Mr. Jermaine Lee

Jermaine A. Lee is a trial lawyer who has tried numerous jury and non-jury cases. He has broad experience handling business and tort claims in federal and state trial courts, appellate courts, and in arbitration proceedings. Mr. Lee’s business practice focuses on complex commercial disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, construction defect litigation, commercial landlord/tenant disputes, intellectual property disputes, professional malpractice litigation, insurance disputes, including disputes relating to the financing of insurance policies, and consumer protection litigation. Mr. Lee’s tort practice focuses on personal injury and wrongful death litigation, products liability, aviation, and premises liability matters. Prior to forming the law firm, Mr. Lee practiced as a trial lawyer with Shook, Hardy & Bacon and Cozen O’Connor, both international law firms, and Bilzin Sumberg, a well-respected Miami firm, where he represented clients in a variety of business and tort matters, including a well-known professional basketball athlete in a trial involving certain partnership agreements, the use of the athlete’s name, image and likeness and damages in excess of $100 million, the President of an African country in a dispute involving the use and damages to a Presidential aircraft, and a power company in a trial involving polluted land and damages in excess of $90 million. Mr. Lee has been repeatedly recognized in the Super Lawyer’s Publication. During law school, Mr. Lee worked for Justice Peggy Quince of the Florida Supreme Court and with a national law firm. He also received the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Award in connection with his trial work in a second-degree murder trial. Prior to becoming a trial lawyer, Mr. Lee practiced as a Certified Public Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, a national accounting and professional services firm. While at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Mr. Lee focused his practice on tax consulting services, which included, among other things, implementing tax strategies and preparing the tax disclosure in the audited financial statements of private and publicly traded companies. Mr. Lee education: University of Miami School of Law, Cum Laude (J.D. 2004) Inter-American Law Review; Florida International University, Masters of Science in Taxation (1999) and Florida International University, Bachelors of Science in Accounting (1996).