salbo, attorneys in the Miami office of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. (QPWB), obtained a complete defense verdict on behalf of a Miami based national leading independent grocer in a Fair Labor Standards Act action brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The case was ...

Toxic Chemical Exposure Michelle D. Cofiño WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Michelle D. Cofiño, a partner in the Miami office of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., upheld a summary judgment victory in a benzene case after Oral Argument before the Fourth District Court of Appeal.  The plaintiff has a rare form of cancer that could ...

Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. trial attorneys, Peter J. Molinelli and David M. Perez, obtained a complete defense arbitration award on behalf of their client, a Florida based Rehabilitation Center. The daughter of a deceased nursing home resident claimed that the facility caused the deterioration of sacral wound to a bone exposing a Stage 4 wound. The ...

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. ― In consolidated appeals of nonfinal orders from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit in St. Lucie County, the QPWB appellate team of Thomas A. Valdez, Vilma Martinez, and Kimberly J. Lopater attained a significant victory in a favorable per curiam decision by the Fourth District Court of Appeals. The Laurel Point decision involves three consolidated appeals, ...